The number of flights performed globally by the airline industry has increased steadily since the early 2000s and reached **** million in 2019. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of flights dropped to **** million in 2020. The flight volume increased again in the following years and was forecasted to reach ** million in 2025.

In 2023, the estimated number of scheduled passengers boarded by the global airline industry amounted to approximately *** billion people. This represents a significant increase compared to the previous year since the pandemic started and the positive trend was forecast to continue in 2024, with the scheduled passenger volume reaching just below **** billion travelers. Airline passenger traffic The number of scheduled passengers handled by the global airline industry has increased in all but one of the last decade. Scheduled passengers refer to the number of passengers who have booked a flight with a commercial airline. Excluded are passengers on charter flights, whereby an entire plane is booked by a private group. In 2023, the Asia Pacific region had the highest share of airline passenger traffic, accounting for ********* of the global total.

Daily data showing UK flight numbers and rolling seven-day average, including flights to, from, and within the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: EUROCONTROL.

Graph and download economic data for Load Factor for U.S. Air Carrier Domestic and International, Scheduled Passenger Flights (LOADFACTOR) from Jan 2000 to Mar 2025 about flight, passenger, air travel, travel, domestic, and USA.

Russia Number of Flights: Domestic data was reported at 67,658.000 Number in Feb 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 71,658.000 Number for Jan 2022. Russia Number of Flights: Domestic data is updated monthly, averaging 55,400.000 Number from Jan 2010 (Median) to Feb 2022, with 146 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 127,409.000 Number in Jul 2021 and a record low of 27,413.000 Number in Feb 2010. Russia Number of Flights: Domestic data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Agency for Air Transport. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Transport and Telecommunications Sector – Table RU.TE003: Airlines Statistics: Number of Airlines, Aircrafts, Airports and Flights. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

United States No. of Flights: JFK Terminal: 1 data was reported at 35.000 Unit in 16 May 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 36.000 Unit for 15 May 2025. United States No. of Flights: JFK Terminal: 1 data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Unit from May 2008 (Median) to 16 May 2025, with 6215 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 Unit in 16 May 2025 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in 16 May 2025. United States No. of Flights: JFK Terminal: 1 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.TA: Airport Statistics: Number of Flights: by Airport. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

The package shall include data on flights held in Lithuanian airspace from the Air Navigation Flight Statistics Database. The information related to flights shall include: date of flight, type of aircraft, air carrier operating the flight, times of departure and arrival and airports of departure and arrival. If you have any questions about the dataset, please contact the State Data Control Opening Team by e-mail atverimas@stat.gov.lt.

The impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) can be seen on every sector of the most affected countries as well as globally. In the week starting January 4, 2021, the number of scheduled flights worldwide was down by 43.5 percent compared to the week of January 6, 2020. The impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese aviation reached a peak in the week starting February 17, 2020, with flight numbers down by 70.8 percent. Aviation market prior to COVID-19 outbreak Before the coronavirus outbreak hit the globe, the aviation industry was improving at a steady pace across countries. For instance, the projected annual growth of revenue ton-miles (RTM) for international flights by U.S. commercial air carriers was at roughly four percent for the period between 2020 and 2040. Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, the forecasted aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market size in North America was over 22 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. After the adjustments with respect to radical changes driven by coronavirus shock, the North American MRO market is now estimated to generate roughly 12 billion U.S. dollars during the same period. Besides, it was estimated that between 2019 and 2038 over 260,000 technicians in the aviation industry will be demanded in the Asia Pacific region only. Aviation market after COVID-19 shock Coronavirus pandemic hit the passenger aviation much worse than cargo aviation because of lockdowns and bans restricting international travel across the globe. As a result of persisting COVID-19 shocks, passenger aviation is expected to lose roughly 370 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. Even though some countries started to recover as the coronavirus spread is being contained, the desired level of recovery may take at least several quarters or years. The change of airlines’ capacity will most likely remain at least ten percent below the 2019 levels. The longer recovery periods are attributed to several factors including the COVID-19 economic recession, confidence of people to travel, and stringent travel restrictions. Therefore, some institutions forecast the aviation industry to recover at a much slower pace than what was expected.

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 coronavirus pandemic, passenger load factor dropped to 65 percent. However, it rebounded and forecast to reach 82,5 percent in 2024.
Passenger load factor Passenger load factor (PLF) is a measure of how much of an airline’s passenger carrying capacity has been utilized. It is calculated by dividing the revenue passenger kilometers, which is the total number of kilometers flown by passengers, by the available seat kilometers, which is the total number of kilometers flown for every seat in an aircraft (regardless of whether it has been filled or not). A higher passenger load factor therefore means that there are less empty seats on each aircraft, but does not indicate anything about changes in the total number of kilometers flown per passenger or per seat . PLF and profitability As airlines have fixed costs associated with every flight, a higher PLF will generally mean a higher profit margin for airlines. PLF is only one factor affecting total profitability though, meaning increases in PLF do not necessarily correspond with higher profits. In particular, the cost of airline fuel, which can be highly variable, has a strong effect on the operating margin of airlines. This can be seen clearly in through the jump in profitability from 2014 to 2015, which corresponds with a steep drop in the expenditure required for fuel.

