Rank
|
Airline
|
Country
|
Pax traffic
RPK (mln) |
Pax number
(mln) |
|
1. | American Airlines Group |
USA
|
388 174
|
215.2
|
|
2. | United Airlines Holdings |
USA
|
385 130
|
162.4
|
|
3. | Delta Air Lines Group |
USA
|
382 427
|
204.0
|
|
4. | Lufthansa Group |
Germany
|
296 511
|
145.2
|
|
5. | Emirates |
UAE
|
288 148
|
56.2
|
|
6. | IAG (British, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus) |
UK
|
285 745
|
118.3
|
|
7. | Chnina Southern Airlines Group |
China
|
284 921
|
151.6
|
|
8. | Air France - KLM |
France
|
263 499
|
87.6
|
|
9. | Air China Group | China |
233 178
|
115.0
|
|
10. | China Eastern Holdings |
China
|
221 557
|
130.2
|
|
11. | Southwest Airlines |
USA
|
211 334
|
162.7
|
|
12. | Ryanair |
Ireland
|
185 000
|
148.6
|
|
13. | Qatar Airways |
Qatar
|
170 463
|
32.4
|
|
14. | Aeroflot Group (Aeroflot, Rossiya Airlines, Pobeda, Aurora) |
Russia
|
156 250
|
60.7
|
|
15. | Turkish Airlines Group |
Turkey
|
153 186
|
74.3
|
|
16. | Air Canada Group |
Canada
|
151 428
|
51.5
|
|
17. | Hainan Airlines Group |
China
|
145 367
|
81.7
|
|
18. | Singapore Airlines Group (Singapore Airlines, SilkAir, Scoot) |
Singapore
|
140 999
|
35.8
|
|
19. | Cathay Pacific Group |
Hong Kong
|
134 397
|
35.2
|
|
20. | Qantas Group |
Australia
|
127 492
|
55.8
|
|
21. | LATAM Airlines Group | Chile |
124 521
|
74.2
|
|
22. | EasyJet |
UK
|
107 741
|
96.1
|
|
23. | Alaska Air Group |
USA
|
90 168
|
46.7
|
|
24. | ANA Holdings |
Japan
|
89 721
| 52.3 |
|
25. | Norwegian |
Norway
|
86 706
|
36.3
|
|
26. | JetBlue Airways |
USA
|
86 269
|
42.7
|
|
27. | Korean Air |
South Korea
|
83 273
|
27.6
|
|
28. | IndiGo |
India
|
82 481
| 74.7 |
|
29. | Etihad Airways |
UAE
|
81 856
|
17.5
|
|
30. | Saudia |
Saudi Arabia
|
68 573
|
32.5
|
|
31. | Japan Airlines Group |
Japan
|
67 349
|
42.1
|
|
32. | Thai Airways International |
Thailand
|
67 166
|
19.4
|
|
33. | Lion Group (Lion Air, Batik Air, Malindo Air, Thai Lion Air, Wings Air) |
Indonesia
|
66 843
|
60.6
|
|
34. | Wizz Air |
Hungary
|
65 698
|
40.0
|
|
35. | Air India |
India
|
65 594
|
30.4
|
|
36. | AirAsia Group |
Malaysia
|
63 382
|
51.6
|
|
37. | Spirit Airlines |
USA
|
56 710
|
34.5
|
|
38. | Sichuan Airlines | China | 55 172 |
30.6
|
|
39. | EVA Air |
Taiwan
|
48 683
|
12.8
|
|
40. | Ethiopian Airlines |
Ethiopia
|
47 270
|
13.2
|
|
41. | Asiana Airlines |
South Korea
|
47 108
|
20.2
|
|
42. | WestJet |
Canada
|
46 500
|
26.0
|
|
43. | Avianca |
Colombia
|
44 457
|
30.5
|
|
44. | China Airlines |
China
|
42 533
|
15.6
|
|
45. | Grupo Aeromexico |
Mexico
|
42 471
|
20.7
|
|
46. | Garuda Indonesia |
Indonesia
|
42 391
|
31.9
|
|
47. | Philippine Airlines |
Philippines
|
42 309
|
16.8
|
|
48. | TAP Air Portugal |
Portugal
|
42 065
|
17.1
|
|
49. | Gol |
Brazil
| 41 868 |
36.4
|
|
50. | SkyWest |
USA
|
41 093
|
48.4
|
|
|
|
Source: Airline Business, 2020.