THE NUMBERS, WITH RECEIPTS.
1 Aerospace forecasts on Chronopin: cited projections and data, each with its publisher, date and quote.
USD billions, whole industry. 2019-2024 are IATA reported values (subject to IATA revision); 2025 is an IATA estimate (E) and 2026 an IATA forecast (F). IATA halved its 2026 forecast from USD 45 billion after the Middle East conflict lifted jet fuel prices; net margin 2.0% in 2026.
“Global airline industry 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025E 2026F ... Net profit, USD billion 26.4 -137.7 -40.4 -3.5 40.5 37.7 45.0 23.0”
Projections are the cited publishers’ forecasts, not ChronoPin’s.
Checked 2026-10-28
$45B (2025) → $23B (2026) → $26.4B (2019) → $-138B (2020) → $-40.4B (2021) → $-3.5B (2022) → $40.5B (2023) → $37.7B (2024)
USD billions, whole industry. 2019-2024 are IATA reported values (subject to IATA revision); 2025 is an IATA estimate (E) and 2026 an IATA forecast (F). IATA halved its 2026 forecast from USD 45 billion after the Middle East conflict lifted jet fuel prices; net margin 2.0% in 2026.