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Largest airlines in the world

January 01, 1970

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.

By financial performance edit

 
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.

Revenue edit

Forbes' world's biggest public airline companies by revenue (as of January 2023)[1]
Rank Airline Country Revenue Profit Assets Market
cap. 		Employees
(US$ billions)
1 Delta Air Lines   United States 53.99 1.90 73.13 21.81 95,000
2 American Airlines Group   United States 52.26 1.77 66.79 9.05 129,700
3 United Airlines Holdings   United States 48.82 1.92 70.42 14.7 92,800
4 Lufthansa Group   Germany 35.8 0.94 48.79 12.10 109,509
5 Air France–KLM   France/  Netherlands 29.41 0.97 34.81 4.12 78,950
6 Southwest Airlines   United States 24.83 0.65 35.55 17.65 66,000
7 International Airlines Group   Spain 24.28 1.15 41.95 9.41 66,044
8 Turkish Airlines   Turkey 19.68 2.79 32.00 8.88 40,264
9 China Southern Airlines   China 12.92 –4.81 44.92 12.54 100,431
10 Air Canada   Canada 12.72 –1.31 21.78 5.33 42,916

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 edit

Largest airlines by brand value (US$ billions) according to Brand Finance (2023)[2]
Rank Airline Country $bn Year-to-year
change
1   Delta Air Lines   United States 8.922 +21.8%
2   American Airlines   United States 8.488 +35.5%
3   United Airlines   United States 7.782 +41.9%
4   Emirates   United Arab Emirates 5.104 +2.4%
5   Southwest Airlines   United States 4.703 −4.6%
6   China Southern Airlines   China 3.229 +39.5%
7   China Eastern Airlines   China 2.852 +25.7%
8   Air China   China 2.603 +9.3%
9   Air Canada   Canada 2.584 +2.9%
10   Qatar Airways   Qatar 2.470 +22.6%

By flight volume edit

Passengers carried edit

Millions of passengers carried
Rank Airline Group Country 2022[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   United States 199.3 95.3 215.2 203.7 199.6 198.7 146.53 87.83 86.823 86.335 86.042
2 Delta Air Lines Group   United States 175.0 80.0 204.0 192.5 186.4 183.7 138.842 129.433 120.636 116.726 113.731
3 Ryanair   Ireland 168.6 52.4 148.6 142.1 130.3 119.8 101.401 86.370 81.395 79.649 76.422
4 Southwest Airlines   United States 157.0 67.8 162.7 163.6 157.8 151.8 144.575 129.087 115.323 112.234 110.587
5 United Airlines Holdings   United States 144.3 57.8 162.4 158.3 148.1 143.2 95.384 90.439 90.161 92.619 50.473
6 Lufthansa Group   Germany 101.8 36.4 145.2 142.3 130.0 117.4 115.2 112.5 110.4 108.9 112.0
7 IAG   Spain 94.7 31.3 #12 118.3 112.9 104.83 100.7 94.9 77.3 67.2 54.6 51.7
8 Air France–KLM   France/  Netherlands 83.3 28.9 #14 85.6 #12
9 IndiGo   India 75.3 35.0 #11 61.9 #16
10 Turkish Airlines   Turkey 71.8 28.0 #17= 75.2 #14
China Southern Air Holding   China 62.6 #12 96.9 151.6 139.9 126.3 84.9 109.301 100.683 91.504 86.277 80.545
China Eastern Air Holding   China 42.5 #17 74.5 130.2 121.1 110.8 80.9 75.139 66.174 62.653 79.61 73.1
Air China Group   China 38.6 #24 68.7 115.0 109.7 101.6 96.5 89.8 83.0 77.7 72.4 69.4
Hainan Airlines Group   China 21.0 #39 37 79.9 #13

