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[edit] World

[edit] Total Scheduled Passengers Carried in 2005 [1]

Rank Airline Passengers Carried (Millions) Notes
1 American Airlines 98.031
2 Delta Air Lines 86.007
3 United Airlines 66.717
4 Northwest Airlines 57.547
5 Japan Airlines 50.884
6 Lufthansa 48.958
7 All Nippon Airways 48.315
8 Air France 47.787
9 China Southern Airlines 43.228
10 Continental Airlines 42.777

[edit] Total Scheduled International Passengers Carried in 2005 [2]

Rank Airline Passengers Carried (Millions) Notes
1 Lufthansa 35.740
2 British Airways 28.922
3 Air France 28.898
4 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 21.435
5 American Airlines 20.659
6 Singapore Airlines 16.618
7 Cathay Pacific Airways 15.369
8 Emirates 13.976
9 Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) 13.378
10 Alitalia 12.841

[edit] Total Scheduled Passenger-Kilometers Flown in 2005 [3]

Rank Airline Passengers Carried (Millions) Notes
1 American Airlines 222.449
2 United Airlines 183.296
3 Delta Air Lines 166.664
4 Lufthansa 122.222
5 Northwest Airlines 122.017
6 Air France 116.241
7 British Airways 110.96
8 Continental Airlines 109.32
9 Japan Airlines 94.397
10 Singapore Airlines 80.988

[edit] Total Scheduled Freight Tonne/Kilometers Flown in 2005 [4]

Rank Airline Tonne/Kilometers (Millions) Notes
1 FedEx 14.408
2 United Parcel Service 9.075
3 Korean Air Lines 8.072
4 Lufthansa 7.68
5 Singapore Airlines 7.603
6 Cathay Pacific Airways 6.458
7 China Airlines 6.037
8 Air France 5.532
9 Eva Airways 5.285
10 Cargolux 5.149

[edit] By Fleet Size in 2006

Rank Airline Fleet Size Notes
1 American Airlines 739
2 FedEx 670
3 Northwest Airlines 492
4 United Airlines 460
5 Southwest Airlines 447
6 Delta Air Lines 440
7 Lufthansa 429
8 Air France-KLM 402
9 US Airways 374 including America West
10 Continental Airlines 363
11 Air Canada 337 including Air Canada Jazz fleet
12 Japan Airlines 290
13 British Airways 283 including BA Connect
14 SAS Group 253
15 SkyWest Airlines 244
16 United Parcel Service 235
17 Iberia Airlines 228
18 Qantas 215
19 China Southern Airlines 193
20 All Nippon Airways 187

[edit] Africa

Airline Passengers and Revenue ($)1 Year ended Source
Total Revenue Profit
South African Airways 6,500,000 31 Mar 2006 [5]
Royal Air Maroc 3 252 490     Sep 2005 [6]
Kenya Airways 2,400,000 733,000,000 67,000,000 31 Mar 2006 [7][8]
Ethiopian 1,500,000     31 Mar 2006 [9]

[edit] Asia

Airline Scheduled passengers carried1 Year ended Source
Total International Domestic
Japan Airlines Group2 58,036,381 14,187,626 43,848,755 31 Mar 2006 [10]
All Nippon Airways Group3 49,970,478 4,375,301 45,595,177 30 Sep 2006 [11]
China Southern Airlines 48,080,700     30 Sep 2006 [12]
Air China 31,031,400 6,115,2004 24,916,200 31 Oct 2006 [13]
China Eastern Airlines 24,285,140 6,081,5905 18,203,550 31 Dec 2005 [14]
Korean Air 21,708,822 11,238,140 10,470,682 31 Dec 2005 [15]
Thai Airways International 18,520,463     30 Sep 2006 [16]
Malaysia Airlines 17,910,000 9,175,000 8,734,000 31 Mar 2006 [17]
Singapore Airlines 17,707,000 17,707,000 NA 31 Oct 2006 [18]
Saudi Arabian Airlines 16,000,000     31 Dec 2005 [19]
Cathay Pacific 15,828,877 15,828,877 NA6 31 Mar 2006 [20]
Emirates 14,497,536     31 Mar 2006 [21]
Asiana Airlines 11,907,673 6,780,595 5,127,078 31 Mar 2006 [22]
Air Asia Group7 11,125,406     31 Oct 2006 [23]
China Airlines 9,731,000     31 Dec 2005 [24]
Jet Airways 9,000,000     31 Dec 2005 [25]
Garuda Indonesia 8,679,443     31 Dec 2005 [26]
Indian 8 7,500,000     31 Dec 2005 [27]
Air Asia 6,752,479     31 Oct 2006 [28]
Eva Air 6,008,031     31 Mar 2006 [29]
Pakistan International Airlines 5,499,000     31 Dec 2005 [30]
Dragonair 5,467,209 5,467,209 NA6 31 Oct 2006 [31]
Air India 4,860,000     31 Mar 2006 [32]
Vietnam Airlines 4,070,303 1,785,786 2,284,517 31 Dec 2002 [33]
El Al 3,593,0009     31 Dec 2005 [34]
Thai-AirAsia 2,777,556     31 Oct 2006 [35]
Air Macau 2,009,200 2,009,200 NA6 31 Sep 2005 [36]
Indonesia AirAsia 1,595,371     31 Oct 2006 [37]
SilkAir 1,089,190 1,089,190 NA 31 Mar 2005 [38]
Notes

