Method for manufacturing a woven fabric for an airbag for passenger restraint systems for motor vehicles, characterized via the steps of preparing a group of warp yarns composed of warp yarns (24, 26) of different yarn qualities, having first warp yarns (24) and having second warp yarns (26) which are arranged in selected regions (ZK) of the group of warp yarns and are made of hybrid yarn which has first filaments (61) and second filaments (62), weaving the fabric with at least one weft yarn quality, and thermal, mechanical or chemical treatment of the fabric in such a way that the second filaments lose their filament structure, become an amorphous mass and connect the first filaments to one another.