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The approximate number is 31,850 based on current published fleet numbers of commercial carriers.
Canada has a few retired light aircraft carriers. A notable carrier that was used in Canada was the HMCS Warrior. This was in service from 1946 to 1948 and was scrapped in the year 1971.
About 3,700 aircraft are currently in service.
Even if you exclude the smaller aircraft carriers in World War 2, there were still many more than 5 or 6. The US Navy commissioned 23 aircraft carriers of the Essex class during the war, not to mention others in US service, and those used by the British and Japanese navies.
You are propably looking for the Concorde or the Tupolev Tu-14. It should be noted, however, that none of these aircraft are in service today. Further, there are currently no supersonic aircraft in commercial service.
INS Vikrant (Decommissioned) INS Viraat (In service) INS Vikramaditya ( Future plan)
the good ol USA. they have 67 aircraft carriers and 11 of them are in service right now. no other country even comes close. there's just a couple countries that have like 30 or 40 with only 1 or 2 in service and all the other countries either have 0 or only 1-5 total
how many commercial airliners are there in the world
15187 flights to 855 airports in 155 countries,fleet size of 2778 aircraft(only 2693 in service on this date). Its members carried a total of 1,280,391 passengers .Total miles Scheduled 16,435,050.72. Total miles Flown 16,421,726.43
China currently does not have any aircraft carriers in service. However during the late 90's an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier called the Varyag was purchased by a commercial Chinese company in which the Chinese Navy bought and took over. The ship weighs 67, 500 tonnes. It is undergoing a refit and as of 2011 it is said through satellite pictures and close up pictures that the refit is nearly complete with a complete overhaul of the ships exterior. It is said that sea trials will be under way in late-2011. China have also expressed interest in building an indigenous aircraft carrier with the possible purchases of several blue prints from several countries such as Spain and Russia. In 2007 China purchased landing equipment which is speculated that it will be used to train Chinese pilots landing aircraft on aircraft carriers. More recently in 2008 and early 2009 reports came about suggesting China would start building two aircraft carriers in the tonnage size of 50-60,000 tonnes per aircraft carrier and to be finished by 2015.
INS Viraat is a Centaur class aircraft carrier not a submarine, currently in service with the Indian Navy.
The service ceiling of an aircraft is the maximum altitude that the aircraft can safely maintain.