Scheduled passenger-kilometers flown (millions) edit

 
American Airlines and United Express aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport
Airline holding groups
Rank Airline Group Country 2022[3] 2021[15][16] 2020[5] 2019[17] 2017[8] 2016[18] 2015[19] 2013[20]
1 American Airlines Group   United States 347,221 259,570 147,746 388,254 364,191 ~359,400 358,823 ~206,500
2 United Airlines Holdings   United States 332,997 207,572 118,878 385,211 347,963 ~328,200 335,728 ~287,200
3 Delta Air Lines Group   United States 314,783 216,766 118,120 382,400 350,299 ~342,600 337,264 ~278,000
4 Air France–KLM   France/  Netherlands 237,567 116,104 81,212 275,500 248,476 ~238,200 235,715 ~228,900
5 Emirates   United Arab Emirates 225,867 93,799 #11 78,746 298,000 292,221 ~270,800 255,176 ~209,300
6 International Airlines Group   UK/  Spain 215,749 78,689 #15 72,262 285,800 252,819 ~243,500 221,996 186,304
7 Lufthansa Group   Germany 207,035 89,397 #13 69,462 296,500 261,156 ~226,600 220,400 ~153,400
8 Southwest Airlines   United States 199,425 166,667 87,242 211,379 #11 207,802 ~200,700 189,057 ~167,800
9 Turkish Airlines   Turkey 162,665 153,200 #15
10 Qatar Airways   Qatar 154,372 172,600 #13
Ryanair   Ireland 116,625 #11 ~121,000 185,405 #12 130,588 #12 ~103,500 #15
China Southern Air Holding   China 102,078 #13 152,426 153,442 284,900 230,697 ~206,100 189,552 ~148,400
Aeroflot Group   Russia 98,407 #14 100,112 68,014 #11 156,250 #14 97,636 #20
China Eastern Air Holding   China 61,272 #23 108,804 107,302 220,000 183,152 ~167,500 #11 146,291 #11 ~120,400 #11
Air China Group   China 60,354 #24 104,626 109,832 233,178 201,090 ~188,100 171,695 ~142,600
Individual airlines
Rank Airline Country 2022[4] 2021[15] 2020[21] 2019 2018[22] 2017[23] 2016[24] 2015[25] 2014[26] 2013[27] 2012[28] 2011[29]
1 American Airlines   United States 308,065 237,471 123,997 342,510 330,577 323,968 320,044 320,813 208,046 206,551 203,336 203,485
2 United Airlines   United States 305,893 178,499 100,188 342,935 329,562 310,859 299,080 294,970 287,547 286,802 288,282 160,270
3 Delta Air Lines   United States 292,202 195,312 106,488 350,145 330,034 316,378 308,088 302,512 290,862 277,560 271,567 269,724
4 Emirates   United Arab Emirates 225,867 93,799 78,746 299,496 302,298 288,886 270,797 251,190 230,855 209,377 180,880 153,264
5 Ryanair   Ireland ~207,000 120,563 64,928 185,405 170,900 157,114 142,740 125,194
6 Southwest Airlines   United States 199,263 166,631 87,263 211,379 214,561 207,762 200,848 189,097 162,445 145,124 137,708 134,918
7 Qatar Airways   Qatar ~168,000 91,551 57,171 172,591 152,210 #11 137,603 #11
8 Turkish Airlines   Turkey 162,655 86,701 52,206 #11 150,240 #14 145,521 #13 125,098 #14
9 Air France   France 123,444 60,180 #13 48,809 #12 150,870 #13 143,904 #14 136,659 #12 139,217 134,528 136,405 135,821 133,035
10 Lufthansa   Germany 119,363 50,067 #17 37,503 #16 165,945 #11 158,986 152,214 149,702 145,904 143,403 144,236 142,512 140,972
British Airways   United Kingdom 104,496 #12 30,698 #30 38,825 #14 155,252 #12 151,784 #12 144,028 140,780 137,204 130,129 124,318 116,864
China Southern Airlines   China 102,078 #13 109,309 110,650 213,573 200,239 177,458 205,720 189,186 166,074 147,841 135,021 121,944
Qantas   Australia 63,849 #22 10,157 #77 86,199 #24 85,663 #23 120,029 #15 110,203 108,051
China Eastern Airlines   China 61,288 #24 88,677 88,728 186,644 166,282 150,916 138,042
Air China   China 60,355 #25 67,745 #11 71,417 169,030 161,199 146,961 135,464 #13 112,247 -
Continental Airlines‡   United States —‡ 131,583

‡ - marks a defunct airline.


