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IATA's Global Outlook forecasts 4.9% year-over-year passenger growth in 2026, led by Asia Pacific's 7.3% expansion, constrained by aircraft shortages and labour scarcity. Air cargo is projected to grow 2.6%, supported by e-commerce and artificial intelligence trade.

IATA's 2025 Annual Safety Report Executive Summary confirms strong long-term global aviation safety, with accident rates falling to 1.32 per million flight sectors—a 65% decline from 2005—despite carrying nearly five billion passengers.

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IATA assigns and maintains the official codes that uniquely identify airlines, airports, and intermodal locations worldwide.

Industry-wide Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK) contracted by 3.4% year‑on‑year (YoY) in April, while the Passenger Load Factor (PLF) dropped to 83.1%.

> "The challenge is to design licensing frameworks that maintain high standards of competency and, at the same time, facilitate the movement of skilled workers needed to meet the growing demand for air transport services."

> "The intention behind this guidance document is to reduce administrative burden, improve consistency across the industry, and facilitate the development of trusted systems that help prevent double counting of SAF environmental attributes.

Industry-wide Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK) slipped back into contraction, declining by 0.8% year-on-year (YoY) in August, after only one month of marginal growth, at 0.3% in July.

> "This guidance aims to help airlines navigate the complexity of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies by providing a practical framework to review, interpret, and compare existing evidence, enabling more informed decisions when evaluating alternatives to single-use plastic products."

Global air cargo demand strengthened in August, with industry-wide cargo tonne-kilometers, CTK, increasing by 4.4% year-on-year (YoY). Growth reached every carrier region but remained concentrated in North America and Asia Pacific.

IATA's May 2026 Air Cargo Market Analysis reports global air cargo demand growth of 6.0% year-on-year, anchored in Asia Pacific and North American carrier strength.

IATA's May 2026 Air Passenger Market Analysis reveals a second consecutive month of contraction in global aviation demand, with industry-wide Revenue Passenger Kilometres declining 2.2% year-on-year.

IATA's Global Passenger Survey 2025 is the aviation industry's leading tool for measuring global passenger satisfaction, behavior, and expectations across 200 countries.

IATA's June 2026 Air Cargo Market Analysis reports sustained global freight demand growth of 8.5% year-on-year, with international cargo traffic accelerating to 9.6% driven by North American carriers and a sharp Middle Eastern recovery despite geopolitical headwinds.

IATA's Q2 2026 Quarterly Air Transport Chartbook presents a data-driven analysis of global aviation market conditions during a period of significant macroeconomic volatility driven by Middle East geopolitical tensions.

IATA's 62nd Annual Safety Report serves as a foundational reference for global commercial aviation accident data, continuing a tradition established in 1964.

IATA's July 2026 Air Cargo Market Analysis reports global cargo demand growth of 3.9% year-on-year, with international traffic advancing 4.7% and the Asia–North America corridor driving expansion.

IATA's February 2026 Air Passenger Market Analysis documents a 6.1% year-on-year increase in global Revenue Passenger Kilometres, driven by Lunar New Year travel demand and strength in the Chinese domestic market.

IATA's March 2026 Air Cargo Market Analysis shows global air cargo demand contracting 4.8% year-on-year amid Middle East disruption and seasonal pressures, with international traffic falling 5.5%.

SkyTeam, one of three major global airline alliances comprising 18 member carriers, adopted IATA's CO2 Connect for Corporate Travel tool to calculate and report Scope 3 business travel emissions for ESG compliance.

IATA has published a Global Interoperability Framework for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) registries, developed in collaboration with CADO, 4AIR, and 123Carbon.

IATA's July 2026 Air Passenger Market Analysis reports a return to positive growth after three months of contraction caused by the Iran war, with industry RPK rising 0.2% year-on-year.

IATA's February 2026 air cargo market report shows global cargo demand (CTK) accelerating 11.2% year-on-year, driven by pre-Lunar New Year flows and sustained regional expansion.