Largest airlines in the world

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The largest airlines in the world can be defined in several ways. As of 2023, Delta Air Lines is the largest by revenue, assets value, fleet size, and market capitalization; American Airlines Group by passengers carried, revenue passenger mile, number of employees and destinations served; FedEx Express by freight tonne-kilometers; Ryanair by number of routes; and Turkish Airlines by number of countries served.

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By financial performance

Delta Air Lines ranks first by revenue, total assets, market capitalization, and brand value. N501DN@PEK (20180324151921).jpg
Delta Air Lines ranks first by revenue, total assets, market capitalization, and brand value.
American Airlines Group ranks first by number of employees and passengers carried. N822AN American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner s-n 40642 (37914578311).jpg
American Airlines Group ranks first by number of employees and passengers carried.

Revenue

Forbes' world's biggest public airline companies by revenue (as of January 2023) [1]
RankAirlineCountryRevenueProfitAssetsMarket
cap.
Employees
(US$ billions)
1 Delta Air Lines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.991.9073.1321.8195,000
2 American Airlines Group Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.261.7766.799.05129,700
3 United Airlines Holdings Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.821.9270.4214.792,800
4 Lufthansa Group Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 35.80.9448.7912.10109,509
5 Air France–KLM Flag of France.svg  France/Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 29.410.9734.814.1278,950
6 Southwest Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.830.6535.5517.6566,000
7 International Airlines Group Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24.281.1541.959.4166,044
8 Turkish Airlines Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 19.682.7932.008.8840,264
9 China Southern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 12.92–4.8144.9212.54100,431
10 Air Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12.72–1.3121.785.3342,916

Note that Emirates is a state-owned company, and is thus not included in this list of public companies. Its 2023 revenue was estimated over 29.2 billion USD, which would have had placed the company into 6th place. 2021's over 18 billion USD and 5th place. Its 2014-2015 revenue was Dhs.  88.819 billion (US$ 24.2 billion), profit Dhs.  4.555 billion (US$ 1.24 billion), and assets Dhs.  111.362 billion (US$ 30.34 billion), with 56,725 employees. Qatar Airways Group is similarly privately held with 2023 revenue of nearly 21 billions USD placing it into the 9th place (with Emirates included) above the Turkish Airlines.

Brand value

Largest airlines by brand value (US$ billions) according to Brand Finance (2023) [2]
RankAirlineCountry$bnYear-to-year
change
1 Steady2.svg Delta Air Lines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.922
2 Steady2.svg American Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.488
3 Steady2.svg United Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.782
4 Steady2.svg Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 5.104
5 Steady2.svg Southwest Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4.703
6 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg China Southern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3.229
7 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg China Eastern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2.852
8 Steady2.svg Air China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2.603
9 Red Arrow Down.svg Air Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2.584
10 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg Qatar Airways Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2.470

By flight volume

Passengers carried

Millions of passengers carried
RankAirline GroupCountry2022 [3] [4] 2020 [5] 2019 [6] 2018 [7] 2017 [8] 2016 [9] 2015 [10] 2014 [11] 2013 [12] 2012 [13] 2011 [14]
1 American Airlines Group Flag of the United States.svg  United States 199.395.3215.2203.7199.6198.7146.5387.8386.82386.33586.042
2 Delta Air Lines Group Flag of the United States.svg  United States 175.080.0204.0192.5186.4183.7138.842129.433120.636116.726113.731
3 Ryanair Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 168.652.4148.6142.1130.3119.8101.40186.37081.39579.64976.422
4 Southwest Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 157.067.8162.7163.6157.8151.8144.575129.087115.323112.234110.587
5 United Airlines Holdings Flag of the United States.svg  United States 144.357.8162.4158.3148.1143.295.38490.43990.16192.61950.473
6 Lufthansa Group Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 101.836.4145.2142.3130.0117.4115.2112.5110.4108.9112.0
7 IAG Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 94.731.3 #12118.3112.9104.83100.794.977.367.254.651.7
8 Air France–KLM Flag of France.svg  France/Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 83.328.9 #1485.6 #12
9 IndiGo Flag of India.svg  India 75.335.0 #1161.9 #16
10 Turkish Airlines Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 71.828.0 #17=75.2 #14
China Southern Air Holding Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 62.6 #1296.9151.6139.9126.384.9109.301100.68391.50486.27780.545
China Eastern Air Holding Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 42.5 #1774.5130.2121.1110.880.975.13966.17462.65379.6173.1
Air China Group Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 38.6 #2468.7115.0109.7101.696.589.883.077.772.469.4
Hainan Airlines Group Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 21.0 #393779.9 #13

