Airline industry revenue vs Air passengers carried
In 2024, airline industry revenue worldwide was 958.4 billion USD; air passengers carried was 4.7 billion.
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Global, annual figures, spaced by time from 2024 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.
Airline industry revenue
Unit: billion USD · 3 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band Estimates are listed as such in the table below
Air passengers carried
Unit: billion · 3 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Airline industry revenue | Air passengers carried |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 958.4 billion USD ICAO | 4.7 billion ICAO |
| 2025 both forecasts | 979 billion USD IATA | 4.99 billion IATA |
| 2026 both forecasts | 1,053 billion USD IATA | 5.2 billion IATA |
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Airline industry revenue
Total revenues of the region's airlines in a calendar year. IATA rows are its industry outlook figures; ICAO rows are operating revenues of scheduled airlines of ICAO Member States.
3 observations charted in Global · source organisations: ICAO, 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.
3 observations charted in Global · source organisations: ICAO, IATA
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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