Scheduled freight tonne-kilometers (millions) edit

For broader coverage of this topic, see Cargo airline.
 
FedEx Express is the largest by freight tonne-kilometers.
Rank Airline Country 2022[30] 2021[31] 2020[21] 2019[32] 2018[22] 2017[23] 2016[24] 2015[25] 2014[33] 2013[34] 2012[35]
1 FedEx Express   United States 19,547 20,660 19,656 17,503 17,499 16,851 15,712 15,799 16,020 16,127 16,108
2 UPS Airlines   United States 15,889 15,529 14,371 12,842 12,459 11,940 11,264 10,807 10,936 10,584 10,416
3 Qatar Airways Cargo   Qatar 14,267 16,102 13,740 13,024 12,695 10,999 9,221 7,660 5,997 4,972
4 Emirates SkyCargo   United Arab Emirates 10,153 11,842 9,569 12,052 12,713 12,715 12,270 12,157 11,240 10,459 9,319
5 Korean Air Cargo   South Korea 9,518 10,429 8,104 7,412 7,839 8,015 7,666 7,761 8,079 7,666 8,144
6 Atlas Air   United States 8,675 8,441 5,458 #12 4,522 #16 4,553 #16
7 Turkish Cargo   Turkey 8,318 9,223 6,977 7,029 5,890 #12 4,728 #15 3,640 #20
8 Cargolux   Luxembourg 7,971 8,587 7,345 7,180 7,322 7,322 6,878 6,309 5,753 5,225
9 China Southern Airlines Cargo   China 6,915 8,078 6,591 6,825 6,597 6,174 #11 5,939 #11 5,355 #11 4,736 #12
10 China Airlines Cargo   Taiwan 6,359 7,513 #11 6,317 5,334 #13 5,804 #13 5,741 #12 5,273 #12 5,343 #12 5,266 4,813 4,538
Air China Cargo   China 6,077 #12 7,016 #12 6,121 #11 6,767 #11 7,051 6,701 6,089 5,718 4,910 #11
Cathay Pacific Cargo   Hong Kong 5,774 #13 8,215 8,137 10,930 11,284 10,772 9,947 9,935 9,464 8,241 8,433
Singapore Airlines Cargo   Singapore 5,193 #15 5,462 #16 4,156 #17 6,146 #12 6,491 #11 6,592 6,345 6,083 6,019 6,240 6,694
Lufthansa Cargo   Germany 5,153 #16 5,324 #17 4,828 #15 7,226 7,394 7,317 7,384 6,888 7,054 7,218 7,175

By fleet size edit

Aircraft operated edit

 
Delta Air Lines operates the largest number of aircraft, as of April 2024.
  1. ^ a b c Mainline carrier. Includes mainline (non-regional) fleet only.
  2. ^ Non-mainline (regional) carrier.
  3. ^ Cargo carrier.


Aircraft owned edit

 
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]
Rank Holding company No. Value ($bn)
1 (tie)   American Airlines Group 854   16.7  
1 (tie)   Delta Air Lines, Inc. 854   15.8  
3   United Airlines Holdings 764   17.9  
4   Southwest Airlines 759   16.8  
5   China Eastern Airlines 583   18.5  
6   Air China Group 580   19.0  
7   China Southern Airlines 545   17.3  
8   Ryanair Holdings 529   15.3  
9   SkyWest, Inc. 520   4.5  
10   Lufthansa Group 514   11.7  

Aircraft capacity edit

 
American Airlines leads by capacity to carry passengers.
2022[48]
Rank Airline Country Annual Capacity
1 American Airlines   United States 248,299,958
2 Delta Air Lines   United States 210,132,982
3 Southwest Airlines   United States 208,191,620
4 United Airlines   United States 177,513,595
5 Ryanair   Ireland 169,559,280
6 China Southern Airlines   China 106,602,244
7 China Eastern Airlines   China 101,138,367
8 IndiGo   India 99,449,786
9 Turkish Airlines   Turkey 89,471,060
10 easyJet   United Kingdom 88,142,891

By route network edit

Countries served edit

 
Turkish Airlines serves the largest number of countries, as of February 2024.

