Fuel share of airline operating costs
RecordSTO-01M2HY9T62-B5SP11A28T-N24FP2
Global · 2025
IATA projected fuel share of airline operating costs worldwide at 25.8% in 2025.
Fuel share of airline operating costs: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IATA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Expenses
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified · automated check
What the source says
Jet fuel is expected to average $86/barrel in 2025 (well below the $99 average in 2024), translating into a total fuel bill of $236 billion, accounting for 25.8% of all operating costs.
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APA
International Air Transport Association. (2025). Airline Profitability to Strengthen Slightly in 2025 Despite Headwinds. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-06-02-01/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FP2
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Air Transport Association. "Airline Profitability to Strengthen Slightly in 2025 Despite Headwinds." 2025, https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-06-02-01/. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FP2.
- Chicago
- International Air Transport Association. "Airline Profitability to Strengthen Slightly in 2025 Despite Headwinds." 2025. https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-06-02-01/. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FP2.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iata2025fueln24fp2, author = {{International Air Transport Association}}, title = {Airline Profitability to Strengthen Slightly in 2025 Despite Headwinds}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FP2}, note = {Original source: https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-06-02-01/. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Air Transport Association · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- Airline Profitability to Strengthen Slightly in 2025 Despite Headwinds
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- 2 June 2025
- Locator
- Expenses
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary
Verification
- Status
- Verified · automated check
- Review protocol
- Automated check (quote contains value)
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FP2