It is 2025 continues to surprise with growth in the industry toérea and October closedó con récord in cargo and transported passengers.
The Associationóno. of Transport AéInternational prisoner (THERE IT IS) has published its global data corresponding to October 2025, revealing a robust growth outlook in both the passenger transport and cargo markets.érea. Despite the economic uncertaintyómica and the challengesíos geopolíticos, The industry shows remarkable resilience in the face of the close of the yearñO.
Passenger transport: sustained growth
Total passenger demand (measurement in RPK) experimentó an increase of 6.6% in comparisonón with October 2024. The aerosolsícompanies responded to this appetite for travel by increasing their capacity in a 5.8%, what i tookó the employment factorón global al 84.6%.
Key points of the passenger market:
- International Market: It was the main engine, with an increase of 8.5%.
- Dom Marketéstic: I grew upó so más moderate, with a raise of the 3.4%.
- Recover usón of Northamérica: After months of stagnation, the aerosolsíNorth American lines saw a rebound in 4.5% in the traáI'm international.
Willie Walsh, General Director of THERE IT IS, I stand outó:
«Trends for the rest of the yearñor are they encouraging: scheduled capacity increaseá a 3.6% in November and a 4.7% in December. This points to strong demand for vacation and business travel to close deals in order toñO».
Performanceño regional:
- Asia-Pacífico: Leaderó growth with impressive 10.9%, driven by China, Japóy Vietnam.
- middle East: Registryó an increase of 10.7%, recoverátaking advantage of geopolitical tensionsíethics of theñprevious one.
- Europe: Maintained rapid growthólido del 7.4%, with the occupancy factorón más highest of all regions (86.5%).
- Latinoamérica: The aerosolsílines of the regionón they saw an increase in 7.2% on the demand, although the occupancy factoróno problemó slightly to 84.6%.
Load aérea: volúmeans récord
The freight marketéRhea did not stayó atrás, marking its eighth consecutive month of expansionón. overall demand (measurement in CTK) sufferedó a 4.1%, establishing a new rémonthly cord volume.
This growth occurs in an economic contextómixed monkey, where the productionón industrial global subió a 3.7% (the rhythmás ráI have been ordering since March 2025), but export ordersón showed some weakness due to tariff uncertainty.
Adaptability to Tariffs A fascinating fact from October is cóhow supply chains areán adapting. While the Asia-North America trade routeérica contracted for the sixth consecutive month, there was a double d growthígito inside Asia, and on the routes that connect the Middle East and Europe.
«It's fourón of changing growth shows that the load atéevil isá allowing global supply chains to adapt to the impact of US tariffs», I knowñaló Walsh.
Performanceño regional:
- Áfear: It was the star of the month with a massive increase in 16.6% on the demand.
- Asia-Pacífico: I grew upó a yesólido 8.3%.
- The Américh: Both the aerosolsíneas de Norteamérich like those of Latin Americaérich suffered a contractionón of the 2.7% on load demand, the performanceño más débil at a global level.
Prospects for closing 2025
The sector faces challenges such as the increase in 2.5% in the price of aviation fuelón (jet fuel) and a di marketébe adjusted. Nevertheless, manufacturing confidence has improved slightly and scheduled capacity for úlast two months ofñor suggests that the industryérea playá a crucial role in the peak holiday and trade season.
As he concludes THERE IT IS, the resilience of travel demandéinmates is a «bright spot» that governments must take care, especially in the face of economic uncertaintyómica planned for 2026.