Destinations served edit

Main article: List of airlines with more than 100 destinations
 
United Airlines serves the largest number of destinations, as of February 2024.

Routes served edit

 
Southwest Airlines serves the largest number of routes, as of February 2024.

See also edit

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and destinations served FedEx Express by freight tonne kilometers Ryanair by number of routes and Turkish Airlines by number of countries served Contents 1 By financial performance 1 1 Revenue 1 2 Brand value 2 By flight volume 2 1 Passengers carried 2 2 Scheduled passenger kilometers flown millions 2 3 Scheduled freight tonne kilometers millions 3 By fleet size 3 1 Aircraft operated 3 2 Aircraft owned 3 3 Aircraft capacity 4 By route network 4 1 Countries served 4 2 Destinations served 4 3 Routes served 5 See also 6 ReferencesBy financial performance edit nbsp Delta Air Lines ranks first by revenue total assets market capitalization and brand value nbsp American Airlines Group ranks first by number of employees and passengers carried Revenue edit Forbes world s biggest public airline companies by revenue as of January 2023 1 Rank Airline Country Revenue Profit Assets Marketcap Employees US billions 1 Delta Air Lines nbsp United States 53 99 1 90 73 13 21 81 95 000 2 American Airlines Group nbsp United States 52 26 1 77 66 79 9 05 129 700 3 United Airlines Holdings nbsp United States 48 82 1 92 70 42 14 7 92 800 4 Lufthansa Group nbsp Germany 35 8 0 94 48 79 12 10 109 509 5 Air France KLM nbsp France nbsp Netherlands 29 41 0 97 34 81 4 12 78 950 6 Southwest Airlines nbsp United States 24 83 0 65 35 55 17 65 66 000 7 International Airlines Group nbsp Spain 24 28 1 15 41 95 9 41 66 044 8 Turkish Airlines nbsp Turkey 19 68 2 79 32 00 8 88 40 264 9 China Southern Airlines nbsp China 12 92 4 81 44 92 12 54 100 431 10 Air Canada nbsp Canada 12 72 1 31 21 78 5 33 42 916 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 edit Largest airlines by brand value US billions according to Brand Finance 2023 2 Rank Airline Country bn Year to yearchange 1 nbsp Delta Air Lines nbsp United States 8 922 21 8 2 nbsp American Airlines nbsp United States 8 488 35 5 3 nbsp United Airlines nbsp United States 7 782 41 9 4 nbsp Emirates nbsp United Arab Emirates 5 104 2 4 5 nbsp Southwest Airlines nbsp United States 4 703 4 6 6 nbsp China Southern Airlines nbsp China 3 229 39 5 7 nbsp China Eastern Airlines nbsp China 2 852 25 7 8 nbsp Air China nbsp China 2 603 9 3 9 nbsp Air Canada nbsp Canada 2 584 2 9 10 nbsp Qatar Airways nbsp Qatar 2 470 22 6 By flight volume editPassengers carried edit Millions of passengers carried Rank Airline Group Country 2022 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 nbsp United States 199 3 95 3 215 2 203 7 199 6 198 7 146 53 87 83 86 823 86 335 86 042 2 Delta Air Lines Group nbsp United States 175 0 80 0 204 0 192 5 186 4 183 7 138 842 129 433 120 636 116 726 113 731 3 Ryanair nbsp Ireland 168 6 52 4 148 6 142 1 130 3 119 8 101 401 86 370 81 395 79 649 76 422 4 Southwest Airlines nbsp United States 157 0 67 8 162 7 163 6 157 8 151 8 144 575 129 087 115 323 112 234 110 587 5 United Airlines Holdings nbsp United States 144 3 57 8 162 4 158 3 148 1 143 2 95 384 90 439 90 161 92 619 50 473 6 Lufthansa Group nbsp Germany 101 8 36 4 145 2 142 3 