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

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[edit] World

[edit] Total scheduled passengers carried in 2005 of the IATA members [1]

Rank Airline Passengers carried (millions) Notes
1 American Airlines 98.038
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 of the IATA members[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 14.976
9 Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) 13.378
10 Alitalia 12.841

[edit] Total scheduled passenger-kilometers flown in 2005 of the IATA members [3]

Rank Airline Passenger-kilometers (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 of the IATA members[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 7.680
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

(according to respective airlines Wikipedia pages in December 2006)

Rank Airline Fleet size Notes
1 American Airlines 685
2 FedEx 670
3 Lufthansa 534 Including Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa CityLine, Air Dolomiti, Eurowings+Germanwings, Augsburg Airways, Contact Air and Swiss International Air Lines
4 Northwest Airlines 513
5 Southwest Airlines 477
6 Delta Air Lines 470
7 United Air Lines 460
8 SkyWest Inc. 400 Including SkyWest and Atlantic Southeast Airlines
9 Air France-KLM 397 Including Transavia
10 Continental Airlines 366
11 US Airways 357 including America West
12 Air Canada 337 including Air Canada Jazz fleet
13 SAS Group 290 Including airBaltic, Blue1, SAS Braathens, Scandinavian Airlines, Spanair and Wideroe.
14 United Parcel Service 284
15 British Airways 234
16 China Southern Airlines 235
17 Japan Airlines 232
18 Air China 198
19 Alitalia Group 179 Includes Alitalia, Alitalia Express and Alitalia Cargo
20 All Nippon Airways 156

[edit] Africa

Airline Passengers and revenue ($)1 Year ended Source
Total Revenue Profit
South African Airways 6,500,000 31 Mar 2006 [5]
EgyptAir 6,500,000 21 JAN 2007 [6][7]
Royal Air Maroc 3 252 490     Sep 2005 [8]
Kenya Airways 2,400,000 733,000,000 67,000,000 31 Mar 2006 [9][10]
Ethiopian 1,500,000     31 Mar 2006 [11]

[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 [12]
All Nippon Airways Group3 50,542,149 4,430,455 46,111,694 30 Nov 2006 [13]
China Southern Airlines 49,202,280     31 Dec 2006 [14]
Air China 31,493,800 6,245,9004 25,247,900 31 Dec 2006 [15]
China Eastern Airlines 24,285,140 6,081,5905 18,203,550 31 Dec 2005 [16]
Korean Air 21,708,822 11,238,140 10,470,682 31 Dec 2005 [17]
Thai Airways International 18,607,170     30 Nov 2006 [18]
Singapore Airlines 18,022,000 18,022,000 NA 31 Dec 2006 [19]
Malaysia Airlines 17,910,000 9,175,000 8,734,000 31 Mar 2006 [20]
Saudi Arabian Airlines 17,571,443     31 Dec 2006 [21]
Cathay Pacific 16,727,757 16,727,757 NA6 31 Dec 2006 [22]
Emirates 14,497,536 14,497,536   31 Mar 2006 [23]
Air Asia Group7 12,106,823     31 Dec 2006 [24]
Asiana Airlines 11,907,673 6,780,595 5,127,078 31 Mar 2006 [25]
China Airlines 9,731,000     31 Dec 2005 [26]
Philippine Airlines 9,000,000     31 Dec 2006 [27]
Jet Airways 9,000,000     31 Dec 2005 [28]
Garuda Indonesia 8,679,443     31 Dec 2005 [29]
Indian 8 7,500,000     31 Dec 2005 [30]
Air Asia 7,400,953     31 Dec 2006 [31]
Eva Air 6,126,766     30 Nov 2006 [32]
Pakistan International Airlines 5,499,000     31 Dec 2005 [33]
Dragonair 5,476,501 5,476,501 NA6 31 Dec 2006 [34]
Air India 4,860,000     31 Mar 2006 [35]
Vietnam Airlines 4,070,303 1,785,786 2,284,517 31 Dec 2002 [36]
El Al 3,593,0009     31 Dec 2005 [37]
Cebu Pacific 3,500,000 NA NA 31 Dec 2006 [38]
Thai-AirAsia 2,976,798     31 Dec 2006 [39]
Air Macau 2,360,300 2,360,300 NA6 30 Nov 2006 [40]
Indonesia AirAsia 1,729,072     31 Dec 2006 [41]
SilkAir 1,560,000 1,560,000 NA 31 Dec 2006 [42]
Tiger Airways 1,200,000 1,200,000 NA 31 Dec 2006 [43]
Gulf Air NA NA NA NA
Notes

[edit] Europe

[edit] Total scheduled passengers carried in 2005

Rank Airline Passengers Carried (Millions) Notes
1 Air France-KLM 69.2 1
2 Lufthansa 51.2 [44]
3 SAS Group 36.3 [45] 2
4 British Airways 35.5 [46] 3
5 Ryanair 33.3 [47]
6 easyJet 32.9 [48]
7 Iberia 27.7 [49]
8 TUI Group 25.0 [50] 4
9 Alitalia 23.9 [51]
10 Turkish Airlines 14.1 [52]
11 Air Berlin 13.3 [53]
12 Swiss International Air Lines 10.5 [54]
13 bmi 10.5 -]
14 Austrian Airlines Group 10.1 [55] 5
15 Finnair Group 8.5 [56] 6
16 Aer Lingus 8.1 [57]
17 Aeroflot 6.8 [58]
18 TAP Portugal 6.4 [59]
19 Air One 5.6 [60]
20 flybe 5.5 [61]
21 Czech Airlines 5.2 [62]
22 Virgin Atlantic Airways 4.0 [63]
23 LOT 3.5 [64]
24 Norwegian Air Shuttle 3.3 [65]
25 SN Brussels Airlines 3.2 [66]
26 Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise 2.9 [67]
27 Malev 2.8 [68]
28 Sterling Airlines 1.9 [69]
28 Wizz Air 1.9 [70]
30 Croatia Airlines 1.5 [71]
30 Cyprus Airways 1.5 [72]
30 Icelandair 1.5 [73]
33 Adria Airways 0.9 [74]
33 JAT Airways 0.9 [75]
33 Skyways Express 0.9 [76]
36 SkyEurope 0.8 [77]
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

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Current fleet size

Current destinations number

2005 passenger carried

[edit] References

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