VIVAERO Air passenger numbers to top five billion in 2025: IATA Air passenger numbers are forecast to top five billion for the first time next year and the sector's revenues will break the trillion-dollar barrier, the global aviation body IATA said on Tuesday. "Passenger numbers are expected to reach 5.2 billion in 2025, a 6.7 percent rise compared to 2024 and the first time that the number of passengers has exceeded the five billion mark," the International Air Transport Association said in a statement. Total industry revenues are meanwhile forecast at $1.007 trillion, helped by falling oil and fuel prices, "the first time that industry revenues top the $1 trillion mark," it added. Revenues will be up 4.4 percent from 2024, it said. "All of this gives us a financial performance which I think is absolutely worth popping the champagne" for after a post-pandemic rebound, IATA chief economist Marie Owens Thomsen told a news conference in Geneva. The avi...
