Rank |
Airline |
Country |
Pax traffic RPK (mln) |
Pax number (mln) |
Fleet size |
| 1. | Delta Air Lines | USA |
304 009 |
161.0 |
729 |
| 2. | Air France - KLM | France |
202 455 |
71.4 |
367 |
| 3. | American Airlines | USA |
196 904 |
85.7 |
614 |
| 4. | United Airlines | USA |
161 663 |
56.1 |
360 |
| 5. | Continental Airlines | USA |
128 437 |
45.6 |
327 |
| 6. | Emirates | UAE |
126 273 |
27.5 |
150 |
| 7. | Lufthansa | Germany |
122 991 |
55.6 |
266 |
| 8. | Southwest Airlines | USA |
119 801 |
86.3 |
543 |
| 9. | British Airways | UK |
110 851 |
31.8 |
227 |
| 10. | Qantas | Australia |
99 176 |
38.4 |
133 |
| 11. | US Airways | USA |
93 146 |
51.0 |
346 |
| 12. | China Southern | China |
93 002 |
66.3 |
324 |
| 13. | Cathay Pacific | China |
89 440 |
24.6 |
121 |
| 14. | Singapore Airlines | Singapore |
82 883 |
16.5 |
110 |
| 15. | Air Canada | Canada |
77 060 |
30.9 |
196 |
| 16. | Air China | China |
73 374 |
39.8 |
255 |
| 17. | Japan Airlines | Japan |
72 621 |
41.4 |
174 |
| 18. | Ryanair | Ireland |
72 000 |
65.3 |
250 |
| 19. | China Eastern | China |
60 942 |
44.0 |
248 |
| 20. | All Nippon Airways | Japan |
55 619 |
44.6 |
152 |
| 21. | Korean Air | South Korea |
55 127 |
20.7 |
131 |
| 22. | Iberia | Spain |
49 556 |
20.5 |
112 |
| 23. | easyJet | UK |
45 236 |
39.7 |
175 |
| 24. | TAM Linhas Aereas | Brazil |
44 148 |
30.4 |
139 |
| 25. | JetBlue Airways | USA |
41 762 |
22.5 |
153 |
| 26. | Qatar Airways | Qatar |
40 410 |
10.2 |
80 |
| 27. | Turkish Airlines | Turkey |
40 129 |
25.1 |
127 |
| 28. | Virgin Atlantic Airways | UK |
39 272 |
5.4 |
34 |
| 29. | Air Berlin | Germany |
39 164 |
27.9 |
102 |
| 30. | Thai Airways | Thailand |
38 124 |
13.4 |
90 |
| 31. | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia |
32 894 |
11.9 |
84 |
| 32. | Thomson Airways | UK |
32 650 |
11.2 |
61 |
| 33. | Saudi Arabian Airlines | Saudi Arabia |
32 231 |
18.3 |
120 |
| 34. | China Airlines | Taiwan |
30 800 |
10.0 |
65 |
| 35. | AirTran Airways | USA |
29 908 |
24.0 |
138 |
| 36. | LAN Airlines | Chile |
29 830 |
15.4 |
56 |
| 37. | Alaska Airlines | USA |
29 544 |
15.6 |
116 |
| 38. | Alitalia | Italy |
28 418 |
21.2 |
140 |
| 39. | Swiss | Switzerland |
28 258 |
14.0 |
60 |
| 40. | Hainan Airlines | China |
28 091 |
17.4 |
71 |
| 41. | SkyWest Airlines | USA |
28 075 |
34.5 |
293 |
| 42. | Etihad Airways | UAE |
27 878 |
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| 43. | Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) | UK |
27 155 |
8.2 |
41 |
| 44. | Air New Zealand | New Zealand |
27 112 |
12.4 |
46 |
| 45. | Asiana Airlines | South Korea |
26 253 |
13.4 |
67 |
| 46. | GOL | Brazil |
26 096 |
28.4 |
92 |
| 47. | Aeroflot | Russia |
25 986 |
8.8 |
94 |
| 48. | Scandinavian Airlines | Sweden |
23 241 |
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| 49. | EVA Air | Taiwan |
