Largest airlines in the world
The largest airlines in the world can be defined in several ways. As of 2019, American Airlines Group was the largest by fleet size, passengers carried and revenue passenger mile. Delta Air Lines was the largest by revenue, assets value and market capitalization. Lufthansa Group was the largest by number of employees, FedEx Express by freight tonne-kilometers, Turkish Airlines by number of countries served and UPS Airlines by number of destinations served.
By revenue
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Delta Air Lines is the largest by revenue, assets value and market capitalization.
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Lufthansa is the largest by number of employees.
| Rank | Airline | Country | Revenue | Profit | Assets | Market cap. |
Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (US$ billions) | |||||||
| 1 | Delta Air Lines |  |
44.9 | 4.1 | 61.8 | 38.1 | 89,000 |
| 2 | American Airlines Group | |
44.5 | 1.4 | 60.6 | 15.4 | 128,900 |
| 3 | Lufthansa |  |
42.3 | 2.6 | 44.4 | 12.1 | 135,534 |
| 4 | United Airlines | |
41.9 | 2.3 | 50.6 | 23.3 | 92,000 |
| 5 | Air France–KLM |   |
31.3 | 0.5 | 33.2 | 5.3 | 81,527 |
| 6 | IAG |    |
28.8 | 3.4 | 32.0 | 14.4 | 63,531 |
| 7 | Southwest Airlines | |
22.0 | 2.5 | 27.3 | 28.5 | 58,800 |
| 8 | China Southern Airlines |  |
21.7 | 0.5 | 36.0 | 14.8 | 100,831 |
| 9 | All Nippon Airways |  |
18.6 | 0.9 | 23.6 | 12.0 | 33,719 |
| 10 | China Eastern Airlines | |
17.3 | 0.4 | 34.5 | 14.9 | 77,005 |
Note that Emirates is a state-owned company and is thus not included in this list of public companies. Its 2014-2015 revenue was DH 88.819 billion (US$24.2 billion), profit DH 4.555 billion (US$1.24 billion), and assets DH 111.362 billion (US$30.34 billion), with 56,725 employees.
By passengers carried
| Rank | Airline | Country | 2019 |
2018 |
2017[2] | 2016[3] | 2015[4] | 2014[5] | 2013[6] | 2012[7] | 2011[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Airlines Group | |
215.18 | 203.74 | 199.6 | 198.7 | 146.53 | 87.83 | 86.823 | 86.335 | 86.042 |
| 2 | Delta Air Lines | |
204.00 | 192.46 | 186.4 | 183.7 | 138.842 | 129.433 | 120.636 | 116.726 | 113.731 |
| 3 | Southwest Airlines | |
162.68 | 163.60 | 157.8 | 151.8 | 144.575 | 129.087 | 115.323 | 112.234 | 110.587 |
| 4 | United Airlines | |
162.44 | 158.33 | 148.1 | 143.2 | 95.384 | 90.439 | 90.161 | 92.619 | 50.473 |
| 5 | Ryanair | |
152.4 | 139.2 | 130.3 | 119.8 | 101.401 | 86.370 | 81.395 | 79.649 | 76.422 |
| 6 | China Southern Airlines | |
151.63 | 139.8 | 126.3 | 84.9 | 109.301 | 100.683 | 91.504 | 86.277 | 80.545 |
| 7 | Lufthansa Group | |
145.2 | 142.3 | 130.0 | 117.4 | 115.2 | 112.5 | 110.4 | 108.9 | 112.0 |
| 8 | China Eastern Airlines | |
121.1 | 110.8 | 80.9 | 75.139 | 66.174 | 62.653 | 79.61 | 73.1 | |
| 9 | IAG | |
118.3 | 112.92 | 104.83 | 100.7 | 94.9 | 77.3 | 67.2 | 54.6 | 51.7 |
| 10 | Air China Group | |
115.00 | 109.7 | 101.6 | 96.5 | 89.8 | 83.0 | 77.7 | 72.4 | 69.4 |
The IATA reports numbers for individual air operator's certificates and groups of multiple airlines can report larger numbers.