Scheduled passenger-kilometers flown (millions)

American Airlines and United Express aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport N161SY United Express Embraer ERJ-175LR (ERJ-170-200 LR) s-n 17000569 SKYWEST AIRLINES (23945802358).jpg
American Airlines and United Express aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport
Airline holding groups
RankAirline GroupCountry2022 [3] 2021 [15] [16] 2020 [5] 2019 [17] 2017 [8] 2016 [18] 2015 [19] 2013 [20]
1 American Airlines Group Flag of the United States.svg  United States 347,221259,570147,746388,254364,191~359,400358,823~206,500
2 United Airlines Holdings Flag of the United States.svg  United States 332,997207,572118,878385,211347,963~328,200335,728~287,200
3 Delta Air Lines Group Flag of the United States.svg  United States 314,783216,766118,120382,400350,299~342,600337,264~278,000
4 Air France–KLM Flag of France.svg  France/Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 237,567116,10481,212275,500248,476~238,200235,715~228,900
5 Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 225,86793,799 #1178,746298,000292,221~270,800255,176~209,300
6 International Airlines Group Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK/Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 215,74978,689 #1572,262285,800252,819~243,500221,996186,304
7 Lufthansa Group Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 207,03589,397 #1369,462296,500261,156~226,600220,400~153,400
8 Southwest Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 199,425166,66787,242211,379 #11207,802~200,700189,057~167,800
9 Turkish Airlines Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 162,665153,200 #15
10 Qatar Airways Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 154,372172,600 #13
Ryanair Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 116,625 #11~121,000185,405 #12130,588 #12~103,500 #15
China Southern Air Holding Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 102,078 #13152,426153,442284,900230,697~206,100189,552~148,400
Aeroflot Group Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 98,407 #14100,11268,014 #11156,250 #1497,636 #20
China Eastern Air Holding Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 61,272 #23108,804107,302220,000183,152~167,500 #11146,291 #11~120,400 #11
Air China Group Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 60,354 #24104,626109,832233,178201,090~188,100171,695~142,600
Individual airlines
RankAirlineCountry2022 [4] 2021 [15] 2020 [21] 20192018 [22] 2017 [23] 2016 [24] 2015 [25] 2014 [26] 2013 [27] 2012 [28] 2011 [29]
1 American Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 308,065237,471123,997342,510330,577323,968320,044320,813208,046206,551203,336203,485
2 United Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 305,893178,499100,188342,935329,562310,859299,080294,970287,547286,802288,282160,270
3 Delta Air Lines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 292,202195,312106,488350,145330,034316,378308,088302,512290,862277,560271,567269,724
4 Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 225,86793,79978,746299,496302,298288,886270,797251,190230,855209,377180,880153,264
5 Ryanair Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland ~207,000120,56364,928185,405170,900157,114142,740125,194
6 Southwest Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 199,263166,63187,263211,379214,561207,762200,848189,097162,445145,124137,708134,918
7 Qatar Airways Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar ~168,00091,55157,171172,591152,210 #11137,603 #11
8 Turkish Airlines Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 162,65586,70152,206 #11150,240 #14145,521 #13125,098 #14
9 Air France Flag of France.svg  France 123,44460,180 #1348,809 #12150,870 #13143,904 #14136,659 #12139,217134,528136,405135,821133,035
10 Lufthansa Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 119,36350,067 #1737,503 #16165,945 #11158,986152,214149,702145,904143,403144,236142,512140,972
British Airways Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 104,496 #1230,698 #3038,825 #14155,252 #12151,784 #12144,028140,780137,204130,129124,318116,864
China Southern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 102,078 #13109,309110,650213,573200,239177,458205,720189,186166,074147,841135,021121,944
Qantas Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 63,849 #2210,157 #7786,199 #2485,663 #23120,029 #15110,203108,051
China Eastern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 61,288 #2488,67788,728186,644166,282150,916138,042
Air China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 60,355 #2567,745 #1171,417169,030161,199146,961135,464 #13112,247-
Continental Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 131,583

- marks a defunct airline.


