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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.

By scheduled passengers

Scheduled international passengers carried

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 shortly after takeoff
Rank Airline 2009
(thousands)[1]		 2008
(thousands)[2]		 2007
(thousands)[3]
1 Republic of Ireland Ryanair 65,282 57,647
2 Germany Lufthansa1 41,515 42,151
3 United Kingdom EasyJet 34,593 35,417
4 France Air France 31,256 32,508
5 United Kingdom British Airways 27,844 29,054
6 United Arab Emirates Emirates Airline 25,921 22,444
7 Netherlands KLM 22,333 23,808
8 United States American Airlines 19,514 21,154
9 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific3 18,102
10 Singapore Singapore Airlines2 16,322 19,142
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Excludes figures for Swiss International Air Lines and Germanwings
  • ^2 Excludes figures for SilkAir
  • ^3 Excludes figures for Dragonair, which if included will be 23,253.

Scheduled domestic passengers carried

A Southwest Airlines 737 landing at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Rank Airline 2009
(thousands)[4]		 2008
(thousands)[2]		 2007
(thousands)[3]
1 United States Southwest Airlines 101,338 101,921 101,911
2 United States American Airlines 66,206 71,618 76,687
3 China China Southern Airlines1 62,267 54,154 52,505
4 United States Delta Air Lines 55,808 59,499 61,651
5 United States United Airlines 46,988 53,307 58,162
6 United States US Airways 45,201 49,208 37,560
7 Japan All Nippon Airways 37,944 42,854 44,792
8 China China Eastern Airlines1 37,668
9 China Air China1 34,413
10 United States Northwest Airlines 33,412 38,890 37,175
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Includes figures for flights between Hong Kong from the rest of the People's Republic of China.

By scheduled passenger-miles

Scheduled passenger-kilometer flown

American Airlines Boeing 757
Rank Airline 2009
(millions)[5]		 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 Airlines 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 Airways 97,488
Notes
  • Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
  • ^1 Delta will become the world's second-largest carrier once the United-Continental merger is complete
  • ^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

Scheduled international passenger-kilometers flown

Emirates Airline
Rank Airline 2009[5]
(millions)		 2008
(millions)
1 United Arab Emirates Emirates Airline 118,284 100,672
2 Germany Lufthansa1 118,264
3 France Air France2 116,711
4 United Kingdom British Airways 109,402 113,075
5 Singapore Singapore Airlines3 81,552 93,626
6 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific4 81,086 83,542
7 United States American Airlines 76,301 80,809
8 Netherlands KLM 73,472 71,972
Notes

Scheduled domestic passenger-kilometers flown

American Airlines Airbus A300
Rank Airline 2009
(millions)[5]		 2008
(millions)[5]		 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 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.

By scheduled freight

Scheduled freight tonne-kilometres flown

A FedEx Express Airbus A310 taxis for takeoff at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.
Rank Airline 2009
(millions)		 2008
(millions)[6]		 2007
(millions)[6]		 2006
(millions)		 2005
(millions)
1 United States FedEx Express 13,756 26,122 19,710 16,145 12,408
2 United States UPS Airlines 9,189 16,977 13,968 9,941 9,075
3 South Korea Korean Air Cargo 8,284 8,890 9,568 8,764 8,072
4 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific 7,722 8,245 8,225 6,914 6,458
5 Germany Lufthansa Cargo1 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 Airline 6,369 5,313 5,497
8 Taiwan China Airlines 4,903 5,261 6,301 6,099 6,037
9 France Air France3 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

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 2009
(millions)		 2008
(millions)[6]		 2007
(millions)		 2006
(millions)
1 South Korea Korean Air Cargo 8,225 8,822 9,498 8,680
2 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific2 7,722 8,245 8,225 6,914
3 Germany Lufthansa Cargo2 6,660 8,194 8,336 8,077
4 Singapore Singapore Airlines Cargo3 6,455 7,486 7,945 7,991
5 United Arab Emirates Emirates Airline 6,369 6,013 5,497 5,027
6 United States FedEx Express 5,808 6,582 6,470 6,136
7 Taiwan China Airlines 4,903 5,261 6,301 6,099
8 France Air France4 4,672 6,013 6,123 5,864
9 Luxembourg Cargolux 4,652 5,334 5,482 5,237
10 United States UPS Airlines 4,495 5,289 5,077
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

