Airline available seat kilometre (ASK) growth vs Air passengers carried
In 2024, airline available seat kilometre (ASK) growth worldwide was 8.7%; air passengers carried was 4.7 billion.
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Global, annual figures, spaced by time from 2024 to 2025 . 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.
Airline available seat kilometre (ASK) growth
Unit: % · 2 observations
Air passengers carried
Unit: billion · 2 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Airline available seat kilometre (ASK) growth | Air passengers carried |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.7% IATA | 4.7 billion ICAO |
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Airline available seat kilometre (ASK) growth
Year-on-year percentage change in available seat kilometres (ASK) offered by the region's airlines, the standard measure of passenger capacity.
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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