|
Rank
|
Airline
|
Country
|
Pax traffic RPK (mln)
|
Pax number (mln) |
Fleet size
|
| 1. | American Airlines |
USA
|
211 994
|
92.8
|
610
|
| 2. | Air France - KLM |
France
|
208 838
|
73.8
|
374
|
| 3. | Delta Airlines |
USA
|
198 037
|
106.1
|
444
|
| 4. | United Airlines |
USA
|
176 673
|
63.1
|
378
|
| 5. | Continental Airlines |
USA
|
149 132
|
66.7
|
350
|
| 6. | Northwest Airlines |
USA
|
127 440
|
65.5
|
312
|
| 7. | Lufthansa |
Germany
|
126 014
|
57.1
|
249
|
| 8. | Southwest Airlines |
USA
|
118 248
|
88.5
|
544
|
| 9. | British Airways |
UK
|
114 301
|
33.1
|
233
|
| 10. | Qantas |
Australia
|
102 466
|
38.6
|
136
|
| 11. | Emirates |
UAE
|
101 762
|
22.7
|
133
|
| 12. | US Airways |
USA
|
97 457
|
54.8
|
351
|
| 13. | Cathay Pacific |
China
|
90 975
|
25.0
|
120
|
| 14. | Singapore Airlines |
Singapore
|
90 128
|
18.3
|
106
|
| 15. | Japan Airlines |
Japan
|
83 487
|
52.9
|
197
|
| 16. | China Southern |
China
|
83 184
|
58.2
|
288
|
| 17. | Air Canada |
Canada
|
81 300
|
32.9
|
197
|
| 18. | Air China |
China
|
66 013
|
34.2
|
212
|
| 19. | Ryanair |
Ireland
|
61 983
|
57.6
|
197
|
| 20. | Thai Airways |
Thailand
|
60 563
|
20.1
|
87
|
| 21. | All Nippon Airways |
Japan
|
56 957
|
47.2
|
147
|
| 22. | Korean Air |
South Korea
|
55 054
|
22.0
|
127
|
| 23. | China Eastern |
China
|
53 754
|
37.2
|
231
|
| 24. | Iberia |
Spain
|
52 885
|
23.3
|
115
|
| 25. | Air Berlin |
Germany
|
44 310
|
28.6
|
88
|
| 26. | easyJet |
UK
|
42 147
|
37.6
|
163
|
| 27. | JetBlue Airways |
USA
|
41 948
|
21.9
|
150
|
| 28. | Virgin Atlantic Airways |
UK
|
41 179
|
5.7
|
38
|
| 29. | TAM Linhas Aereas |
Brazil
|
40 518
|
30.1
|
131
|
| 30. | Qatar Airways |
Qatar
|
36 203
|
9.7
|
65
|
| 31. | Malaysia Airlines |
Malaysia
|
35 868
|
12.6
|
92
|
| 32. | THY Turkish Airlines |
Turkey
|
34 266
|
22.6
|
120
|
| 33. | Thomson Airways |
UK
|
33 640
|
12.2
|
62
|
| 34. | China Airlines |
China
|
31 592
|
9.8
|
62
|
| 35. | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
Saudi Arabia
|
31 444
|
17.7
|
103
|
| 36. | AirTran Airways |
USA
|
30 500
|
24.6
|
136
|
| 37. | Alaska Airlines |
USA
|
30 113
|
16.8
|
115
|
| 38. | Air New Zealand |
New Zealand
|
29 349
|
13.2
|
47
|
| 39. | Alitalia |
Italy
|
29 206
|
18.0
|
156
|
| 40. | Swiss |
Switzerland
|
28 866
|
13.8
|
61
|
| 41. | Thomas Cook (UK) |
UK
|
28 525
|
8.3
|
41
|
| 42. | SkyWest Airlines |
USA
|
27 517
|
33.5
|
280
|
| 43. | Aeroflot |
Russia
|
27 247
|
9.3
|
101
|
| 44. | LAN Airlines |
Chile
|
26 952
|
13.3
|
56
|
| 45. | Asiana Airlines |
South Korea
|
26 620
|
14.1
|
68
|
| 46. | GOL |
Brazil
|
25 308
|
25.7
|
86
|
| 47. | Etihad Airways |
UAE
|
24 200
|
6.0
|
42
|
| 48. | EVA Air |
Taiwan
|
22 944
|
5.8
|
45
|
| 49. | South African Airways |
South Africa
|
22 920
