Rank |
Airline |
Country |
Pax traffic RPK (mln) |
Pax number (mln) |
Fleet size |
1. | American Airlines | USA |
222,719 |
98,2 |
654 |
2. | Air France - KLM | France |
207,227 |
74,8 |
367 |
3. | Delta Airlines | USA |
196,403 |
109,2 |
446 |
4. | United Airlines | USA |
188,857 |
68,4 |
400 |
5. | Continental Airlines | USA |
135,655 |
51,0 |
373 |
6. | Lufthansa | Germany |
117,656 |
56,4 |
254 |
7. | Northwest Airlines | USA |
117,335 |
53,7 |
339 |
8. | Southwest Airlines | USA |
116,361 |
88,7 |
530 |
9. | British Airways | UK |
112,946 |
33,1 |
236 |
10. | US Airways | USA |
98,571 |
57,9 |
360 |
11. | Qantas | Australia |
97,622 |
36,4 |
127 |
12. | Emirates | UAE |
94,346 |
21,2 |
109 |
13. | Singapore Airlines | Singapore |
91,485 |
19,1 |
100 |
14. | Japan Airlines | Japan |
85,888 |
47,2 |
199 |
15. | Cathay Pacific | China |
81,801 |
23,3 |
115 |
16. | China Southern | China |
81,172 |
56,9 |
290 |
17. | Air Canada | Canada |
74,601 |
33,0 |
206 |
18. | Air China | China |
66,986 |
34,8 |
200 |
19. | All Nippon Airways | Japan |
61,224 |
50,4 |
149 |
20. | Thai Airways | Thailand |
60,305 |
19,6 |
83 |
21. | China Eastern | China |
57,180 |
39,2 |
220 |
22. | Korean Air | South Korea |
55,354 |
22,8 |
129 |
23. | Iberia | Spain |
54,229 |
26,9 |
136 |
24. | Ryanair | Ireland |
50,859 |
50,9 |
164 |
25. | Air Berlin | Germany |
46,070 |
28,2 |
82 |
26. | JetBlue Airways | USA |
41,411 |
21,4 |
139 |
27. | Virgin Atlantic | UK |
40,546 |
5,6 |
38 |
28. | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia |
40,096 |
14,0 |
83 |
29. | Alitalia | Italy |
38,832 |
24,6 |
148 |
30. | easyJet | UK |
36,976 |
37,2 |
146 |
31. | China Airlines | China |
33,793 |
10,3 |
67 |
32. | TAM Linhas Aereas | Brazil |
33,500 |
27,9 |
107 |
33. | Qatar Airways | Qatar |
32,438 |
8,9 |
61 |
34. | Saudi Arabian Airlines | Saudi Arabia |
30,604 |
18,2 |
96 |
35. | Alaska Airlines | USA |
29,688 |
17,6 |
115 |
36. | THY Turkish Airlines | Turkey |
28,969 |
19,0 |
100 |
37. | SkyWest Airlines | USA |
28,789 |
34,4 |
269 |
38. | AirTran Airways | USA |
27,832 |
23,8 |
141 |
39. | Air New Zealand | New Zealand |
26,874 |
12,5 |
49 |
40. | Swiss | Switzerland |
25,852 |
12,7 |
58 |
41. | Aeroflot | Russia |
24,675 |
8,2 |
87 |
42. | South African Airways | South Africa |
24,349 |
7,4 |
49 |
43. | EVA Air | Taiwan |
24,226 |
6,2 |
46 |
44. | LAN Airlines | Chile |
24,001 |
11,1 |
51 |
45. | Asiana Airlines | South Korea |
23,482 |
13,9 |
68 |
46. | Thomsonfly | UK |
23,148 |
9,4 |
46 |
47. | Condor | Germany |
22,675 |
7,3 |
22 |
48. | Hainan Airlines | China |
21,691 |
15,0 |
35 |
49. | Finnair | Finland |
