Rank |
Airline |
Country |
Pax number (mln) |
| 1. | Delta Air Lines | USA |
106.1 |
| 2. | American Airlines | USA |
92.8 |
| 3. | Southwest Airlines | USA |
88.5 |
| 4. | Air France - KLM | France |
73.8 |
| 5. | Continental Airlines | USA |
66.7 |
| 6. | Northwest Airlines | USA |
65.5 |
| 7. | United Airlines | USA |
63.1 |
| 8. | China Southern Airlines | China |
58.2 |
| 9. | Ryanair | Ireland |
57.6 |
| 10. | Lufthansa | Germany |
57.1 |
| 11. | US Airways | USA |
54.8 |
| 12. | Japan Airlines | Japan |
52.9 |
| 13. | All Nippon Airways | Japan |
47.2 |
| 14. | Qantas | Australia | 38.6 |
| 15. | easyJet | UK |
37.6 |
| 16. | China Eastern Airlines | China |
37.2 |
| 17. | Air China | China |
34.2 |
| 18. | SkyWest Airlines | USA |
33.5 |
| 19. | British Airways | UK |
33.1 |
| 20. | Air Canada | Canada |
32.9 |
| 21. | TAM Linhas Aereas | Brazil |
30.1 |
| 22. | Air Berlin | Germany | 28.6 |
| 23. | GOL Transportes Aereos | Brazil |
25.7 |
| 24. | Cathay Pacific | China |
25.0 |
| 25. | AirTran Airways | USA |
24.6 |
| 26. | Iberia | Spain | 23.3 |
| 27. | Emirates | UAE |
22.7 |
| 28. | THY Turkish Airlines | Turkey |
22.6 |
| 29. | Korean Air | South Korea | 22.0 |
| 30. | JetBlue Airways | USA |
21.9 |
| 31. | Thai Airways | Thailand |
20.1 |
| 32. | Singapore Airlines | Singapore |
18.3 |
| 33. | Alitalia | Italy | 18.0 |
| 34. | Saudi Arabian Airlines | Saudi Arabia |
17.7 |
| 35. | Alaska Airlines | USA |
16.8 |
| 36. | Virgin Blue Airlines | Australia |
16.7 |
| 37. | American Eagle Airlines | USA |
16.6 |
| 38. | ExpressJet | USA | 15.6 |
| 39. | Hainan Airlines | China | 15.0 |
| 40. | WestJet Airlines | Canada |
14.3 |
| 41. | Asiana Airlines | South Korea |
14.1 |
| 42. | Swiss | Switzerland |
13.8 |
| 43. | Mesa Airlines | USA |
13.6 |
| 44. | LAN Airlines | Chile |
13.3 |
| 45. | Air New Zealand | New Zealand |
13.2 |
| 46. | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia |
12.6 |
| 47. | Atlantic Southeast Airlines | USA |
12.5 |
| 48. | Thomson Airways | UK |
12.2 |
| 49. | Shenzhen Airlines | China |
12.0 |
| 50. | AirAsia | Malaysia | 11.8 |
Source: Airline Business, August 2009