Air Transport Statistics Flash Report: July 2026
Overview
The July 2026 flash report presents passenger and cargo volumes, year-over-year changes, and passenger and weight load factors for domestic scheduled and international air services. Domestic scheduled passenger numbers increased year over year, while cargo volume declined. International passenger numbers increased, while year-over-year cargo results showed slight decreases or increases depending on the measure. Cargo figures in parentheses include excess baggage and mail. Domestic scheduled air transport includes commuter air transport results.
Key points
- Domestic scheduled passenger transport increased year over year.
- Domestic scheduled cargo transport decreased year over year.
- International passenger transport increased year over year.
- International cargo transport showed slight decreases or increases depending on the measure.
Overview
The flash report dated September 30, 2026 presents passenger and cargo volumes, year-over-year changes, and load factors for July domestic scheduled and international air services.
Details
Domestic scheduled air passenger transport totaled 9,568 thousand people and 9,146,060 thousand passenger-kilometers. Cargo transport totaled 52,866 tonnes (61,643 tonnes including excess baggage and mail) and 59,632 thousand tonne-kilometers (69,267 thousand tonne-kilometers including them); the weight load factor was 56.2%. Passenger numbers rose 1.5% year over year, and passenger-kilometers rose 1.3%. Cargo declined 7.5% by tonnes (6.0% including excess baggage and mail) and 4.6% by tonne-kilometers (3.4% including them).
International air passenger transport totaled 1,945 thousand people and 9,467,305 thousand passenger-kilometers. Cargo transport totaled 144,697 tonnes (149,154 tonnes including excess baggage and mail) and 804,835 thousand tonne-kilometers (820,449 thousand tonne-kilometers including them); the weight load factor was 71.3%. Passenger numbers rose 3.6% year over year, and passenger-kilometers rose 0.6%. Cargo declined 0.0% by tonnes (increased 0.2% including excess baggage and mail) and declined 0.4% by tonne-kilometers (declined 0.5% including them).
Domestic scheduled air transport results include commuter air transport results. Cargo figures in parentheses include excess baggage and mail. When reproducing the statistical figures, the source is to be identified as the “Air Transport Statistics Flash Report.”