Aerospace Global News
Chloe Greenbank
05 Feb 2026
Airports Council International (ACI) World’s Airport Traffic Forecast reveals that Asia Pacific will lead global passenger growth to 2054.
Global airport traffic is set to more than double by mid-2040s as aviation enters “new baseline”, according to airport trade body ACI World.
With 2024’s global passenger traffic exceeding 2019 levels, hitting around 9.4 billion passengers, it marks a shift toward more mature, sustainable growth.
That figure is now expected to more than double by the mid-2040s, reaching roughly 2.5 times current levels by 2054, according to ACI World’s latest long-term traffic outlook.
