Airline industry net profit
RecordSTO-01M2HY9T62-B5SP11A28T-N24FPA
Global · 2026
IATA projects airline industry net profit worldwide at 41 billion USD in 2026.
Airline industry net profit: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IATA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Highlights
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified · automated check
What the source says
Airlines are expected to achieve a combined total net profit of $41 billion in 2026 (up from $39.5 billion in 2025).
Checked: the figure 41 billion USDis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.
Cite this figure
APA
International Air Transport Association. (2025). Airline Profitability Stabilizes with 3.9% Net Margin Expected in 2026. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-12-09-01/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FPA
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Air Transport Association. "Airline Profitability Stabilizes with 3.9% Net Margin Expected in 2026." 2025, https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-12-09-01/. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FPA.
- Chicago
- International Air Transport Association. "Airline Profitability Stabilizes with 3.9% Net Margin Expected in 2026." 2025. https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-12-09-01/. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FPA.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iata2025airlinen24fpa, author = {{International Air Transport Association}}, title = {Airline Profitability Stabilizes with 3.9\% Net Margin Expected in 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FPA}, note = {Original source: https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-12-09-01/. 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 Stabilizes with 3.9% Net Margin Expected in 2026
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- 9 December 2025
- Locator
- Highlights
- 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_01M2HY9T62B5SP11A28TN24FPA