Fuel share of airline operating costs vs Air passengers carried
In 2026, fuel share of airline operating costs worldwide was 25.7% (forecast); air passengers carried was 5.2 billion (forecast).
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Global, annual figures, spaced by time from 2025 to 2026 . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish; earlier history stays on each indicator’s own page. Read the values, not the heights.
Fuel share of airline operating costs
Unit: % · 2 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
Air passengers carried
Unit: billion · 2 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
Shared periods
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2 periods are published for both series as annual figures on the same basis. Comparing anything else would mean comparing different periods.
| Period | Fuel share of airline operating costs | Air passengers carried |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 both forecasts | 25.8% IATA | 4.99 billion IATA |
| 2026 both forecasts | 25.7% IATA | 5.2 billion IATA |
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
Air passengers carried
Number of passengers carried by air in the region during the calendar year. Sources count either travellers (IATA) or passengers per flight stage (ICAO, Eurostat, CAAC); see each record's source quote.
2 observations charted in Global (of 3 annual records) · source organisations: ICAO, IATA
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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