Turkish Airlines: AS: International Flights: Europe data was reported at 45,369,748.000 Unit/km th in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 47,590,992.000 Unit/km th for 2016. Turkish Airlines: AS: International Flights: Europe data is updated yearly, averaging 36,721,737.000 Unit/km th from Dec 2009 (Median) to 2017, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47,590,992.000 Unit/km th in 2016 and a record low of 20,646,524.000 Unit/km th in 2009. Turkish Airlines: AS: International Flights: Europe data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Turkish Airlines, Incorporation. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.TA011: Airlines Statistics: Turkish Airlines .

Turkish Airlines: FC: CM: Domestic Flights data was reported at 70,634.000 Ton in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 56,453.000 Ton for 2016. Turkish Airlines: FC: CM: Domestic Flights data is updated yearly, averaging 47,472.000 Ton from Dec 2009 (Median) to 2017, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70,634.000 Ton in 2017 and a record low of 36,586.000 Ton in 2009. Turkish Airlines: FC: CM: Domestic Flights data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Turkish Airlines, Incorporation. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.TA011: Airlines Statistics: Turkish Airlines .

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Airline Fares in U.S. City Average (CUSR0000SETG01) from Jan 1989 to Jun 2025 about air travel, travel, urban, consumer, CPI, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

The National Airspace System (NAS) is an ever changing and complex engineering system. As the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is developed, there will be an increased emphasis on safety and operational and environmental efficiency. Current operations in the NAS are monitored using a variety of data sources, including data from flight recorders, radar track data, weather data, and other massive data collection systems. Although numerous technologies exist to monitor the frequency of known but undesirable behaviors in the NAS, there are currently few methods that can analyze the large repositories to discover new and previously unknown events in the NAS. Having a tool to discover events that have implications for safety or incidents of operational importance, increases the awareness of such scenarios in the community and helps to broaden the overall safety of the NAS, whereas only monitoring the frequency of known events can only provide mitigations for already established problems. This paper discusses a novel approach for discovering operationally significant events in the NAS that are currently not monitored and have potential safety and/or efficiency implications using radar-track data. This paper will discuss the discovery algorithm and describe in detail some flights of interest with comments from subject matter experts who are familiar with the operations in the airspace that was studied.

In 2024, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines were the leading airlines in the U.S., with a domestic market share of 21 percent. That year, American Airlines had the second-largest market share of 20 percent. U.S. airlines' domestic market share The passenger air transportation market is a thriving industry, taking individuals to locations around the globe. American Airlines was the third largest airline in the North America based on operating revenue, reaching nearly 40.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Passenger airlines can face much scrutiny for their passenger satisfaction and comfort. A 2025 North American Airline Satisfaction Study by J.D. Power & Associates listed Southwest Airlines as the best long-haul, closely followed by low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways. United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are the top-ranked airlines based on 2024 domestic market share. Delta operates out of Atlanta, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Delta’s hub, sees the most passenger traffic in the United States. Chicago-headquartered United Airlines is a subsidiary of United Continental Holdings. United has flights to 210 domestic destinations and 120 destinations internationally.

In 2024, the global air traffic passenger demand grew by **** percent compared to the previous year, when the passenger demand increased by **** percent. This figure was forecast to grow by eight percent in 2025.

Japan Airlines: Passenger Carried: International data was reported at 1,598.170 Person th in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,866.764 Person th for Sep 2018. Japan Airlines: Passenger Carried: International data is updated monthly, averaging 884.704 Person th from Jan 1964 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 658 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,108.675 Person th in Aug 2018 and a record low of 16.348 Person th in Jan 1964. Japan Airlines: Passenger Carried: International data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.TA008: Airlines Statistics. For data on international flights, the survey only covers domestic airline companies.

Monthly operating and financial statistics (number of thousands of: passengers, passenger-kilometres, available seat-kilometres, load factor, hours flown, turbo fuel consumed in litres, and total operating revenues) for major Canadian airlines.

The global fuel consumption by commercial airlines increased each year since 2009 and reached an all-time high of ** billion gallons in 2019. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the fuel consumption dropped to only ** billion gallons in 2020. As of 2021, commercial airlines increased their fuel consumption, which was forecast to rise to ** and ** billion gallons in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

The monthly year-on-year change in revenue-passenger kilometers (RPK) for the international market overall decreased. The average RPK for international markets peaked at almost 151 percent in July 2022, then began to decline with fluctuations. Moreover, the Asia Pacific market experienced the highest RPK growth of 291 percent in April 2022, subsequently exhibiting a gradual decline. As of May 2024, the Asia Pacific market grew by 27 percent compared to May 2023.

JAL Group: Domestic: Flight Landed on Airports not Destined data was reported at 13.000 Unit in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.000 Unit for May 2018. JAL Group: Domestic: Flight Landed on Airports not Destined data is updated monthly, averaging 12.000 Unit from Apr 2001 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 207 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 50.000 Unit in Jun 2003 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in Jul 2001. JAL Group: Domestic: Flight Landed on Airports not Destined data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by JAL Group. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.TA009: Airlines Statistics: Japan Airlines Group.