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Payments Cost Airlines $24.5bn in 2025

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Payments Cost Airlines $24.5bn in 2025
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released new data demonstrating the rising cost burden of payment processing.

Airlines globally incurred $24.5 billion in payment costs to process $1.05 trillion in sales in 2025, a 10.4% increase in total costs versus 2023. That far exceeds the overall growth in travel sales over the same period, which was up 7.7% from $977 billion in 2023.

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