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By scheduled passenger-kilometers flown (millions)
United and Swiss (Lufthansa Group) at Tokyo Narita Airport.
| Rank | Group | Country | 2017[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Airlines Group | | 364,191 |
| 2 | Delta Air Lines | | 350,299 |
| 3 | United Airlines Holdings | | 347,963 |
| 4 | The Emirates Group |  | 292,221 |
| 5 | Lufthansa Group | | 261,156 |
| 6 | International Airlines Group | | 252,819 |
| 7 | Air France–KLM | | 248,476 |
| 8 | China Southern Airlines | | 230,697 |
| 9 | Southwest Airlines | | 207,802 |
| 10 | Air China | | 201,090 |
| Rank | Airline | Country | 2018[9] | 2016[10] | 2015[11] | 2014[12] | 2013[13] | 2012[14] | 2011[15] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Airlines | |
330,577 | 320,044 | 320,813 | 208,046 | 206,551 | 203,336 | 203,485 |
| 2 | Delta Air Lines | |
330,034 | 308,088 | 302,512 | 290,862 | 277,560 | 271,567 | 269,724 |
| 3 | United Airlines | |
329,562 | 299,080 | 294,970 | 287,547 | 286,802 | 288,282 | 160,270 |
| 4 | Emirates | |
302,298 | 270,797 | 251,190 | 230,855 | 209,377 | 180,880 | 153,264 |
| 5 | Southwest Airlines | |
214,561 | 200,848 | 189,097 | 162,445 | 145,124 | 137,708 | 134,918 |
| 6 | China Southern Airlines | |
200,239 | 205,720 | 189,186 | 166,074 | 147,841 | 135,021 | 121,944 |
| 7 | Ryanair | |
170,900 | 142,740 | 125,194 | ||||
| 8 | China Eastern Airlines | |
166,282 | 138,042 | |||||
| 9 | Air China | |
161,199 | - | |||||
| 10 | Lufthansa | |
158,986 | 149,702 | 145,904 | 143,403 | 144,236 | 142,512 | 140,972 |
| British Airways | |
144,028 | 140,780 | 137,204 | 130,129 | 124,318 | 116,864 |
By scheduled freight ton-kilometers (millions)
FedEx Express is the largest by freight tonne-kilometers.
| Rank | Airline | Country | 2018[9] | 2017 |
2016[10] | 2015[11] | 2014[16] | 2013[17] | 2012[18] | 2011[19] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FedEx Express | |
17,499 | 16,851 | 15,712 | 15,799 | 16,020 | 16,127 | 16,108 | 15,939 |
| 2 | Emirates SkyCargo | |
12,713 | 12,715 | 12,270 | 12,157 | 11,240 | 10,459 | 9,319 | 8,132 |
| 3 | Qatar Airways Cargo |  |
12,695 | 10,999 | 9,221 | 7,660 | 5,997 | 4,972 | ||
| 4 | UPS Airlines | |
12,459 | 11,940 | 11,264 | 10,807 | 10,936 | 10,584 | 10,416 | 10,566 |
| 5 | Cathay Pacific Cargo |  |
11,284 | 10,772 | 9,947 | 9,935 | 9,464 | 8,241 | 8,433 | 9,109 |
| 6 | Korean Air Cargo |  |
7,839 | 8,015 | 7,666 | 7,761 | 8,079 | 7,666 | 8,144 | 8,974 |
| 7 | Lufthansa Cargo | |
7,394 | 7,317 | 7,384 | 6,888 | 7,054 | 7,218 | 7,175 | 7,674 |
| 8 | Cargolux |  |
7,322 | 7,322 | 6,878 | 6,309 | 5,753 | 5,225 | ||
| 9 | Air China Cargo | |
7,051 | 6,701 | 6,089 | 5,718 | ||||
| 10 | China Southern Airlines | |
6,597 | |||||||
| Singapore Airlines Cargo |  |
6,592 | 6,345 | 6,083 | 6,019 | 6,240 | 6,694 | 7,118 | ||
By fleet size
American Airlines is the largest by fleet size, passengers carried and RPK.
