The Biggest Airlines in the World
Current # of Countries in the World: 195
The Rankings
Biggest airlines, by number of countries served:
1. Turkish - 118
2. Air France - 91
3. British Airways - 83
4. Emirates - 83
5. Qatar - 82
6. Lufthansa - 76
7. Ethiopian - 71
8. KLM - 70
9. United - 59
10. American - 58
10. Delta - 58
Biggest airlines, by number of destinations served:
1. United - 415
2. American - 360
3. Delta - 330
4. Turkish - 281
5. China Eastern - 258
6. Lufthansa - 247
7. British Airways - 238
8. China Southern - 233
9. Ryanair - 217
10. Air Canada - 213
(Others include Air France - 200, Emirates - 187, Qatar - 173, KLM - 172)
Biggest airlines, by annual number of passengers:
1. American Airlines - 198.7 million
2. Delta Airlines - 183.7 million
3. Southwest Airlines - 151.8 million
4. United Airlines - 143.2 million
5. Ryanair - 119.8 million
6. Air France - KLM - 98.7 million
7. China Southern Airlines - 84.9 million
8. China Eastern Airlines - 80.9 million
9. EasyJet - 73.1 million
10. Turkish Airlines - 62.8 million
11. Lufthansa - 62.4 million
Biggest airlines, by number of active planes in fleet:
1. American - 951
2. Delta - 882
3. United - 761
4. Southwest - 744
5. China Southern - 545
6. China Eastern - 493
7. Ryanair - 449
8. Air France-KLM - 325
9. Lufthansa 298
10. Turkish - 282
(Others include British 272, Emirates 267, Alaska 232, Qatar 225, Hainan 224, Singapore 122)
Biggest airlines, by passenger kilometers flown:
1. American
2. Delta
3. United
4. Emirates
5. Southwest
6. China Southern
7. Lufthansa
8. British Airways
9. Ryanair
10. China Eastern Airlines
Biggest airlines, by revenue in million dollars:
1. Lufthansa - $42.6 billion
2. American Airlines - $42.2 billion
3. Delta Airlines - $41.24 billion
4. United - $37.73 billion
5. Air France-KLM - $29.06 billion
6. Emirates - $27.9 billion
7. International Airlines Group - $27.51 billion
8. Southwest Airlines - $21.17 billion
9. China Southern Airlines - $19.62 billion
10. Air China - $19.04 billion
Big thanks to Walter Dosh at United Airlines for providing research and data.
Other sources include Wikipedia, Airport Technology, and World Atlas.
