coronavirus pandemic, passenger load factor dropped to 65 percent. However, it was forecasted to bounce back to 81 percent in 2023.
Global airlines' combined passenger load factor has been gradually trending upward over the last 15 years; from 75.2 percent in 2005 to 82.6 percent in 2019. In 2020, due to the Passenger load factor of commercial airlines worldwide from 2005 to 2021, with forecasts until 2023
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Other statistics that may interest you Passenger airlines worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Market size of the global airline industry 2018-2023
- Premium Statistic Global air traffic - annual growth of passenger demand 2006-2024
- Premium Statistic Revenue of airlines worldwide 2003-2023
- Premium Statistic Air traffic - worldwide revenue with passengers 2005-2023
- Basic Statistic Operating profit of airlines worldwide 2006-2024
- Basic Statistic Net profit of airlines worldwide 2006-2023
- Premium Statistic Passenger yield of airlines worldwide 2005-2023
- Premium Statistic Commercial airlines worldwide - fuel consumption 2005-2023
Segments
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- Premium Statistic Worldwide air passenger traffic share by region 2023
- Premium Statistic Countries with the highest number of airline passengers globally 2021
- Premium Statistic Available seat kilometers of airlines worldwide - change by region 2011-2023
- Premium Statistic Monthly international revenue-passenger kilometers (RPK) change 2022-2023 by region
- Premium Statistic Available seat kilometers (ASK) in international air traffic by region 2023
- Premium Statistic Commercial airlines worldwide - passenger load factor 2005-2023
- Premium Statistic Monthly passenger load factor (PLF) on international flights by region 2020-2021
Airline companies
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- Premium Statistic Leading airlines ranked by brand value 2023
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- Premium Statistic Emirates Group's revenue FY 2013/2014-FY 2022/2023
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Specialties - flights and punctuality
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- Premium Statistic Global air traffic - number of flights 2004-2024
- Basic Statistic Punctuality of global mega airlines 2022
- Premium Statistic Most punctual low cost carriers worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Punctuality rate of airlines in North America 2023
- Basic Statistic Punctuality of airlines in Europe 2022
Outlook
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- Premium Statistic Air traffic - passenger growth rates forecast 2023-2042
- Premium Statistic Net zero by 2050: strategies in the aviation industry
- Premium Statistic Expected SAF required to reach Net Zero in the aviation industry by 2050
- Premium Statistic Aviation industry: main purchasers of SAF 2023
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- Air traffic growth - route & travel class 2014/2015
- Monthly load factor of Canadian airlines 2015-2016
- Net profit per passenger transported by airlines worldwide 2005-2022
- Leading origin-destination air passenger markets 2019
- Passenger load factor of SkyWest 2014-2021
- Aeroméxico: passenger load factor by route type 2014-2020
- Ryanair's passenger load factor 2012-2023
- Passenger traffic at worldwide airports by region December 2016
- Air passenger growth: Canada by factor 2015/2035
- U.S. commercial air carriers - number of domestic enplanements 2006-2022
- Number of European scheduled passengers at airports in Finland 2022, by country
- Average international flights load factor in Malaysia 2017-2019
- Aircraft take-offs and landings in China 2010-2022
- Air traffic - RTK growth in the United States 2012-2017
- Tertiary Industry Activity Index of international passenger airlines Japan 2014-2023
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IATA. (December 1, 2022). Passenger load factor of commercial airlines worldwide from 2005 to 2021, with forecasts until 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/658830/passenger-load-factor-of-commercial-airlines-worldwide/
IATA. "Passenger load factor of commercial airlines worldwide from 2005 to 2021, with forecasts until 2023." Chart. December 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/658830/passenger-load-factor-of-commercial-airlines-worldwide/
IATA. (2022). Passenger load factor of commercial airlines worldwide from 2005 to 2021, with forecasts until 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/658830/passenger-load-factor-of-commercial-airlines-worldwide/
IATA. "Passenger Load Factor of Commercial Airlines Worldwide from 2005 to 2021, with Forecasts until 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/658830/passenger-load-factor-of-commercial-airlines-worldwide/
IATA, Passenger load factor of commercial airlines worldwide from 2005 to 2021, with forecasts until 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/658830/passenger-load-factor-of-commercial-airlines-worldwide/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Passenger load factor of commercial airlines worldwide from 2005 to 2021, with forecasts until 2023 [Graph], IATA, December 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/658830/passenger-load-factor-of-commercial-airlines-worldwide/