|
7.1
|
50
|
| 50. | Hainan Airlines |
China
|
22 850
|
15.0
|
61
|
| 51. | WestJet Airlines | Canada |
22 093
|
14.3
|
79
|
| 52. | TAP Portugal |
Portugal
|
21 906
|
8.7
|
54
|
| 53. | Finnair |
Finland
|
21 896
|
8.3
|
69
|
| 54. | Condor Fligdienst |
Germany
|
21 752
|
6.5
|
22
|
| 55. | Jet Airways |
India
|
21 373
|
11.1
|
75
|
| 56. | Austrian Airlines | Austria |
18 890
|
10.7
|
32
|
| 57. | Virgin Blue Airlines |
Australia
|
18 764
|
16.7
|
69
|
| 58. | TUIfly |
Germany
|
18 309
|
10.6
|
41
|
| 59. | Mexicana |
Mexico
|
18 169
|
11.7
|
63
|
| 60. | Philippine Airlines | Philippines |
17 974
|
7.8
|
39
|
| 61. | Transaero |
Russia
|
17 549
|
4.9
|
45
|
| 62. | El Al |
Israel
|
17 388
|
3.8
|
35
|
| 63. | Air Europa |
Spain
|
17 031
|
9.5
|
39
|
| 64. | Shenzhen Airlines |
China
|
17 019
|
12.0
|
79
|
| 65. | Garuda Indonesia |
Indonesia
|
16 996
|
10.4
|
65
|
| 66. | Egyptair | Egypt |
16 283
|
6.6
|
46
|
| 67. | Aer Lingus |
Ireland
|
16 277
|
10.0
|
46
|
| 68. | Monarch Airlines |
UK
|
15 921
|
6.5
|
31
|
| 69. | Frontier Airlines |
USA
|
15 828
|
10.6
|
51
|
| 70. | Air India |
India
|
15 719
|
2.9
|
124
|
| 71. | JetStar Airways |
Australia
|
15 701
|
9.2
|
42
|
| 72. | Aeromexico |
Mexico
|
15 472
|
7.3
|
49
|
| 73. | ExpressJet |
USA
|
15 388
|
15.6
|
244
|
| 74. | S7 Airlines |
Russia
|
14 351
|
5.9
|
34
|
| 75. | Vietnam Airlines |
Vietnam
|
14 269
|
8.5
|
51
|
| 76. | Pakistan Int. Airlines |
Pakistan
|
13 925
|
5.6
|
39
|
| 77. | Gulf Air | Bahrain |
13 856
|
5.7
|
36
|
| 78. | Air Transat |
Canada
|
13 796
|
3.2
|
18
|
| 79. | AirAsia |
Malaysia
|
13 485
|
11.8
|
45
|
| 80. | Hawaiian Airlines |
USA
|
12 645
|
7.9
|
33
|
| 81. | Shanghai Airlines |
China
|
11 992
|
8.9
|
53
|
| 82. | American Eagle |
USA
|
11 879
|
16.6
|
223
|
| 83. | Xiamen Airlines |
China
|
11 373
|
9.6
|
53
|
| 84. | Corsairfly |
France
|
11 200
|
1.6
|
7
|
| 85. | Transavia |
Netherlands
|
11 159
|
5.5
|
31
|
| 86. | Spirit Airlines |
USA
|
10 618
|
6.9
|
28
|
| 87. | Royal Air Maroc |
Morocco
|
10 300
|
5.5
|
39
|
| 88. | SAS International |
Sweden
|
9 767
|
1.4
| |
| 89. | Mesa Airlines |
USA
|
9 727
|
13.6
|
132
|
| 90. | Avianca |
Colombia
|
9 626
|
6.9
|
45
|
| 91. | Atlantic Southeast |
USA
|
9 573
|
12.5
|
160
|
| 92. | Copa Airlines | Panama |
9 508
|
43
| |
| 93. | Iran Air |
Iran
|
9 453
|
7.9
|
50
|
| 94. | Aerolineas Argentinas |
Argentina
|
8 847
|
2.9
|
38
|
| 95. | Sichuan Airlines | China |
8 833
|
6.7
|
43
|
| 96. | Spanair |
Spain
|
8 794
|
8.9
|
48
|
| 97. | Ethiopian Airlines | Ethiopia |
8 685
|
2.5
|
34
|
| 98. | Onur Air | Turkey |
8 600
|
5.6
|
25
|
| 99. | SriLankan Airlines |
Sri Lanka
|
8 457
|
2.7
|
14
|
| 100. | Kenya Airways | Kenya |
8 061
|
2.8
|
26
|
Source: Airline Business, August 2009