22 689 |
6.0 |
52 |
| 50. | Jet Airways | India |
22 640 |
12.0 |
72 |
| 51. | WestJet Airlines | Canada | 22 261 |
14.0 |
88 |
| 52. | Virgin Blue Airlines | Australia |
21 796 |
18.2 |
73 |
| 53. | Shenzhen Airlines | China |
21 351 |
15.1 |
91 |
| 54. | TAP Portugal | Portugal |
21 075 |
8.4 |
55 |
| 55. | South African Airways | South Africa |
20 979 |
6.7 |
50 |
| 56. | Finnair | Finland | 19 935 |
7.4 |
61 |
| 57. | Condor Fligdienst | Germany |
19 159 |
5.6 |
22 |
| 58. | Transaero | Russia |
18 732 |
5.0 |
49 |
| 59. | JetStar Airways | Australia |
18 139 |
10.7 |
51 |
| 60. | Garuda Indonesia | Indonesia | 18 031 |
11.2 |
74 |
| 61. | Philippine Airlines | Philippines | 17 813 |
9.4 |
39 |
| 62. | Air India | India |
17 309 |
3.2 |
137 |
| 63. | El Al | Israel |
17 253 |
3.8 |
37 |
| 64. | TUIfly | Germany |
17 000 |
9.5 |
26 |
| 65. | Austrian Airlines | Austria |
16 819 |
9.9 |
40 |
| 66. | Egyptair | Egypt | 16 718 |
7.2 |
53 |
| 67. | Air Europa | Spain |
16 223 |
9.0 |
40 |
| 68. | Aer Lingus | Ireland |
15 820 |
10.4 |
44 |
| 69. | Monarch Airlines | UK |
15 589 |
6.1 |
30 |
| 70. | AirAsia | Malaysia |
15 432 |
14.3 |
50 |
| 71. | Shanghai Airlines | China |
14 417 |
10.7 |
62 |
| 72. | Vietnam Airlines | Vietnam |
14 408 |
9.2 |
61 |
| 73. | Mexicana | Mexico |
14 189 |
6.5 |
68 |
| 74. | Gulf Air | Bahrain | 14 147 |
5.7 |
36 |
| 75. | Frontier Airlines | USA |
13 957 |
9.5 |
54 |
| 76. | Pakistan Int. Airlines | Pakistan |
13 891 |
5.5 |
38 |
| 77. | Air Transat | Canada |
13 727 |
3.2 |
18 |
| 78. | Lion Airlines | Indonesia |
13 500 |
13.4 |
46 |
| 79. | AeroMexico | Mexico |
13 337 |
6.1 |
44 |
| 80. | Xiamen Airlines | China |
13 184 |
11.1 |
61 |
| 81. | Hawaiian Airlines | USA |
13 114 |
8.3 |
35 |
| 82. | Sichuan Airlines | China | 12 368 |
9.2 |
49 |
| 83. | Copa Airlines | Panama | 11 901 |
37 |
|
| 84. | Avianca | Colombia |
11 824 |
9.3 |
49 |
| 85. | Corsairfly | France |
11 500 |
1.6 |
7 |
| 86. | American Eagle Airlines | USA |
11 497 |
16.0 |
223 |
| 87. | Norwegian | Norway |
10 602 |
10.8 |
52 |
| 88. | S7 Airlines | Russia |
10 459 |
4.6 |
32 |
| 89. | Kingfisher Airlines | India |
10 449 |
11.0 |
65 |
| 90. | Transavia | Netherlands |
10 410 |
5.2 |
29 |
| 91. | Royal Air Maroc | Morocco |
10 361 |
5.9 |
53 |
| 92. | Ethiopian Airlines | Ethiopia | 9 755 |
2.9 |
41 |
| 93. | Spirit Airlines | USA |
9 558 |
6.1 |
31 |
| 94. | Iran Air | Iran |
9 457 |
8.5 |
53 |
| 95. | Atlantic Southeast Airlines | China | 9 254 |
13.2 |
160 |
| 96. | Onur Air | Turkey | 9 200 |
6.0 |
25 |
| 97. | SunExpress | Turkey | 9 096 |
5.6 |
25 |
| 98. | Virgin America | USA | 8 868 |
3.7 |
29 |
| 99. | Air Arabia | UAE |
8 500 |
4.1 |
18 |
| 100. | SriLankan Airlines | Sri Lanka |
8 358 |
2.6 |
12 |
Source: Airline Business, August 2010