Airline direct employment

RecordSTO-0JQC6X0QM9-RMZJ352AAC-SGSCEJ

3.3 million
forecast

Global · 2025

IATA projected airline direct employment worldwide at 3.3 million in 2025.

Original source
Publisher
IATA
Authority tier
T2 Official
Locator
Costs (Non-fuel - Labor)
Retrieved
14 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The airline labor force is anticipated to rise by 4% to 3.3 million people.

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APA

International Air Transport Association. (2024). Strengthened Profitability Expected in 2025 Even as Supply Chain Issues Persist. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2024-releases/2024-12-10-01/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0JQC6X0QM9RMZJ352AACSGSCEJ

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MLA
International Air Transport Association. "Strengthened Profitability Expected in 2025 Even as Supply Chain Issues Persist." 2024, https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2024-releases/2024-12-10-01/. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0JQC6X0QM9RMZJ352AACSGSCEJ.
Chicago
International Air Transport Association. "Strengthened Profitability Expected in 2025 Even as Supply Chain Issues Persist." 2024. https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2024-releases/2024-12-10-01/. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0JQC6X0QM9RMZJ352AACSGSCEJ.
BibTeX
@misc{iata2024airlinesgscej, author = {{International Air Transport Association}}, title = {Strengthened Profitability Expected in 2025 Even as Supply Chain Issues Persist}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0JQC6X0QM9RMZJ352AACSGSCEJ}, note = {Original source: https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2024-releases/2024-12-10-01/. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-0JQC6X0QM9-RMZJ352AAC-SGSCEJ T2 Official

Primary source

Publisher
International Air Transport Association · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National and industry official
Report
Strengthened Profitability Expected in 2025 Even as Supply Chain Issues Persist
Type
Press release
Published
10 December 2024
Locator
Costs (Non-fuel - Labor)
Retrieved
14 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
editorial:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_0JQC6X0QM9RMZJ352AACSGSCEJ