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Full year 2025 capacity was up 6.5% and load factor climbed 0.9 ppt to 74.9%. This was the lowest load factor among regions but a record high for Africa and the strongest load factor increase of any region.
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- Publisher
- International Air Transport Association · homepage ↗
- Report
- Strong 2025 Passenger Demand Masks Ongoing Capacity Constraints
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- 29 January 2026
- Locator
- Regional Breakdown - International Passenger Markets
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable
- Report licence
- Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary
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- 15 September 2026
- Extraction confidence
- 93%
- Last change
- 15 September 2026
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- International Air Transport Association. (2026). Strong 2025 Passenger Demand Masks Ongoing Capacity Constraints. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from StatOrigin: https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FNG
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- International Air Transport Association. "Strong 2025 Passenger Demand Masks Ongoing Capacity Constraints." 2026, https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2026-releases/2026-01-29-02/. Accessed 14 September 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FNG.
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- International Air Transport Association. "Strong 2025 Passenger Demand Masks Ongoing Capacity Constraints." 2026. https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2026-releases/2026-01-29-02/. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FNG.
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- @misc{iata2026airline, author = {{International Air Transport Association}}, title = {Strong 2025 Passenger Demand Masks Ongoing Capacity Constraints}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FNG}, note = {Original source: https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2026-releases/2026-01-29-02/. Accessed 14 September 2026.} }
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Record last modified 15 September 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FNG.