FinTech Applications in Aviation Finance: A Bibliometric and Scientometric Review (2000–2025)

Abstract

Due to the increased use of financial technologies (FinTech) and digital financial systems, the transformation of the aviation sector is being accelerated. With the help of modern technologies such as blockchain, digital payment technologies, artificial intelligence, and data analytics, aviation finance is being redesigned. It will become more efficient, transparent, and financially sound. Despite increased attention to FinTech applications in the aviation sector, the available literature remains fragmented across multiple fields. In this paper, a bibliometric and scientometric review will be conducted to examine the growth of the literature on the use of FinTech in aviation finance. A dataset of 312 publications in the Scopus database (2000-2025) was analysed using VOSviewer to gain insight into the publications' tendencies, collaboration networks, and research areas. The lists are evaluated based on co-authorship, presence of keywords in databases, citation network, and bibliographic coupled network to identify influential authors, institutions, and research topics.