|
Rank
|
Airline
|
Country
|
Pax traffic RPK (mln)
|
Pax number (mln) |
Fleet size
|
| 1. | American Airlines |
USA
|
358 823
|
201.2
|
1 269
|
| 2. | Delta Air Lines |
USA
|
337 264
|
179.4
|
950
|
| 3. | United Airlines |
USA
|
335 728
|
140.4
|
719
|
| 4. | Emirates |
UAE
|
255 176
|
51.9
|
251
|
| 5. | Southwest Airlines |
USA
|
189 057
|
144.6
|
702
|
| 6. | Lufthansa |
Germany
|
162 173
|
79.3
|
338
|
| 7. | China Southers Airlines |
China
|
153 749
|
84.0
|
505
|
| 8. | China Eastern Airlines |
China
|
146 291
|
93.8
| 411 |
| 9. | British Airways |
UK
|
142 016
|
43.3
|
269
|
| 10. | Air France |
France
|
141 207
|
49.5
|
226
|
| 11. | Ryanair |
Ireland
|
130 588
|
106.4
|
357
|
| 12. | Air China |
China
|
124 805
|
58.8
|
366
|
| 13. | Turkish Airlines |
Turkey
|
119 372
|
61.2
|
293
|
| 14. | Qatar Airways |
Qatar
|
114 464
|
26.7
|
187
|
| 15. | Cathay Pacific |
Hong Kong
|
108 894
|
24.0
|
143
|
| 16. | Air Canada |
Canada
|
100 167
|
28.4
|
165
|
| 17. | Singapore Airlines |
Singapore
|
94 267
|
19.0
|
103
|
| 18. | KLM |
Netherlands
|
93 228
|
28.6
|
113
|
| 19. | Etihad Airways |
UAE
|
83 200
|
17.6
|
122
|
| 20. | All Nippon Airways |
Japan
|
79 093
|
50.8
|
193
|
| 21. | EasyJet |
UK
|
77 619
|
68.6
|
253
|
| 22. | Qantas |
Australia
|
75 479
|
27.3
|
140
|
| 23. | Aeroflot |
Russia
|
74 116
|
26.1
|
168
|
| 24. | Korean Air |
South Korea
|
71 647
|
25.0
|
167
|
| 25. | JetBlue Airways |
USA
|
67 112
|
35.1
|
219
|
| 26. | Hainan Airlines |
China
|
66 348
|
38.7
|
203
|
| 27. | TAM Linhas Aereas |
Brazil
|
60 690
|
37.1
|
161
|
| 28. | Thai Airways |
Thailand
|
59 106
| 18.4 |
78
|
| 29. | Japan Airlines |
Japan
|
58 041
|
32.4
|
158
|
| 30. | Saudia |
Saudi Arabia
|
49 491
|
27.3
|
162
|
| 31. | Alaska Airlines |
USA
|
48 817
|
22.9
|
154
|
| 32. | Iberia |
Spain
|
48 564
|
16.5
|
98
|
| 33. | Air Berlin |
Germany
|
47 010
|
30.2
|
93
|
| 34. | Norwegian |
Norway
|
42 284
|
25.8
|
110
|
| 35. | Malaysia Airlines |
Malaysia
|
40 369
|
15.0
|
80
|
| 36. | Asiana Airlines |
South Korea
|
39 678
|
17.7
|
83
|
| 37. | Jet Airways |
India
|
39 174
|
23.4
|
104
|
| 38. | Shenzhen Airlines |
China
|
39 109
|
25.5
|
162
|
| 39. | GOL |
Brazil
|
38 411
|
38.9
|
132
|
| 40. | Air India |
India
|
38 133
|
18.5
|
106
|
| 41. | Virgin Atlantic Airways |
UK
|
37 157
|
5.9
|
39
|
| 42. | China Airlines |
Taiwan
|
37 079
|
14.7
|
81
|
| 43. | Swiss |
Switzerland
|
35 992
|
16.3
|
74
|
| 44. | Avianca |
Colombia
|
35 478
|
28.3
|
121
|
| 45. | Sichuan Airlines |
China
|
35 391
|
21.2
|
107
|
| 46. | EVA Air |
Taiwan
|
35 283
|
10.1
|
65 |
| 47. | WestJet |
Canada
|
34 635
|
20.3
|
117
|
| 48. | Alitalia |
Italy
|
34 397
|
22.5
|
104
|
| 49. | IndiGo |
India
|
34 186
|
31.4
|
109
|
| 50. | SAS |
Sweden
|
33 780
|
28.1
|
162
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source: Airline Business, January-February 2017