Air passengers carried
STO-REC-STAT303YX4T2 National
4.99 billion
Global · 2025
IATA projects air passengers carried worldwide at 4.99 billion in 2025.
- Publisher
- IATA
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Highlights from the expected 2025 financial performance include
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Total traveler numbers reaching a record high 4.99 billion (+4% on 2024, but below the previously projected 5.22 billion).
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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_303YX4H8WY0F62B5ZBGAVH342T
- 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_303YX4H8WY0F62B5ZBGAVH342T.
- 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_303YX4H8WY0F62B5ZBGAVH342T.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iata2025airlinevh342t, 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_303YX4H8WY0F62B5ZBGAVH342T}, 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 Official
- Report
- Airline Profitability to Strengthen Slightly in 2025 Despite Headwinds
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- 2 June 2025
- Locator
- Highlights from the expected 2025 financial performance include
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_303YX4H8WY0F62B5ZBGAVH342T