2 Travel forecasts on Chronopin: cited projections and data, each with its publisher, date and quote.
Industry forecast · TravelGlobal airline passenger traffic growth, 2026
IATA reported (RPK growth vs prior year): 5.3%(2025 · Reported)
IATA Global Outlook for Air Transport, June 2026 2026: 2.1%(Projected)
Annual global passenger traffic growth measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), not passenger headcount. June 2026 outlook reflects fuel costs and airspace disruption; it is not a tourism-arrivals forecast. History: Total industry RPK growth vs previous year as first reported in IATA's annual press releases (later outlooks may revise, e.g. 2024 to about 10.6); 2023 reflects pandemic-recovery base effects.
“Total full-year demand in 2025 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 5.3% compared to 2024.”
Projections are the cited publishers’ forecasts, not ChronoPin’s.
Checked 2026-10-28
Industry forecast · TravelGlobal airline segment passengers
IATA reported: 4,781M(2024 · Reported)
IATA Global Outlook June 2026 (2025 estimate, 2026 forecast) 2025: 4,967M(Projected)
Millions of passenger segments flown (each flight leg counted), not unique travellers or O&D passengers (IATA's O&D series is lower). 2025 is an IATA estimate and 2026 an IATA forecast.