Scheduled domestic freight tonne-kilometres flown

FedEx Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Rank Airline 2009
(millions)[6]
1 United States FedEx Express 7,947
2 United States UPS Airlines 4,694
3 China China Southern Airlines1 1,103
4 China Air China1 841
5 China China Eastern Airlines1 698
6 Japan All Nippon Airways 423
7 Japan Japan Airlines 412
8 United States Northwest Airlines 404
9 China Hainan Airlines 373
10 United States United Airlines 370
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

Passenger airlines

Delta Air Lines Boeing 757
Updated as of April 23, 2010
Rank Airline Fleet size Notes
1 United States Delta Air Lines 743[7] 41 orders
2 United States American Airlines 615[8] 116 orders
3 United States Southwest Airlines 547[9] 69 orders
4 United States United Airlines 360[10] 50 orders
5 United States US Airways 345[11] 141 orders
6 United States Continental Airlines 339[12] 83 orders
7 Canada Air Canada 335[13] 37 orders
8 China China Southern Airlines 349[14] 127 orders
9 Germany Lufthansa 317[15] 80 orders
10 United States SkyWest Airlines 294[16] 160 orders
11 Republic of Ireland Ryanair 250[17] 63 orders
12 France Air France 250[18] 34 orders
13 United Kingdom British Airways 241 47 orders

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Cargo airlines

Updated as of April 23, 2010
Rank Airline Fleet size Notes
1 United States FedEx Express 661[19] 57 orders
2 United States UPS Airlines 212[20] 27 orders
3 Germany DHL Aviation 51 [21]

By number of destinations

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 Delta Air Lines United States United States 355 [22]
2 Continental Airlines United States United States 351
3 US Airways United States United States 231
4 United Air Lines United States United States 230 [23]
5 Lufthansa Germany Germany 201
6 Air Canada Canada Canada 178
7 Air France France France 170
8 British Airways United Kingdom United Kingdom 165
9 Turkish Airlines Turkey Turkey 165
10 SkyWest Airlines United States United States 160
11 American Airlines United States United States 157
12 Air Berlin Germany Germany 154
13 Qantas Australia Australia 150
14 Ryanair Republic of Ireland Ireland 143
15 Austrian Airlines Austria Austria 130
16 Japan Airlines Japan Japan 125
17 KLM Netherlands Netherlands 125
18 China Southern Airlines China China 121
19 Iberia Airlines Spain Spain 118
20 SAS Denmark Norway Sweden Denmark, Norway, Sweden 116
21 Korean Air South Korea South Korea 116

By region

Scheduled passengers carried

Continent/
region		 Airline Passengers carried Full list
Africa Egypt EgyptAir 8,400,000 (2009)[24] List of largest airlines in Africa
Asia China China Southern Airlines 58,237,000 (2008)[25] List of largest airlines in Asia
Europe Germany Lufthansa 76,500,000 (2009)[26] List of largest airlines in Europe
North America United States Delta Air Lines 161,049,000 (2009) List of largest airlines in North America
Oceania Australia Qantas Group 38,600,000 (2009)[27] List of largest airlines in Oceania
South America Brazil TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) 24,005,620 (2009)[28] List of largest airlines in South America

See also

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.iata.org/ps/publications/Pages/wats-passenger-km.aspx
  2. ^ a b "WATS Scheduled Passengers Carried 52nd Edition". International Air Transport Association. 2007.
  3. ^ a b "WATS Scheduled Passengers Carried (dead link)". International Air Transport Association. 2006.
  4. ^ "WATS Scheduled Passengers Carried 52nd Edition". International Air Transport Association. 2008.
  5. ^ a b c d "WATS Scheduled Passenger - Kilometres Flown". International Air Transport Association. 2007.
  6. ^ a b c d "WATS Scheduled Freight Tonne - Kilometres". International Air Transport Association. 2007.
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ [3]
  10. ^ [4]
  11. ^ [5]
  12. ^ [6]
  13. ^ [7]
  14. ^ [8]
  15. ^ [9]
  16. ^ [10]
  17. ^ [www.ryanair.com]
  18. ^ [11]
  19. ^ "Express Facts".
  20. ^ "UPS:Worldwide".
  21. ^ "DHL Aviation".
  22. ^ URL: http://www.delta.com/about_delta/corporate_information/delta_stats_facts/index.jsp Title: Delta Stats and Facts
  23. ^ URL: http://ir.united.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=83680&p=irol-homeprofile Title: United Airlines Company Information
  24. ^ [12] at Star Alliance
  25. ^ China Southern 2008 statistics
  26. ^ [13]
  27. ^ Qantas Annual Report 2007
  28. ^ TAM Annual Report 2006

References

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