20,304 |
8,7 |
63 |
50. | Austrian Airlines | Austria |
20,050 |
10,8 |
26 |
51. | GOL | Brazil |
19,966 |
22,4 |
77 |
52. | TAP Portugal | Portugal |
19,224 |
7,8 |
54 |
53. | WestJet | Canada |
18,888 |
13,0 |
74 |
54. | Air India | India |
18,710 |
4,1 |
120 |
55. | TUIfly | Germany |
18,080 |
9,8 |
45 |
56. | Etihad Airways | UAE |
17,733 |
4,6 |
34 |
57. | Virgin Blue | Australia |
17,563 |
15,3 |
59 |
58. | Philippine Airlines | Philippines |
17,276 |
7,5 |
37 |
59. | El Al | Israel |
17,068 |
3,7 |
36 |
60. | Jet Airways | India |
16,914 |
11,4 |
81 |
61. | First Choice Airways | UK |
16,763 |
5,6 |
30 |
62. | Garuda Indonesia | Indonesia |
16,283 |
9,9 |
50 |
63. | ExpressJet | USA |
16,204 |
17,4 |
273 |
64. | Frontier Airlines | USA |
15,806 |
10,4 |
60 |
65. | Aeromexico | Mexico |
15,650 |
8,4 |
62 |
66. | Thomas Cook (UK) | UK |
15,492 |
5,0 |
42 |
67. | Blue Panorama Airlines | Italy |
15,138 |
1,3 |
8 |
68. | Monarch Airlines | UK |
14,825 |
6,1 |
32 |
69. | Aer Lingus | Ireland |
14,807 |
9,3 |
41 |
70. | Mexicana | Mexico |
14,498 |
8,4 |
64 |
71. | Air Europa | Spain |
14,408 |
8,5 |
39 |
72. | Egyptair | Egypt |
14,092 |
6,8 |
43 |
73. | Gulf Air | Bahrain |
14,007 |
5,9 |
27 |
74. | S7 Airlines | Russia |
13,900 |
5,7 |
53 |
75. | Pakistan Int. Airlines | Pakistan |
13,681 |
5,4 |
35 |
76. | American Eagle | USA |
13,422 |
18,5 |
259 |
77. | Shenzhen Airlines | China |
13,346 |
9,5 |
62 |
78. | Indian Airlines | India |
13,045 |
9,6 |
|
79. | Vietnam Airlines | Vietnam |
12,930 |
7,3 |
48 |
80. | Hawaiian Airlines | USA |
12,759 |
7,1 |
27 |
81. | Air Transat | Canada |
12,632 |
2,9 |
17 |
82. | MyTravel Airways | UK |
12,425 |
3,6 |
|
83. | Spanair | Spain |
12,244 |
11,3 |
56 |
84. | Transaero | Russia |
11,761 |
3,2 |
38 |
85. | Shanghai Airlines | China |
11,640 |
8,7 |
49 |
86. | Corsairfly | France |
11,533 |
1,6 |
8 |
87. | Spirit Airlines | USA |
11,023 |
7,0 |
35 |
88. | Xiamen Airlines | China |
10,974 |
9,2 |
46 |
89. | Mesa Airlines | USA |
10,944 |
16,1 |
127 |
90. | XL Airways UK | UK |
10,887 |
3,0 |
13 |
91. | JetStar | Australia |
10,697 |
7,6 |
35 |
92. | Aerolineas Argentinas | Argentina |
10,503 |
3,1 |
47 |
93. | Transavia | Netherlands |
10,468 |
5,4 |
30 |
94. | Iran Air | Iran |
10,197 |
9,3 |
38 |
95. | Atlantic Southeast | USA |
9,949 |
12,0 |
170 |
96. | AirAsia | Malaysia |
9,863 |
8,7 |
42 |
97. | SriLankan Airlines | Sri Lanka |
9,793 |
3,2 |
14 |
98. | SAS International | Sweden |
9,634 |
1,3 |
|
99. | Royal Air Maroc | Morocco |
9,400 |
4,7 |
36 |
100. | Avianca | Colombia |
8,672 |
6,3 |
41 |
Source: Airline Business, August 2008