World's largest airlines

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

Contents

By Scheduled Passengers Carried (Millions) [edit]

Delta Boeing 747-400
Rank Airline 2012 2011 2010 2009 Ref.
1 United States Delta Air Lines1 164.6 161.4 162.6 161.0 [1]
2 United States United Airlines2 140.4 96.4 - - [2]
3 United States Southwest Airlines3 134.0 128.6 130.9 101.3 [3]
4 United States American Airlines 107.9 86.0 - - [4]
5 China China Southern Airlines 86.5 80.7 76.5 66.3 [5]
6 Republic of Ireland Ryanair4 79.6 76.4 80.6 66.5 [6]
7 FranceNetherlands Air France-KLM N/A 75.8 70.8 71.4 [7]
8 Germany Lufthansa 74.7 N/A N/A N/A [8]
9 China China Eastern Airlines - 68.7 64.9 44.0 [9]
10 United States US Airways 62.5 60.9 59.9 58.9 [10]
Notes

By Scheduled Passenger-Kilometers Flown (Millions) [edit]

American Airlines MD-80
Rank Airline 2012 2011[11] 2010 [12] 2009[13] 2008 2007
1 United States United Airlines1 288,741 291,853 292,803 161,436 204,706 197,684
2 United States Delta Air Lines2 272,919 269,724 266,990 161,904 199,895 178,952
3 FranceNetherlands Air France-KLM 223,787 217,214 - - - -
4 GermanySwitzerlandAustria Lufthansa Group 204,770 207,621 184,297 160,684 154,195 130,890
5 United States American Airlines4 203,431 203,485 201,881 196,939 242,987 231,330
6 United KingdomSpain International Airlines Group 175,995 168,636 - - - -
7 United States Southwest Airlines3 165,561 157,044 125,581 - - -
8 United Arab Emirates Emirates - 153,264 143,660 118,284 100,672 90,530
9 China China Southern Airlines - 121,944 110,545 - - -
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Numbers on and after 2010 are for the merged United/Continental - exclude United Express.
  • ^2 Numbers on and after 2010 are for the merged Delta/Northwest - exclude Delta Connection.
  • ^3 Numbers on and after 2010 are for the merged Southwest/AirTran.
  • ^4 Numbers exclude American Connection.
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures

By Scheduled Total (International + domestic) Freight Tonne-Kilometres Flown (Millions) [edit]

FedEx Express Boeing 727
Rank Airline 2010 2009[14]
1 United States FedEx Express 15,743 15,939
2 United States UPS Airlines 10,194 10,566
3 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific1 9,587 9,109
4 South Korea Korean Air1 9,542 8,974
5 United Arab Emirates Emirates1 7,913 8,132
6 Germany Lufthansa1 7,423 7,674
7 Singapore Singapore Airlines Cargo1 7,001 7,118
8 Taiwan China Airlines 6,410 5,411
9 Luxembourg Cargolux 5,166 -
10 Taiwan 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.

By Fleet Size [edit]

Passenger Airlines [edit]

Delta aircraft at New York-JFK
Rank Airline Fleet size
1 United States Delta Air Lines 1,273 [15]
2 United States United Airlines 1,242 [16]
3 United States American Airlines 869 [17]
4 United States Southwest Airlines1 694 [18]
5 United States US Airways 631 [19]
6 FranceNetherlands Air France-KLM 621 [20]
7 China China Southern Airlines 420 [21]
8 United KingdomSpain International Airlines Group 398 [22]
9 Canada Air Canada 351 [23]
Notes

Cargo Airlines [edit]

DHL Airbus A300

[when?]

Rank Airline Fleet size
1 United States FedEx 654 [24]
2 Germany DHL 250 [25]
3 United States UPS 230 [26]
4 NetherlandsBelgium TNT Express 46 [27]
5 South Korea Korean Air Cargo 26 [28]
6 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Cargo 25 [29]
7 Taiwan China Airlines Cargo 21 [30]
8 Germany Lufthansa Cargo 18 [31]
9 China China Cargo Airlines 18 [32]
10 Luxembourg Cargolux 15 [33]

By Number of Destinations [edit]

[when?]

United Airlines Boeing 777
Rank Airline Destinations References
1 United StatesUnited Airlines 374 [34]
2 United StatesDelta Air Lines 343 [35]
3 United StatesAmerican Airlines 260 [36]
4 TurkeyTurkish Airlines 226 [37]
5 GermanyLufthansa 218 [38]
6 United StatesUS Airways 206 [39]
7 CanadaAir Canada 183 [40]
8 United KingdomBritish Airways 169 [41]
9 Republic of IrelandRyanair 168 [42]
10 FranceAir France 165 [43]

By Region [edit]

Scheduled passengers carried [edit]

Lufthansa Airbus A380
Continent/
region		 Airline Passengers carried Full list
Africa Egypt EgyptAir 9,517,000 (2010) [44] List of largest airlines in Africa
Asia China China Southern Airlines 86,483,380 (2012)[45] List of largest airlines in Asia
Europe GermanySwitzerlandAustria Lufthansa Group 103,050,000 (2012)[8] List of largest airlines in Europe
North America United States Delta Air Lines 164,571,529 (2012)[46] List of largest airlines in North America
Oceania Australia Qantas Group 45,199,000 (2011)[47] List of largest airlines in Oceania
South America BrazilChile LATAM Airlines Group 64,983,000 (2012)[48] List of largest airlines in South America

See also [edit]

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References [edit]

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  10. ^ "2011 press releases". US Airways. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  11. ^ http://www.iata.org/ps/publications/Pages/wats-passenger-km.aspx
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  13. ^ "WATS Scheduled Passenger - Kilometers Flown". International Air Transport Association. 2007. 
  14. ^ "WATS Scheduled Freight Tonne – Kilometres". International Air Transport Association. 2006. 
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  27. ^ "About TNT Express". tnt.com. 31.Dez. 2011. Retrieved 2013-01-08. 
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  33. ^ "Cargolux Annual Report". cargolux.com. 31.Dez.2012. Retrieved 2013-01-08. 
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  47. ^ Qantas Annual Report 2007[dead link]
  48. ^ TAM Annual Report 2006[dead link]

Sources [edit]
Airports worldwide
Busiest airports
by country
North America
Oceania
By region
Airlines
Routes
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