Airline passenger load factor
STO-REC-STATH12BH4T2 National
74.9%
Africa · 2025
Airline passenger load factor in the Africa stood at 74.9% in 2025 (IATA).
- Publisher
- IATA
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Regional Breakdown - International Passenger Markets
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
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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- APA
- International Air Transport Association. (2026). Strong 2025 Passenger Demand Masks Ongoing Capacity Constraints. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2026-releases/2026-01-29-02/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_H12BH42HYR0BVM1QGMEWGJCNQ2
- MLA
- 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 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_H12BH42HYR0BVM1QGMEWGJCNQ2.
- Chicago
- 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 September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_H12BH42HYR0BVM1QGMEWGJCNQ2.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iata2026airlinegjcnq2, 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_H12BH42HYR0BVM1QGMEWGJCNQ2}, note = {Original source: https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2026-releases/2026-01-29-02/. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Air Transport Association · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- 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 (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_H12BH42HYR0BVM1QGMEWGJCNQ2