Commercial airlines worldwide - passenger load factor 2005-2018

The data depicts the passenger load factor (PLF) of commercial airlines worldwide from 2005 to 2018. In 2017, the passenger load factor amounted to 81.5%.

Passenger load factor is an aviation industry metric reflecting the capacity utilization of an aircraft, more precisely the ratio between revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) and available seat kilometers (ASK) expressed as a percentage.