Scheduled freight tonne-kilometers (millions)

FedEx Express is the largest by freight tonne-kilometers. N885FD B777F Fedex (7001569004).jpg
FedEx Express is the largest by freight tonne-kilometers.
RankAirlineCountry2022 [30] 2021 [31] 2020 [21] 2019 [32] 2018 [22] 2017 [23] 2016 [24] 2015 [25] 2014 [33] 2013 [34] 2012 [35]
1 FedEx Express Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19,54720,66019,65617,50317,49916,85115,71215,79916,02016,12716,108
2 UPS Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15,88915,52914,37112,84212,45911,94011,26410,80710,93610,58410,416
3 Qatar Airways Cargo Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 14,26716,10213,74013,02412,69510,9999,2217,6605,9974,972
4 Emirates SkyCargo Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 10,15311,8429,56912,05212,71312,71512,27012,15711,24010,4599,319
5 Korean Air Cargo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 9,51810,4298,1047,4127,8398,0157,6667,7618,0797,6668,144
6 Atlas Air Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8,6758,4415,458 #124,522 #164,553 #16
7 Turkish Cargo Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8,3189,2236,9777,0295,890 #124,728 #153,640 #20
8 Cargolux Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 7,9718,5877,3457,1807,3227,3226,8786,3095,7535,225
9 China Southern Airlines Cargo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6,9158,0786,5916,8256,5976,174 #115,939 #115,355 #114,736 #12
10 China Airlines Cargo Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 6,3597,513 #116,3175,334 #135,804 #135,741 #125,273 #125,343 #125,2664,8134,538
Air China Cargo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6,077 #127,016 #126,121 #116,767 #117,0516,7016,0895,7184,910 #11
Cathay Pacific Cargo Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 5,774 #138,2158,13710,93011,28410,7729,9479,9359,4648,2418,433
Singapore Airlines Cargo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 5,193 #155,462 #164,156 #176,146 #126,491 #116,5926,3456,0836,0196,2406,694
Lufthansa Cargo Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5,153 #165,324 #174,828 #157,2267,3947,3177,3846,8887,0547,2187,175

By fleet size

Aircraft operated

Delta Air Lines operates the largest number of aircraft, as of February 2024. Delta Planes at MCI (49879371996) (cropped).jpg
Delta Air Lines operates the largest number of aircraft, as of February 2024.
February 2024 [36]
RankAirlineCountryNo.Ref.
1 Delta Air Lines [lower-alpha 1] Flag of the United States.svg  United States 984 [37]
2 American Airlines [lower-alpha 1] Flag of the United States.svg  United States 967 [38]
3 United Airlines [lower-alpha 1] Flag of the United States.svg  United States 949 [39]
4 Southwest Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 820 [40]
5 China Southern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 663 [41]
6 China Eastern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 625 [42]
7 SkyWest Airlines [lower-alpha 2] Flag of the United States.svg  United States 571 [43]
8 FedEx Express [lower-alpha 3] Flag of the United States.svg  United States 496 [44]
9 Air China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 491 [45]
10 IndiGo Flag of India.svg  India 366 [46]
  1. 1 2 3 Mainline carrier. Includes mainline (non-regional) fleet only.
  2. Non-mainline (regional) carrier.
  3. Cargo carrier.


