Airline
|
Country
|
Pax number (mln)
|
Pax traffic (RPK mln)
|
Fleet size
| |
1. | SkyWest Airlines |
USA
|
23.7
|
21 923
|
312
|
2. | American Eagle Airlines |
USA
|
17.3
|
14 661
|
245
|
3. | ExpressJet |
USA
|
16.2
|
14 881
| |
4. | ExpressJet Airlines |
USA
|
14.2
|
9 803
|
412
|
5. | Pinnacle Airlines |
USA
|
10.5
|
7 163
|
197
|
6. | Republic Airlines |
USA
|
10.5
|
9 120
|
83
|
7. | Shandong Airlines |
China
|
9.7
|
11 810
|
61
|
8. | Jazz |
Canada
|
9.1
|
138
| |
9. | Mesa Airlines |
USA
|
8.4
|
6 234
|
64
|
10. | Flybe |
UK
|
7.1
|
3 482
|
67
|
11. | Batavia |
Indonesia
|
7.0
|
33
| |
12. | Lufthansa CityLine |
Germany
|
6.8
|
4 750
|
60
|
13. | Horizon Air |
USA
|
6.6
|
3 430
|
50
|
14. | KLM cityhopper |
Netherlands
|
6.2
|
3 819
|
53
|
15. | Air Wisconsin |
USA
|
6.0
|
3 125
|
71
|
16. | Aegean Airlines |
Greece
|
5.9
|
5 809
|
31
|
17. | Mesaba Airlines |
USA
|
5.9
|
5 169
| |
18. | AeroMexico Connect |
Mexico
|
5.6
|
3 773
|
59
|
19. | Comair |
USA
|
5.5
|
4 074
|
42
|
20. | Chautauqua Airlines |
USA
|
5.3
|
3 016
|
70
|
21. | Shuttle America |
USA
|
5.0
|
4 971
|
67
|
22. | Air Nostrum |
Spain
|
4.9
|
2 938
|
46
|
23. | PSA Airlines |
USA
|
4.9
|
2 817
|
49
|
24. | Qantas Link |
Australia
|
4.9
|
3 224
| |
25. | Tianjin Airlines |
China
|
4.5
|
4 303
|
73
|
26. | Iran Aseman Airlines |
Iran
|
4.2
|
3 033
|
33
|
27. | Regional |
France
|
4.1
|
2 689
|
52
|
28. | Tyrolean Airways |
Austria
|
4.0
|
76
| |
29. | TRIP Linhas Aereas |
Brazil
|
3.9
|
2 642
|
57
|
30. | Colgan Air |
USA
|
3.9
|
1 734
|
44
|
31. | Brit Air |
France
|
3.6
|
2 115
|
40
|
32. | Olympic Air |
Greece
|
3.3
|
1 633
|
22
|
33. | airBaltic |
Latvia
|
3.3
|
3 598
|
32
|
34. | Bangkok Airways |
Thailand
|
3.1
|
1 930
|
19
|
35. | UNI Air |
Taiwan
|
3.1
|
1 150
|
16
|
36. | Piedmont Airlines |
USA
|
3.0
|
858
|
44
|
37. | Avianca (Brazil) |
Brazil
|
3.0
|
2 557
|
27
|
38. | China Eastern Airlines Wuhan |
China
|
2.7
|
3 807
| |
39. | Compass Airlines |
USA
|
2.7
|
3 190
|
42
|
40. | TransAsia Airways |
Taiwan
|
2.6
|
1 987
|
18
|
41. | Executive Airlines |
USA
|
2.6
|
819
|
13
|
42. | Eurowings |
Germany
|
2.6
|
2 156
|
23
|
43. | Binter Canarias |
Spain
|
2.5
|
450
|
13
|
44. | Wideroe |
Norway
|
2.5
|
811
|
39
|
45. | Japan TransOcean Air |
Japan
|
2.5
|
1 963
|
13
|
46. | GoJet Airlines |
USA
|
2.2
|
2 742
|
41
|
47. | Merpati Nusantara |
Indonesia
|
2.2
|
25
| |
48. | Mandarin Airlines |
Taiwan
|
2.1
|
1 393
|
7
|
49. | CityJet |
Ireland
|
2.1
|
1 233
|
32
|
50. | Chang An Airlines |
China
|
2.1
|
3 280
|
4
|
Source: Airline Business, October 2012.