[edit] Europe

This list shows number of passenger in 2005.

  1. Air France-KLM - 69.2 million 1
  2. Lufthansa - 51.2 million [39]
  3. SAS Group - 36.3 million [40] 2
  4. British Airways - 35.5 million [41] 3
  5. Ryanair - 33.3 million [42]
  6. easyJet - 32.9 million [43]
  7. Iberia Airlines- 27.7 million [44]
  8. TUI Group - 25.0 million [45] *4
  9. Alitalia - 23.9 million [46]
  10. Air Berlin - 13.3 million [47]
  11. bmi - 10.5 million [48]
  12. Austrian Airlines Group - 10.1 million [49] 5
  13. Swiss airlines - 9.6 million [50]
  14. Finnair Group - 8.5 million [51] 6
  15. Aer Lingus - 8.0 million [52]
  16. Aeroflot - 6.8 million [53]
  17. TAP Portugal - 6.4 million [54]
  18. Air One - 5.6 million [55]
  19. flybe - 5.5 million [56]
  20. Czech Airlines - 5.2 million [57]
  21. Virgin Atlantic Airways - 4.0 million [58]
  22. LOT - 3.5 million [59]
  23. Norwegian Air Shuttle - 3.3 million [60]
  24. SN Brussels Airlines - 3.2 million [61]
  25. Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise - 2.9 million [62]
  26. Malev - 2.8 million [63]
  27. Sterling Airlines - 1.9 million [64]
  28. Wizz Air - 1.9 million [65]
  29. Cyprus Airways - 1.5 million [66]
  30. Croatia Airlines - 1.5 million[67]
  31. Icelandair - 1.5 million [68]
  32. Adria Airways - 0.9 million [69]
  33. JAT Airways - 0.9 million [70]
  34. Skyways Express - 0.9 million [71]
  35. SkyEurope - 0.8 million [72]
Notes

[edit] North America

[edit] United States & Canada

Number of Passengers in 2004

  1. Delta Air Lines - 83.2 million
  2. American Airlines - 82.5 million
  3. Southwest Airlines - 81.1 million
  4. United Airlines - 64.9 million
  5. Northwest Airlines - 49.8 million
  6. US Airways - 40.0 million
  7. Continental Airlines - 35.7 million
  8. Air Canada - 31.5 million
  9. America West Airlines - 20.7 million
  10. Alaska Airlines - 15.1 million
  11. SkyWest Airlines - 13.4 million
  12. AirTran Airways - 13.1 million
  13. JetBlue Airways - 11.8 million
  14. ATA Airlines - 10.0 million
  15. Hawaiian Airlines - 5.6 million
  16. Westjet - 5 million
  17. Atlantic Southeast - 3.8 million
  18. Midwest Airlines - 2.9 million (including Midwest Connect)
  19. Air Transat - 2.8 million
  20. Independence Air - 2.7 million (including Delta Connection flights)
  21. Comair - 2.5 million
  22. American Eagle - 1.9 million
  23. SkyWest - 0.4 million
  • Based on Bureau of Transportation Statistics 2004 Domestic Data and DOT Enplaned passenger data.

[edit] United States

Passengers in 2000

based on Bureau of Transportation Statistics, last full year data is available

[edit] Latin America

Current fleet size

Current destinations number

2005 passenger carried

[edit] References

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