Despite being among the countries most excited by air travel, Indians are the least comfortable when flying, with a 2019 survey finding that 24 percent of Indian travelers strongly agree and 31 percent agree that they are rarely comfortable when flying. The country most comfortable when flying was Germany, with four percent of respondents strongly agreeing and 17 percent agreeing.
Share of airline travelers worldwide who are rarely comfortable when flying in 2019, by country
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Each market had 1,000 respondents except the U.S., India and China, which had 2,000 respondents.
Original question: “I am rarely comfortable when travelling by aeroplane”.
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