How many passengers do airlines carry worldwide each year?
World medium Data from 2024
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The answer
4,900,000,000 passengers
Roughly 4.9B.
Global air travel finished recovering from the pandemic collapse in 2024, with airlines carrying close to 5 billion passenger journeys. That is not 5 billion different people: frequent flyers are counted on every leg. Roughly 100,000 commercial flights take off on an ordinary day.
Where this number comes from
| Source | International Air Transport Association (IATA) |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | passengers |
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