In 2023, the number of airline passengers amounted to 4.2 billion. This was a 40 percent increase compared to the previous year. Over the given period, passenger traffic significantly decreased due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, after the first year of the pandemic, this figure rebounded, but was still below pre-pandemic figures.
Global airline traffic from 2019 to 2023
( in billion passengers)
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CarTrawler. (October 6, 2024). Global airline traffic from 2019 to 2023 ( in billion passengers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535128/worldwide-airline-traffic/
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