Home / Compare / Fuel share of airline operating costs vs Airport passenger traffic Fuel share of airline operating costs vs Airport passenger traffic Fuel share of airline operating costs and Airport passenger traffic worldwide, drawn over time. No period has an observed value for both, so the two are not set side by side.
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Fuel share of airline operating costs
Unit: % · 2 observations
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Fuel share of airline operating costs Fuel share of airline operating costs. 2 observations from 2025 to 2026, ranging from 25.7% to 25.8%, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 25.7% (2026).
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Fuel share of airline operating costs Fuel share of airline operating costs. 2 observations from 2025 to 2026, ranging from 25.7% to 25.8%, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 25.7% (2026).
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Fuel share of airline operating costs Fuel share of airline operating costs. 2 observations from 2025 to 2026, ranging from 25.7% to 25.8%, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 25.7% (2026).
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View the underlying data Airport passenger traffic
Unit: billion · 5 observations
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Airport passenger traffic Airport passenger traffic. 5 observations from 2020 to 2042, ranging from 3.6 billion to 19.5 billion, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 19.5 billion (2042).
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3.6
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Airport passenger traffic Airport passenger traffic. 5 observations from 2020 to 2042, ranging from 3.6 billion to 19.5 billion, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 19.5 billion (2042).
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Airport passenger traffic Airport passenger traffic. 5 observations from 2020 to 2042, ranging from 3.6 billion to 19.5 billion, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 19.5 billion (2042).
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3.6
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View the underlying data Shared periods
Side by side The two series do not publish a figure for the same period.
Provenance
Where these numbers come from Jet fuel expenditure as a percentage of total airline industry operating costs in the region.
2 observations charted in Global
· source organisations: IATA
Total passengers passing through the region's airports in the calendar year, counting each passenger once per flight stage, as compiled by ACI World.
5 observations charted in Global
· source organisations: ACI
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Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON