Rank
|
Airline
|
Country
|
Pax traffic RPK (mln)
|
Pax number (mln)
|
Fleet size
|
1. | Delta Air Lines |
USA
|
310,466
|
164.6
|
723
|
2. | United Airlines |
USA
|
288,680
|
93.6
|
699
|
3. | American Airlines |
USA
|
203,299
|
86.3
|
616
|
4. | Emirates |
UAE
|
188,618
|
39.4
|
204
|
5. | Southwest Airlines |
USA
|
165,753
|
134.1
|
697
|
6. | Lufthansa |
Germany
|
149,780
|
74.7
|
293
|
7. | Air France |
France
|
135,824
|
50.6
|
246
|
8. | British Airways |
UK
|
126,436
|
37.6
| 260 |
9. | China Eastern Airlines |
China
|
109,113
|
73.1
|
263
|
10. | China Southern Airlines |
China
|
107,000
|
64.5
|
417
|
11. | US Airways |
USA
|
100,460
|
54.3
|
342
|
12. | Ryanair |
Ireland
|
100,000
|
79.3
|
304
|
13. | Air China |
China
|
95,940
|
49.3
|
283
|
14. | Cathay Pacific |
Hong Kong
|
94,191
|
21.1
|
133
|
15. | Singapore Airlines |
Singapore
|
93,766
|
18.2
|
102
|
16. | Air Canada |
Canada
|
89,534
|
34.9
|
189
|
17. | KLM |
Netherlands
|
86,281
|
25.8
|
113
|
18. | Qantas |
Australia
|
75,935
|
22.8
|
136
|
19. | Turkish Airlines |
Turkey
|
74,638
|
39.0
|
188
|
20. | Qatar Airways |
Qatar
|
73,608
|
17.5
|
124
|
21. | Korean Air |
South Korea
|
68,818
|
24.6
|
154
|
22. | EasyJet |
UK
|
65,227
|
58.4
|
212
|
23. | All Nippon Airways |
Japan
|
62,514
|
44.6
|
187
|
24. | Thai Airways |
Thailand
|
60,679
|
20.6
|
91
|
25. | TAM Linhas Aereas |
Brazil
|
59,132
|
37.8
|
162
|
26. | JetBlue Airways |
USA
|
54,003
|
29.0
|
186
|
27. | Aeroflot |
Russia
|
50,532
|
17.7
|
136
|
28. | Iberia |
Spain
|
49,663
| 14.8 |
76
|
29. | Air Berlin |
Germany
|
48,720
|
33.3
|
99
|
30. | Etihad Airways |
UAE
|
48,000
|
10.3
|
81
|
31. | Japan Airlines |
Japan
|
47,877
|
23.9
|
116
|
32. | Saudia |
Saudi Arabia
|
43,792
|
24.3
|
137
|
33. | LAN Airlines |
Chile
|
43,500
|
26.0
|
80
|
34. | Transaero |
Russia
|
41,004
|
10.3
|
92
|
35. | Virgin Atlantic Airways |
UK
|
39,406
|
5.4
|
45
|
36. | Alaska Airlines |
USA
|
39,287
|
18.5
|
128
|
37. | Malaysia Airlines |
Malaysia
|
37,170
|
13.4
|
110
|
38. | GOL |
Brazil
|
36,390
|
39.2
|
108
|
39. | Alitalia |
Italy
|
36,192
|
24.3
|
113
|
40. | Swiss |
Switzerland
|
33,527
|
15.8
|
66
|
41. | Asiana Airlines |
South Korea
|
32,870
|
15.5
|
77
|
42. | China Airlines |
Taiwan
|
32,864
|
11.4
|
72
|
43. | Thomson Airways |
UK
|
32,073
|
10.7
|
61
|
44. | Shenzhen Airlines |
China
|
31,182
|
21.5
|
123
|
45. | Virgin Australia |
Australia
|
31,084
|
19.4
|
100
|
46. | Lion Air |
Indonesia
|
30,000
|
32.0
|
90
|
47. | Jet Airways |
India
|
29,502
|
16.9
|
82
|
48. | WestJet Airlines |
Canada
|
29,385
|
17.4
|
103
|
49. | Avianca |
Colombia
|
29,072
|
23.1
|
74
|
50. | Air India |
India
|
28,667
|
13.8
|
98
|
51. | SAS Scandinavian Airlines |
Sweden
|
27,798
|
25.5
|
145
|
52. | TAP Portugal |
Portugal
|
27,216
|
10.2
|
55
|
53. | Air New Zealand |
New Zealand
|
27,013
|
13.1
|
48
|
54. | Hainan Airlines |
China
|
26.500
|
15.0
|
114
|
55. | EVA Air |
Taiwan
|
25,988
|
7.5
|
59
|
56. | JetStar Airways |
Australia
|
25,904
|
15.4
|
69
|
57. | ExpressJet Airlines |
USA
|
25,548
|
32.4
|
427
|
58. | Garuda Indonesia |
Indonesia
|
25,104
|
17.6
|
104
|
59. | Condor |
Germany
|
23,779
|
6.6
|
40
|
60. | Finnair |
Finland
|
23,563
|
8.8
|
44
|
61. | AeroMexico |
Mexico
|
23,484
|
14.8
|
55
|
62. | Vietnam Airlines |
Vietnam
|
23,000
|
14.0
|
77
|
63. | South African Airways |
South Africa
|
22,901
|
7.0
|
50
|
64. | SkyWest Airlines |
USA
|
22,846
|
26.2
|
327
|
65. | AirAsia |
Malaysia
|
22,731
|
19.7
|
67
|
66. | Thomas Cook Airlines |
UK
|
22,541
|
6.8
|
33
|
67. | Sichuan Airlines |
China
|
21,000
|
13.4
|
77
|
68. | Xiamen Airlines |
China
|
20,458
|
16.8
|
90
|
69. | Norwegian |
Norway
|
20,353
|
17.7
|
75
|
70. | Copa Airlines |
Panama
|
20,112
|
10.2
|
68
|
71. | Hawaiian Airlines |
USA
|
19,658
|
9.5
|
45
|
72. | IndiGo |
India
|
18,989
|
15.8
|
69
|
73. | Air Transat |
Canada
|
18,522
|
3.9
|
21
|
74. | Egyptair |
Egypt
|
18,500
|
8.6
|
62
|
75. | Philippine Airlines |
Philippines
|
18,240
|
8.1
|
43
|
76. | Austrian Airlines |
Austria
|
17,952
|
11.5
|
39
|
77. | El Al |
Israel
|
17,881
|
4.2
|
37
|
78. | Air Europa |
Spain
|
17,429
|
8.1
|
44
|
79. | Frontier Airlines |
USA
|
17,022
|
10.7
|
53
|
80. | Ethiopian Airlines |
Ethiopia
|
16,175
|
4.6
| 61 |
81. | Wizz Air |
Hungary
|
16,000
|
12.4
|
41
|
82. | Virgin America |
USA
|
15,987
|
6.2
|
53
|
83. | Spirit Airlines |
USA
|
15,549
|
10.4
|
51
|
84. | American Eagle Airlines |
USA
|
15,484
|
18.7
|
235
|
85. | UTair |
Russia
|
15,166
|
7.8
|
118
|
86. | Monarch Airlines |
UK
|
14,854
|
6.3
|
39
|
87. | Aer Lingus |
Ireland
|
14,523
|
9.7
|
48
|
88. | Pakistan Airlines |
Pakistan
|
13,903
|
5.3
|
29
|
89. | Vueling Airlines |
Spain
|
13,693
|
14.8
|
72
|
90. | AirAsia X |
Malaysia
|
13,601
|
2.6
|
14
|
91. | Spring Airlines |
China
|
13,500
|
9.1
|
37
|
92. | S7 Airlines |
Russia
|
13,025
|
6.4
|
40
|
93. | Shandong Airlines |
China
|
13,000
|
10.4
|
68
|
94. | SriLankan Airlines |
Sri Lanka
|
12,969
|
4.3
|
21
|
95. | Royal Air Maroc |
Marocco
|
12,750
|
5.8
|
45
|
96. | Pegasus Airlines |
Turkey
|
12,070
|
13.1
|
41
|
97. | Volaris |
Mexico
|
11,729
|
7.0
|
43
|
98. | Cebu Pacific Air |
Philippines
|
11,533
|
13.3
|
44
|
99. | TUIfly |
Germany
|
11,500
|
4.8
|
30
|
100. | Transavia Airlines |
Netherlands
|
11,500
|
5.8
|
37
|
Source: Airline Business, August 2013