IATA: African airways see 5.3% rise in worldwide passenger demand in September  

African airways recorded a 5.3% rise in worldwide passenger demand in September 2025, with the load issue climbing barely to 74.7%.

That is in response to the September 2025 world passenger demand market figures launched by the Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation (IATA).

This enhance displays a gentle restoration in worldwide air journey throughout the continent, pushed primarily by intra-African routes and rising leisure and enterprise journey.

Airways expanded capability by 5.1% in the course of the month, with capability referring to the entire seats out there on the market.

This was barely beneath the rise in visitors, serving to push the load issue, which measures the share of seats truly crammed by paying passengers, up by 0.1 share factors year-on-year.

“African airways noticed a 5.3% year-on-year enhance in demand. Capability was up 5.1% year-on-year. The load issue was 74.7% (+0.1 ppt in comparison with September 2024),” the IATA report learn partially.

Globally, for September 2025, complete passenger demand elevated 3.6% in comparison with September 2024, with capability up 3.7% and a load issue of 83.4%, down 0.1 share factors from a yr earlier. Worldwide demand rose 5.1%, with capability up 5.2% and a load issue of 83.6%, whereas home demand elevated 0.9%, with capability up 1.1% and a load issue of 83.0%.

Extra insights 

IATA Director Common Willie Walsh mentioned that strong worldwide demand drove most of September 2025’s 3.6% world passenger progress. Capability expanded barely quicker at 3.7%, however load components remained sturdy at 83.4%.

• He famous that with November flight schedules displaying a 3% enhance over final yr, airways are making ready for continued progress into the year-end vacation season regardless of ongoing provide chain constraints.
• For September 2025, Africa accounted for two.2% of the worldwide air passenger market, smaller than Asia-Pacific with 33.5%, Europe with 26.7%, and North America with 22.9%. The Center East held 9.4%, and Latin America and the Caribbean 5.3%.

Whereas Africa’s share remained modest, the 5.3% enhance in passenger demand and the slight enchancment in load issue to 74.7% spotlight optimistic progress tendencies for the continent’s airways.

Worldwide passenger demand by area in September 2025 

Worldwide passenger demand in September 2025 confirmed various progress throughout areas.

• African carriers grew steadily, recording a 5.3% enhance in demand and a load issue of 74.7%, although their progress was slower than that of Asia-Pacific airways, which noticed a 7.4% rise in demand and a load issue of 83.3%, pushed largely by intra-Asia journey from China and Japan.
• European carriers skilled a 2.9% enhance in demand and posted the very best load issue globally at 86.2%, whereas North American airways noticed practically flat demand at -0.1% and a load issue of 81.2%, reflecting weaker trans-Pacific visitors.

Center Japanese airways recorded a 6.2% enhance in demand with a steady load issue of 81.8%, and Latin America and the Caribbean grew 5.4% with a load issue of 83.6%.