World's largest airlines

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There are several methods to measure the size of an airline, so several different lists of the world's largest airlines are available.

Contents

[edit] Scheduled passengers carried

Rank Airline 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007[1] 2006[2] 2005
1 United States Delta Air Lines 163,838,348 162,614,714 161,049,000 106,070,000 72,900,000 73,584,000 86,007,000 [3]
2 United States United Airlines 141,799,000 145,550,000 81,421,000 86,412,000 68,400,000 69,265,000 66,717,000 [4]
3 United States Southwest Airlines1 135,274,464 130,948,747 101,339,000 101,921,000 101,911,000 96,277,000 88,380,000 [5]
4 Germany Lufthansa2 106,335,000 90,173,000 76,543,000 70,543,000 66,100,000 53,400,000 51,300,000 [6]
5 United States American Airlines 106,013,737 105,163,576 85,719,000 92,772,000 98,162,000 99,835,000 98,038,000 [7]
6 China China Southern Airlines 80,674,800 76,500,000 66,280,000 57,961,000 56,900,000 48,512,000 43,228,000 [8]
7 Republic of Ireland Ryanair3 76,400,000 73,553,580 66,503,999 58,565,663 50,931,723 42,509,112 34,768,813 [9]
8 FranceNetherlands Air France-KLM 75,780,000 70,750,000 71,394,000 73,844,000 74,795,000 73,484,000 70,015,000 [10]
9 China China Eastern Airlines - 64,877,800 44,042,990 37,231,480 39,161,400 35,039,700 24,290,500 [11]
10 United States US Airways 60,854,368 59,809,367 58,921,521 62,659,842 66,056,374 66,102,774 71,580,012 [12]
Notes

[edit] By scheduled passenger-kilometers

[edit] Scheduled passenger-kilometer flown

American Airlines Boeing 757
Rank Airline 2009
(millions)[13]
2008
(millions)
2007
(millions)
1 United States American Airlines 196,939 242,987 231,330
2 United States Delta Air Lines1 161,904 199,895 178,952
3 United States United Airlines2 161,436 204,706 197,684
4 France Air France 126,415 129,433 123,458
5 United States Continental Airlines 125,048 149,845 137,712
6 Germany Lufthansa3 123,083 126,267 122,672
7 United Arab Emirates Emirates 118,284 100,672 90,530
8 United Kingdom British Airways 111,995 114,608 113,275
9 United States Northwest Airlines 100,152 126,212 116,845
10 Australia Qantas 97,488
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Delta became the world's largest carrier once the Delta-Northwest merger was complete and will become the second-largest after the United-Continental merger
  • ^2 United will become the world's largest carrier once operations are combined with Continental Airlines
  • ^3 Excludes figures for Swiss International Air Lines and Germanwings

[edit] Scheduled international passenger-kilometers flown

Rank Airline 2010 (millions) 2009[13]
(millions)
2008
(millions)
1 United Arab Emirates Emirates 143,660 118,284 100,672
2 Germany Lufthansa1 124,614 118,264
3 United States Delta Air Lines 119,055 70,725
4 France Air France2 115,837 116,711
5 United Kingdom British Airways 103,095 109,402 113,075
6 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific4 87,332 81,086 83,542
7 Singapore Singapore Airlines3 84,911 81,552 93,626
8 Republic of Ireland Ryanair 81,890
9 United States American Airlines 80,531 76,301 80,809
10 Netherlands KLM 73,472 71,972
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Excludes figures for Swiss International Air Lines and Germanwings
  • ^2 Excludes figures for KLM
  • ^3 Excludes figures for SilkAir
  • ^4 Excludes figures for Dragonair
  • Ryanair claims themselves[14] to be the largest international carrier by number of passengers, but no figure on passenger-kilometers has been published here.

[edit] Scheduled domestic passenger-kilometers flown

American Airlines Airbus A300
Rank Airline 2009
(millions)[13]
2008
(millions)[13]
2007
(millions)
1 United States American Airlines 120,638 131,178 141,437
2 United States United Airlines 93,362 102,779 114,224
3 United States Delta Air Lines 91,179 97,923 103,008
4 China China Southern Airlines1 81,850 71,584 69,367
5 United States US Airways 71,266 77,054 52,018
6 United States Continental Airlines 66,409 69,814 74,126
7 United States Northwest Airlines 55,589 58,501 63,872
8 China Air China 46,159 38,761
9 China China Eastern Airlines 43,922
10 Australia Qantas 35,784
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Includes figures for flights to Hong Kong from the rest of the People's Republic of China.

[edit] By scheduled freight

[edit] Scheduled freight tonne-kilometres flown

A FedEx Express Airbus A310 taxis for takeoff at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.
Rank Airline 2010
(millions)
2009
(millions)
2008
(millions)[15]
2007
(millions)[15]
2006
(millions)
2005
(millions)
1 United States FedEx Express TBA 13,756 26,122 19,710 16,145 12,408
2 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Cargo 10,200 7,722 8,245 8,225 6,914 6,458
3 United States UPS Airlines TBA 9,189 16,977 13,968 9,941 9,075
4 South Korea Korean Air Cargo 9,700 8,284 8,890 9,568 8,764 8,072
5 Germany Lufthansa Cargo1 8,905 6,668 8,206 8,348 8,091 7,680
6 Singapore Singapore Airlines Cargo2 6,455 7,486 7,945 7,991 7,603
7 United Arab Emirates Emirates SkyCargo 6,369 5,313 5,497
8 Republic of China China Airlines 4,903 5,261 6,301 6,099 6,037
9 France Air France Cargo3 4,675 4,675 6,820 6,126 5,868
10 Luxembourg Cargolux 4,652 6,334 5,482 5,237 5,149
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Includes figures for Lufthansa
  • ^2 Includes figures for Singapore Airlines
  • ^3 Excludes figures for KLM

[edit] Scheduled international freight tonne-kilometres flown

Korean Air Boeing 747, one of the passenger aircraft with the cargo hold managed by Korean Air Cargo
Rank Airline 2010
(millions)
2009
(millions)
2008
(millions)[15]
2007
(millions)
2006
(millions)
1 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific1 9,587 7,722 8,245 8,225 6,914
2 South Korea Korean Air Cargo 9,487 8,225 8,822 9,498 8,680
3 United Arab Emirates Emirates SkyCargo 7,913 6,369 6,013 5,497 5,027
4 Germany Lufthansa Cargo2 7,422 6,660 8,194 8,336 8,077
5 United States FedEx Express 7,421 5,808 6,582 6,470 6,136
6 Singapore Singapore Airlines Cargo3 7,001 6,455 7,486 7,945 7,991
7 Republic of China China Airlines 6,410 4,903 5,261 6,301 6,099
8 United States UPS Airlines 5,215 4,495 5,289 5,077
9 Republic of China Eva Air 5,166 - - - -
10 Luxembourg Cargolux 4,901 4,652 5,334 5,482 5,237
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Includes figures for flights between Hong Kong and the rest of the People's Republic of China
  • ^2 Includes figures for Lufthansa
  • ^3 Includes figures for Singapore Airlines
  • ^4 Excludes figures for KLM

[edit] Scheduled Total (International + domestic) freight tonne-kilometres flown

Rank Airline 2010
(millions)
2009
(millions)[15]
1 United States FedEx Express 15,743
2 United States UPS Airlines 10,194
3 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific1 9,587
4 South Korea Korean Air1 9,542
5 United Arab Emirates Emirates1 7,913
6 Germany Lufthansa1 7,423
7 Singapore Singapore Airlines Cargo1 7,001
8 Republic of China China Airlines 6,410
9 Luxembourg Cargolux 5,166
10 Republic of China EVA Air 4,901
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Excludes figures for flights to Hong Kong and Macau from the rest of the People's Republic of China.

[edit] By fleet size

[edit] Passenger airlines

Updated as of March 11, 2011

Rank Airline Fleet size Orders Notes
1 United States Delta Air Lines 744 121 Mar 11 2011 [16]
2 United States SkyWest, Inc.3 727 74 Oct 11 2011 [17]
3 United States United Airlines1 712 116 Mar 11 2011 [18]
4 Germany Lufthansa Group 710 155 Mar 11 2011 [19]
5 United States Southwest Airlines2 703 142 Nov 28 2011 [20]
6 United States American Airlines 624 14 Jul 20 2011 [21]
7 FranceNetherlands Air France-KLM 616 80 Sept 12 2011 [22]
8 United Kingdom Spain International Airlines (British Airways + Iberia) 487 134 Apr 2011 [23]
9 China China Southern Airlines 345 35 Mar 11 2011 [24]
10 United States US Airways 341 133 Mar 11 2011 [25]
Notes

[edit] Cargo airlines

Updated as of November 10, 2010

Rank Airline Fleet size Orders Notes
1 United States FedEx Express 697 [26] 48 orders
2 United States UPS Airlines 214 [27] 19 orders
3 Germany DHL Aviation 75 13 orders
4 NetherlandsBelgium TNT Airways 50 2 orders
5 South Korea Korean Air Cargo 24 12 orders
6 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Cargo 24 10 orders
7 Republic of China China Airlines Cargo 19 0 orders
8 Germany Lufthansa Cargo 18 5 orders
9 Republic of China EVA Air Cargo 18 0 orders
10 Luxembourg Cargolux 16 11 orders

[edit] By number of destinations

[edit] Current number of destinations

This list comprises the airlines with over 100 destinations. These destinations include subsidiaries airlines of each company, but exclude codeshare agreements.

Rank Airline Country Destinations
1 United Airlines United States United States 371 [28]
2 Delta Air Lines United States United States 356 [29]
3 International Airlines Group United KingdomSpain Spain, United Kingdom 289
4 Air France-KLM FranceNetherlands France, Netherlands 254 [30]
5 American Airlines United States United States 250
6 Lufthansa Germany Germany 221
7 Turkish Airlines Turkey Turkey 190 [31]
8 Air China China China 185
9 Qantas Australia Australia 182[32]
10 Air Canada Canada Canada 178[33]
11 Ryanair Republic of Ireland Ireland 165
12 SkyWest Airlines United States United States 163
13 American Eagle Airlines United States United States 160
14 Air Berlin Germany Germany 154
15 US Airways United States United States 141
16 China Eastern Airlines China China 140
17 KLM Netherlands Netherlands 125
18 EasyJet United Kingdom United Kingdom 123
19 China Southern Airlines China China 121
20 Austrian Airlines Austria Austria 117
21 SAS Denmark Norway Sweden Denmark, Norway, Sweden 116
22 Korean Air South Korea South Korea 116
23 Norwegian Air Shuttle Norway Norway 115
24 Emirates Airline United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 111
25 Southwest Airlines1 United States United States 110
26 Avianca Colombia Colombia 109
27 Japan Airlines Japan Japan 103
28 Asiana Airlines South Korea Korea 100
Notes

[edit] By region

[edit] Scheduled passengers carried

Continent/
region
Airline Passengers carried Full list
Africa Egypt EgyptAir 8,400,000 (2009)[34] List of largest airlines in Africa
Asia China China Southern Airlines 76,455,100 (2010)[35] List of largest airlines in Asia
Europe Germany Lufthansa 90,173,000 (2010)[36] List of largest airlines in Europe
North America United States Delta Air Lines 162,614,714 (2010) List of largest airlines in North America
Oceania Australia Qantas Group 43,336,000 (2010)[37] List of largest airlines in Oceania
South America Brazil TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) 34,553,000 (2010)[38] List of largest airlines in South America

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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  38. ^ TAM Annual Report 2006

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