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How many people can an airplane carry? Depends on the aircraft. Some planes such as the 787 and 320 can carry up too 250 passengers, While an Embraer 145 can only hold about 25-45.
The 2014 industry outlook of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released the information in Geneva today. About 3.3 billion people will travel by air this year, or nine million people every day, IATA said Wednesday as it vowed to continue to make safety as its top priority.light MH370 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew vanished early Saturday en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur after losing contact with air traffic control in waters between Malaysia and Vietnam.