| Rank | Airline | Country | Fleet | Widebody | Narrowbody | Regional aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Airlines | |
957 | 155 | 782 | 20 |
| 2 | Delta Air Lines | |
880 | 151 | 729 | |
| 3 | United Airlines | |
777 | 191 | 586 | |
| 4 | Southwest Airlines | |
753 | 753 | ||
| 5 | China Eastern Airlines | |
607 | 91 | 513 | 3 |
| 6 | China Southern Airlines | |
603 | 97 | 463 | 19 |
| 7 | SkyWest | |
486 | 486 | ||
| 8 | Ryanair | |
456 | 456 | ||
| 9 | Air China | |
439 | 130 | 306 | |
| 10 | FedEx Express | |
378 | 267 | 111 | |
| 11 | Lufthansa | |
360 | 115 | 198 | 47 |
| 12 | Turkish Airlines |  |
332 | 107 | 225 |
By number of countries served
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Turkish Airlines is the largest airline by number of countries served.
| Rank | Airline | Country | Countries served (S1 2019)[21] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish Airlines | |
121 |
| 2 | Air France | |
91 |
| 3 | British Airways | |
82 |
| 4 | Ethiopian Airlines |  |
81 |
| 5 | Emirates | |
78 |
| 6 | Qatar Airways | |
78 |
| 7 | Lufthansa | |
75 |
| 8 | KLM | |
67 |
| 9 | American Airlines | |
62 |
| United Airlines | |
62 |
By number of routes
| Rank | Airline | Country | Routes served (S1 2019)[21] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryanair | | 1,831 |
| 2 | American Airlines | | 1,106 |
| 3 | United Airlines | | 950 |
| 4 | easyJet | | 945 |
| 5 | Delta Air Lines | | 939 |
| 6 | Southwest Airlines | | 754 |
| 7 | China Southern Airlines | | 667 |
| 7 | China Eastern Airlines | | 648 |
| 8 | Wizz Air |  | 615 |
| 9 | Air China | | 470 |
| 10 | TUI Airways | | 470 |
By number of destinations
UPS Airlines serves the most destinations.
| Rank | Airline | Country | Destinations (Dec. 2017) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UPS Airlines | |
815 |
| 2 | FedEx Express | |
375 |
| 3 | United Airlines | |
373 |
| 4 | American Airlines | |
350 |
| 5 | Delta Air Lines | |
320 |
| 6 | Turkish Airlines | |
302 |
| 7 | Lufthansa | |
274 |
| 8 | China Eastern Airlines | |
217 |
| 9 | Air France | |
204 |
| 10 | Air China | |
201 |
By brand value
| Rank | Airline | Country | $bn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Airlines | |
9.094 |
| 2 | Delta Air Lines | |
8.712 |
| 3 | United Airlines | |
7.027 |
| 4 | Emirates | |
5.336 |
| 5 | Southwest Airlines | |
5.298 |
| 6 | China Southern Airlines | |
4.063 |
| 7 | China Eastern Airlines | |
3.81 |
| 8 | British Airways | |
3.484 |
| 9 | Air China | |
3.433 |
| 10 | Lufthansa | |
2.914 |
See also
- List of largest airlines in North America
- List of largest airlines in Europe
- List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean
- List of largest airlines in Africa
- List of largest airlines in Asia
- List of largest airlines in South America
- List of largest airlines in Oceania
- Flag carrier
- List of the busiest airports in Africa
- List of the busiest airports in Asia
- List of the busiest airports in Europe
- List of the busiest airports in Latin America
- List of airline holding companies
- List of the busiest airports
- List of busiest airports by passenger traffic
- List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
- List of busiest passenger air routes
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