IATA Says US Air Travel to Lag Global Growth in 2026 and Beyond

Travelers at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

Travel demand in the US is unlikely to catch up to international growth in the near future, the head of the leading global aviation association said at the Singapore Airshow.

“Expected growth in the US market is lower than the global average,” International Air Transport Association Director General Willie Walsh said in a Bloomberg TV interview on Tuesday.