World Airline Ranking 2010

Rank	Airline	Country	Pax traffic RPK (mln)	Pax number (mln)	Fleet size
1.	Delta Air Lines	USA	310 876	162.6	729
2.	American Airlines	USA	201 891	86.1	614
3.	United Airlines	USA	164 962	54.1	360
4.	Emirates	UAE	146 134	31.4	150
5.	Lufthansa	Germany	129 668	58.9	266
6.	Continental Airlines	USA	128 294	43.6	327
7.	Southwest Airlines	USA	125 604	88.2	543
8.	Air France	France	125 165	47.0	254
9.	China Southern	China	111 328	76.5	324
10.	British Airways	UK	106 009	30.6	227
11.	Qantas	Australia	100 727	41.4	133
12.	Cathay Pacific	China	96 588	26.8	121
13.	US Airways	USA	94 914	51.9	346
14.	China Eastern	China	93 153	64.9	248
15.	Air China	China	86 194	46.2	255
16.	Singapore Airlines	Singapore	84 801	16.6	110
17.	Ryanair	Ireland	83 700	72.1	250
18.	Air Canada	Canada	83 485		196
19.	KLM	Netherlands	76 065	22.8	111
20.	Korean Air	South Korea	60 553	22.9	131
21.	Japan Airlines	Japan	59 740	34.8	174
22.	All Nippon Airways	Japan	58 413	45.7	152
23.	EasyJet	UK	56 128	48.8	175
24.	Thai Airways	Thailand	55 676	18.2	90
25.	Qatar Airways	Qatar	55 139	12.9	80
26.	TAM Linhas Aereas	Brazil	51 446	34.6	139
27.	Iberia	Spain	51 242	19.9	112
28.	Turkish Airlines	Turkey	47 950	29.1	127
29.	JetBlue Airways	USA	45 511	24.3	153
30.	Air Berlin	Germany	45 254	33.6	102
31.	Aeroflot	Russia	39 172	14.1	94
32.	Virgin Atlantic Airways	UK	38 158	5.3	34
33.	Malaysia Airlines	Malaysia	37 838	13.1	84
34.	Saudi Arabian Airlines	Saudi Arabia	34 060	19.0	120
35.	Etihad Airways	UAE	33 400	7.0	50
36.	LAN Airlines	Chile	33 147	17.3	56
37.	Alitalia	Italy	32 903	23.4	140
38.	Alaska Airlines	USA	32 750	16.5	116
39.	Thomson Airways	UK	32 714	11.0	61
40.	SkyWest Airlines	USA	32 553	40.4	293
41.	China Airlines	Taiwan	32 246		65
42.	Hainan Airlines	China	32 161	18.6	71
43.	AirTran Airways	USA	31 507	24.7	138
44.	GOL	Brazil	31 367	32.1	92
45.	Swiss	Switzerland	29 522	14.2	60
46.	Thomas Cook Airlines (UK)	UK	27 385	8.1	41
47.	Jet Airways	India	26 972	14.7	72
48.	Virgin Australia	Australia	26 895	18.6	73
49.	Asiana Airlines	South Korea	26 700		67
50.	Transaero	Russia	26 293	6.6	49
51.	Air New Zealand	New Zealand	25 829	12.3	46
52.	WestJet Airlines	Canada	25 127	15.2	88
53.	TAP Portugal	Portugal	23 651	9.0	55
54.	EVA Air	Taiwan	23 625	6.4	52
55.	Scandinavian Airlines	Sweden	23 497	21.5	144
56.	Shenzhen Airlines	China	23 475	16.5	91
57.	South African Airways	South Africa	21 263	6.6	50
58.	JetStar Airways	Australia	20 493	12.3	51
59.	Garuda Indonesia	Indonesia	20 464	12.8	74
60.	Egyptair	Egypt	20 395	9.5	53
61.	Condor Fligdienst	Germany	19 888	5.7	22
62.	Philippine Airlines	Philippines	19 816	9.2	39
63.	Air India	India	19 586	3.8	137
64.	Finnair	Finland	19 222	7.1	61
65.	Vietnam Airlines	Vietnam	19 088	12.1	61
66.	AeroMexico	Mexico	18 632	11.6	44
67.	AirAsia	Malaysia	18 499	16.1	50
68.	Austrian	Austria	17 494	10.9	40
69.	El Al	Israel	17 400	4.2	37
70.	Air Europa	Spain	17 079	8.9	40
71.	Lion Airlines	Indonesia	16 784	17.8	46
72.	Shanghai Airlines	China	16 439	11.9	62
73.	Xiamen Airlines	China	16 216	13.6	61
74.	TUIfly	Germany	16 000	8.8	26
75.	Pakistan Int. Airlines	Pakistan	15 657	5.5	38
76.	Sichuan Airlines	China	15 459	10.7	49
77.	Frontier Airlines	USA	15 331	9.6	54
78.	Monarch Airlines	UK	15 127	5.8	30
79.	ExpressJet	USA	15 111	16.4	244
80.	Aer Lingus	Ireland	14 220	9.7	44
81.	Hawaiian Airlines	USA	13 962	8.4	35
82.	Norwegian	Norway	13 774	13.0	52
83.	Copa Airlines	Panama	13 544	6.3	37
84.	Gulf Air	Bahrain	13 400	5.3	36
85.	Air Transat	Canada	13 277	2.9	18
86.	S7 Airlines	Russia	12 993	5.9	32
87.	American Eagle Airlines	USA	12 851	16.2	223
88.	Avianca	Colombia	12 762	10.1	49
89.	Kingfisher Airlines	India	12 431	11.8	65
90.	Wizz Air	Hungary	12 278	9.6	28
91.	Ethiopian Airlines	Ethiopia	11 008	3.2	41
92.	SunExpress	Turkey	10 840	6.7	25
93.	Spirit Airlines	USA	10 662	6.8	31
94.	Royal Air Maroc	Morocco	10 500	6.0	53
95.	Transavia	Netherlands	10 200	5.1	29
96.	Virgin America	USA	10 034	3.9	29
97.	Corsairfly	France	10 000	1.4	7
98.	Vueling	Spain	9 932	11.0	36
99.	Republic Airlines	USA	9 797	11.0	87
100.	IndiGo	India	9 588	8.5	27

Source: Airline Business, August 2011