130 0 117 4 115 2 112 5 110 4 108 9 112 0 7 IAG nbsp Spain 94 7 31 3 12 118 3 112 9 104 83 100 7 94 9 77 3 67 2 54 6 51 7 8 Air France KLM nbsp France nbsp Netherlands 83 3 28 9 14 85 6 12 9 IndiGo nbsp India 75 3 35 0 11 61 9 16 10 Turkish Airlines nbsp Turkey 71 8 28 0 17 75 2 14 China Southern Air Holding nbsp China 62 6 12 96 9 151 6 139 9 126 3 84 9 109 301 100 683 91 504 86 277 80 545 China Eastern Air Holding nbsp China 42 5 17 74 5 130 2 121 1 110 8 80 9 75 139 66 174 62 653 79 61 73 1 Air China Group nbsp China 38 6 24 68 7 115 0 109 7 101 6 96 5 89 8 83 0 77 7 72 4 69 4 Hainan Airlines Group nbsp China 21 0 39 37 79 9 13 Scheduled passenger kilometers flown millions edit nbsp American Airlines and United Express aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport Airline holding groups Rank Airline Group Country 2022 3 2021 15 16 2020 5 2019 17 2017 8 2016 18 2015 19 2013 20 1 American Airlines Group nbsp United States 347 221 259 570 147 746 388 254 364 191 359 400 358 823 206 500 2 United Airlines Holdings nbsp United States 332 997 207 572 118 878 385 211 347 963 328 200 335 728 287 200 3 Delta Air Lines Group nbsp United States 314 783 216 766 118 120 382 400 350 299 342 600 337 264 278 000 4 Air France KLM nbsp France nbsp Netherlands 237 567 116 104 81 212 275 500 248 476 238 200 235 715 228 900 5 Emirates nbsp United Arab Emirates 225 867 93 799 11 78 746 298 000 292 221 270 800 255 176 209 300 6 International Airlines Group nbsp UK nbsp Spain 215 749 78 689 15 72 262 285 800 252 819 243 500 221 996 186 304 7 Lufthansa Group nbsp Germany 207 035 89 397 13 69 462 296 500 261 156 226 600 220 400 153 400 8 Southwest Airlines nbsp United States 199 425 166 667 87 242 211 379 11 207 802 200 700 189 057 167 800 9 Turkish Airlines nbsp Turkey 162 665 153 200 15 10 Qatar Airways nbsp Qatar 154 372 172 600 13 Ryanair nbsp Ireland 116 625 11 121 000 185 405 12 130 588 12 103 500 15 China Southern Air Holding nbsp China 102 078 13 152 426 153 442 284 900 230 697 206 100 189 552 148 400 Aeroflot Group nbsp Russia 98 407 14 100 112 68 014 11 156 250 14 97 636 20 China Eastern Air Holding nbsp China 61 272 23 108 804 107 302 220 000 183 152 167 500 11 146 291 11 120 400 11 Air China Group nbsp China 60 354 24 104 626 109 832 233 178 201 090 188 100 171 695 142 600 Individual airlines Rank Airline Country 2022 4 2021 15 2020 21 2019 2018 22 2017 23 2016 24 2015 25 2014 26 2013 27 2012 28 2011 29 1 American Airlines nbsp United States 308 065 237 471 123 997 342 510 330 577 323 968 320 044 320 813 208 046 206 551 203 336 203 485 2 United Airlines nbsp United States 305 893 178 499 100 188 342 935 329 562 310 859 299 080 294 970 287 547 286 802 288 282 160 270 3 Delta Air Lines nbsp United States 292 202 195 312 106 488 350 145 330 034 316 378 308 088 302 512 290 862 277 560 271 567 269 724 4 Emirates nbsp United Arab Emirates 225 867 93 799 78 746 299 496 302 298 288 886 270 797 251 190 230 855 209 377 180 880 153 264 5 Ryanair nbsp Ireland 207 000 120 563 64 928 185 405 170 900 157 114 142 740 125 194 6 Southwest Airlines nbsp United States 199 263 166 631 87 263 211 379 214 561 207 762 200 848 189 097 162 445 145 124 137 708 134 918 7 Qatar Airways nbsp Qatar 168 000 91 551 57 171 172 591 152 210 11 137 603 11 8 Turkish Airlines nbsp Turkey 162 655 86 701 52 206 11 150 240 14 145 521 13 125 098 14 9 Air France nbsp France 123 444 60 180 13 48 809 12 150 870 13 143 904 14 136 659 12 139 217 134 528 136 405 135 821 133 035 10 Lufthansa nbsp Germany 119 363 50 067 17 37 503 16 165 945 11 158 986 152 214 149 702 145 904 143 403 144 236 142 512 140 972 British Airways nbsp United Kingdom 104 496 12 30 698 30 38 825 14 155 252 12 151 784 12 144 028 140 780 137 204 130 129 124 318 116 864 China Southern Airlines nbsp China 102 078 13 109 309 110 650 213 573 200 239 177 458 205 720 189 186 166 074 147 841 135 021 121 944 Qantas nbsp Australia 63 849 22 10 157 77 86 199 24 85 663 23 120 029 15 110 203 108 051 China Eastern Airlines nbsp China 61 288 24 88 677 88 728 186 644 166 282 150 916 138 042 Air China nbsp China 60 355 25 67 745 11 71 417 169 030 161 199 146 961 135 464 13 112 247 Continental Airlines nbsp United States 131 583 marks a defunct airline Scheduled freight tonne kilometers millions edit For broader coverage of this topic see Cargo airline nbsp FedEx Express is the largest by freight tonne kilometers Rank Airline Country 2022 30 2021 31 2020 21 2019 32 2018 22 2017 23 2016 24 2015 25 2014 33 2013 34 2012 35 1 FedEx Express nbsp United States 19 547 20 660 19 656 17 503 17 499 16 851 15 712 15 799 16 020 16 127 16 108 2 UPS Airlines nbsp United States 15 889 15 529 14 371 12 842 12 459 11 940 11 264 10 807 10 936 10 584 10 416 3 Qatar Airways Cargo nbsp Qatar 14 267 16 102 13 740 13 024 12 695 10 999 9 221 7 660 5 997 4 972 4 Emirates SkyCargo nbsp United Arab Emirates 10 153 11 842 9 569 12 052 12 713 12 715 12 270 12 157 11 240 10 459 9 319 5 Korean Air Cargo nbsp South Korea 9 518 10 429 8 104 7 412 7 839 8 015 7 666 7 761 8 079 7 666 8 144 6 Atlas Air nbsp United States 8 675 8 441 5 458 12 4 522 16 4 553 16 7 Turkish Cargo nbsp Turkey 8 318 9 223 6 977 7 029 5 890 12 4 728 15 3 640 20 8 Cargolux nbsp Luxembourg 7 971 8 587 7 345 7 180 7 322 7 322 6 878 6 309 5 753 5 225 9 China Southern Airlines Cargo nbsp China 6 915 8 078 6 591 6 825 6 597 6 174 11 5 939 11 5 355 11 4 736 12 10 China Airlines Cargo nbsp Taiwan 6 359 7 513 11 6 317 5 334 13 5 804 13 5 741 12 5 273 12 5 343 12 5 266 4 813 4 538 Air China Cargo nbsp China 6 077 12 7 016 12 6 121 11 6 767 11 7 051 6 701 6 089 5 718 4 910 11 Cathay Pacific Cargo nbsp Hong Kong 5 774 13 8 215 8 137 10 930 11 284 10 772 9 947 9 935 9 464 8 241 8 433 Singapore Airlines Cargo nbsp Singapore 5 193 15 5 462 16 4 156 17 6 146 12 6 491 11 6 592 6 345 6 083 6 019 6 240 6 694 Lufthansa Cargo nbsp Germany 5 153 16 5 324 17 4 828 15 7 226 7 394 7 317 7 384 6 888 7 054 7 218 7 175By fleet size editAircraft operated edit nbsp Delta Air Lines operates the largest number of aircraft as of April 2024 April 2024 36 Rank Airline Country No Ref 1 Delta Air Lines a nbsp United States 987 37 2 American Airlines a nbsp United States 967 38 3 United Airlines a nbsp United States 953 39 4 Southwest Airlines nbsp United States 815 40 5 China Southern Airlines nbsp China 664 41 6 China Eastern Airlines nbsp China 624 42 7 SkyWest Airlines b nbsp United States 572 43 8 FedEx Express c nbsp United States 498 44 9 Air China nbsp China 494 45 10 IndiGo nbsp India 369 46 a b c Mainline carrier Includes mainline non regional fleet only Non mainline regional carrier Cargo carrier Aircraft owned edit nbsp 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 Rank Holding company No Value bn 1 tie nbsp American Airlines Group 854 nbsp 16 7 nbsp 1 tie nbsp Delta Air Lines Inc 854 nbsp 15 8 nbsp 3 nbsp United Airlines Holdings 764 nbsp 17 9 nbsp 4 nbsp Southwest Airlines 759 nbsp 16 8 nbsp 5 nbsp China Eastern Airlines 583 nbsp 18 5 nbsp 6 nbsp Air China Group 580 nbsp 19 0 nbsp 7 nbsp China Southern Airlines 545 nbsp 17 3 nbsp 8 nbsp Ryanair Holdings 529 nbsp 15 3 nbsp 9 nbsp SkyWest Inc 520 nbsp 4 5 nbsp 10 nbsp Lufthansa Group 514 nbsp 11 7 nbsp Aircraft capacity edit nbsp American Airlines leads by capacity to carry passengers 2022 48 Rank Airline Country Annual Capacity 1 American Airlines nbsp United States 248 299 958 2 Delta Air Lines nbsp United States 210 132 982 3 Southwest Airlines nbsp United States 208 191 620 4 United Airlines nbsp United States 177 513 595 5 Ryanair nbsp Ireland 169 559 280 6 China Southern Airlines nbsp China 106 602 244 7 China Eastern Airlines nbsp China 101 138 367 8 IndiGo nbsp India 99 449 786 9 Turkish Airlines nbsp Turkey 89 471 060 10 easyJet nbsp United Kingdom 88 142 891By route network editCountries served edit nbsp Turkish Airlines serves the largest number of countries as of February 2024 February 2024 citation needed Rank Airline Country No Ref 1 Turkish Airlines nbsp Turkey 119 49 2 Qatar Airways nbsp Qatar 88 50 3 Air France nbsp France 84 51 3 Ethiopian Airlines nbsp Ethiopia 84 52 5 Emirates nbsp United Arab Emirates 79 53 6 British Airways nbsp United Kingdom 78 54 7 Lufthansa nbsp Germany 77 55 8 United Airlines nbsp United States 71 56 9 KLM nbsp Netherlands 64 57 10 American Airlines nbsp United States 63 58 Destinations served edit Main article List of airlines with more than 100 destinations nbsp United Airlines serves the largest number of destinations as of February 2024 February 2024 citation needed Rank Airline Country No Ref 1 United Airlines nbsp United States 357 56 2 American Airlines nbsp United States 352 58 3 Delta Air Lines nbsp United States 310 59 4 Turkish Airlines nbsp Turkey 286 49 5 China Southern Airlines nbsp China 238 60 6 Ryanair nbsp Ireland 235 61 7 Lufthansa nbsp Germany 226 54 8 China Eastern Airlines nbsp China 225 62 9 British Airways nbsp United Kingdom 208 55 10 Air France nbsp France 202 51 Routes served edit nbsp Southwest Airlines serves the largest number of routes as of February 2024 February 2024 citation needed Rank Airline Country No Ref 1 Southwest Airlines nbsp United States 3 161 63 2 Ryanair nbsp Ireland 2 631 61 3 American Airlines nbsp United States 1 237 58 4 China Eastern Airlines nbsp China 1 051 62 5 United Airlines nbsp United States 1 033 56 6 Delta Air Lines nbsp United States 975 59 7 China Southern Airlines nbsp China 963 60 8 Air China nbsp China 641 64 9 IndiGo nbsp India 610 65 10 Turkish Airlines nbsp Turkey 531 49 See also edit nbsp Aviation portal nbsp Companies portal nbsp Transport portal nbsp Lists portal Flag carrier List of largest airlines in North America List of largest airlines in Europe List of largest airlines in Central America and 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 List of airline holding companies 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 the busiest airports List of busiest airports by passenger traffic List of busiest 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