2025 Record Profitability,
Now What? — December 2025

According to the latest Global Outlook publication from IATA, the World’s airline industry is estimated to have ended 2025 with its most profitable year. The trade association estimates that total revenues will have exceeded the psychologically important $1tn mark, and with post-pandemic recovery continuing in all regions of the world operating profits could have reached $67bn. It estimates the industry’s net profits to have been $39.5bn, equivalent to $7.90 per passenger.