Fuel share of airline operating costs vs Airline passenger load factor

Fuel share of airline operating costs and Airline passenger load factor worldwide, drawn over time. No period has an observed value for both, so the two are not set side by side.

Change the pair

Compare different indicators

The series

Over time

Global, spaced by time. Both series are in %, so they share one axis; the legend names each line.

Fuel share of airline operating costs and Airline passenger load factor

Unit: % · 4 observations

2 series · one axis

Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band

Fuel share of airline operating costs and Airline passenger load factor: GlobalFuel share of airline operating costs and Airline passenger load factor. 2 indicators on one axis: Fuel share of airline operating costs, Airline passenger load factor. 4 observations from 2024 to 2026, ranging from 25.7% to 83.6%, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest values: Fuel share of airline operating costs 25.7% (2026); Airline passenger load factor 83.6% (2025). % 0 20 40 60 80 100 2024 2025 2026 FORECAST 84% Fuel share of airline operating costs Airline passenger load factor 26%
Fuel share of airline operating costs and Airline passenger load factor: GlobalFuel share of airline operating costs and Airline passenger load factor. 2 indicators on one axis: Fuel share of airline operating costs, Airline passenger load factor. 4 observations from 2024 to 2026, ranging from 25.7% to 83.6%, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest values: Fuel share of airline operating costs 25.7% (2026); Airline passenger load factor 83.6% (2025). % 0 30 60 90 2024 2025 2026 FORECAST 84% Fuel share of airline operating costs Airline passenger load factor 26%
Fuel share of airline operating costs and Airline passenger load factor: GlobalFuel share of airline operating costs and Airline passenger load factor. 2 indicators on one axis: Fuel share of airline operating costs, Airline passenger load factor. 4 observations from 2024 to 2026, ranging from 25.7% to 83.6%, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest values: Fuel share of airline operating costs 25.7% (2026); Airline passenger load factor 83.6% (2025). % 0 30 60 90 2024 2025 2026 FORECAST 84% Fuel share of airline operating costs Airline passenger load factor 26%
View the underlying data
Fuel share of airline operating costs and Airline passenger load factor: Global
Indicator Period Type Value
Fuel share of airline operating costs 2026 Forecast 25.7%
Fuel share of airline operating costs 2025 Forecast 25.8%
Airline passenger load factor 2025 Actual 83.6%
Airline passenger load factor 2024 Actual 83.5%

Shared periods

Side by side

The periods both series cover pair an actual figure with a forecast, so no row sets them side by side.

Provenance

Where these numbers come from

Fuel share of airline operating costs

Jet fuel expenditure as a percentage of total airline industry operating costs in the region.

2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IATA

Airline passenger load factor

Revenue passenger kilometres as a percentage of available seat kilometres for carriers registered in the region, all scheduled services, for the calendar year.

2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IATA

Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON

Keep exploring

Related