Aircraft owned

China National Aviation Holdings Air China Group has the world's most valuable fleet, despite owning less aircraft than Delta Air Lines, Inc. or American Airlines Group, which co-lead by numbers. Air China Boeing 747-800 B-2482 p aft delta 717 YDSC 1672 (29481934346).jpg
China National Aviation Holdings Air China Group has the world's most valuable fleet, despite owning less aircraft than Delta Air Lines, Inc. or American Airlines Group, which co-lead by numbers.
July 2023 [47]
RankHolding companyNo.Value ($bn)
1 (tie) Increase2.svg American Airlines Group 854 Increase2.svg16.7 Increase2.svg
1 (tie) Increase2.svg Delta Air Lines, Inc. 854 Increase2.svg15.8 Increase2.svg
3 Decrease2.svg United Airlines Holdings 764 Increase2.svg17.9 Increase2.svg
4 Decrease2.svg Southwest Airlines 759 Increase2.svg16.8 Increase2.svg
5 Increase2.svg China Eastern Airlines 583 Increase2.svg18.5 Increase2.svg
6 Increase2.svg Air China Group 580 Increase2.svg19.0 Increase2.svg
7 Steady2.svg China Southern Airlines 545 Increase2.svg17.3 Increase2.svg
8 Steady2.svg Ryanair Holdings 529 Increase2.svg15.3 Increase2.svg
9 Decrease2.svg SkyWest, Inc. 520 Increase2.svg4.5 Increase2.svg
10 Increase2.svg Lufthansa Group 514 Increase2.svg11.7 Increase2.svg

Aircraft capacity

American Airlines leads by capacity to carry passengers. American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER N775AN PVG 2013-5-21.png
American Airlines leads by capacity to carry passengers.
2022 [48]
RankAirlineCountryAnnual Capacity
1 American Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 248,299,958
2 Delta Air Lines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 210,132,982
3 Southwest Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 208,191,620
4 United Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 177,513,595
5 Ryanair Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 169,559,280
6 China Southern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 106,602,244
7 China Eastern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 101,138,367
8 IndiGo Flag of India.svg  India 99,449,786
9 Turkish Airlines Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 89,471,060
10 easyJet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 88,142,891

By route network

Countries served

Turkish Airlines serves the largest number of countries, as of February 2024. VT-JEM@LHR 16SEP13 (9775923834).jpg
Turkish Airlines serves the largest number of countries, as of February 2024.
February 2024[ citation needed ]
RankAirlineCountryNo.Ref.
1 Turkish Airlines Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 119 [49]
2 Qatar Airways Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 88 [50]
=3 Air France Flag of France.svg  France 84 [51]
=3 Ethiopian Airlines Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 84 [52]
5 Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 79 [53]
6 British Airways Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 78 [54]
7 Lufthansa Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 77 [55]
8 United Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 71 [56]
9 KLM Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 64 [57]
10 American Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 63 [58]

Destinations served

United Airlines serves the largest number of destinations, as of February 2024. N24976@PEK (20200421150836).jpg
United Airlines serves the largest number of destinations, as of February 2024.
February 2024[ citation needed ]
RankAirlineCountryNo.Ref.
1 United Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 357 [56]
2 American Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 352 [58]
3 Delta Air Lines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 310 [59]
4 Turkish Airlines Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 286 [49]
5 China Southern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 238 [60]
6 Ryanair Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 235 [61]
7 Lufthansa Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 226 [54]
8 China Eastern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 225 [62]
9 British Airways Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 208 [55]
10 Air France Flag of France.svg  France 202 [51]

Routes served

Southwest Airlines serves the largest number of routes, as of February 2024. N908WN CVG (29244931277).jpg
Southwest Airlines serves the largest number of routes, as of February 2024.
February 2024[ citation needed ]
RankAirlineCountryNo.Ref.
1 Southwest Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3,161 [63]
2 Ryanair Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2,631 [61]
3 American Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,237 [58]
4 China Eastern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1,051 [62]
5 United Airlines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,033 [56]
6 Delta Air Lines Flag of the United States.svg  United States 975 [59]
7 China Southern Airlines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 963 [60]
8 Air China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 641 [64]
9 IndiGo Flag of India.svg  India 610 [65]
10 Turkish Airlines Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 531 [49]

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