|
Rank
|
Airline
|
Country
|
Pax traffic (RPK)
|
Pax number (mln) |
Fleet size
|
| 1. | American Airlines |
USA
|
224,295
|
98,1
|
673
|
| 2. | Air France - KLM |
France
|
199,510
|
73,5
|
363
|
| 3. | United Airlines |
USA
|
188,649
|
69,3
|
401
|
| 4. | Delta Airlines |
USA
|
186,858
|
106,6
|
434
|
| 5. | Continental Airlines |
USA
|
127,415
|
48,8
|
368
|
| 6. | Northwest Airlines |
USA
|
116,823
|
54,8
|
372
|
| 7. | British Airways |
UK
|
112,851
|
33,1
|
234
|
| 8. | Lufthansa |
Germany
|
110,330
|
53,4
|
243
|
| 9. | Southwest Airlines |
USA
|
108,915
|
83,8
|
497
|
| 10. | Japan Airlines |
Japan
|
95,786
|
57,5
|
232
|
| 11. | Qantas |
Australia
|
90,899
|
34,1
|
123
|
| 12. | Singapore Airlines |
Singapore
|
89,149
|
18,3
|
93
|
| 13. | Emirates |
UAE
|
77,947
|
17,5
|
97
|
| 14. | Air Canada |
Canada
|
72,550
|
32,0
|
195
|
| 15. | Cathay Pacific |
China
|
71,172
|
16,7
|
103
|
| 16. | China Southern |
China
|
69,575
|
49,2
|
279
|
| 17. | All Nippon Airways |
Japan
|
60,708
|
51,0
|
154
|
| 18. | Air China |
China
|
60,276
|
31,5
|
187
|
| 19. | US Airways |
USA
|
59,735
|
36,1
|
357
|
| 20. | Thai Airways |
Thailand
|
53,989
|
18,6
|
84
|
| 21. | Iberia |
Spain
|
52,493
|
27,8
|
140
|
| 22. | Korean Air |
South Korea
|
52,178
|
22,1
|
127
|
| 23. | China Eastern |
China
|
50,243
|
35,0
|
207
|
| 24. | Malaysia Airlines |
Malaysia
|
41,100
|
15,5
|
87
|
| 25. | Ryanair |
Ireland
|
40,118
|
42,5
|
137
|
| 26. | Alitalia |
Italy
|
38,021
|
24,2
|
149
|
| 27. | America West |
USA
|
37,903
|
21,3
| |
| 28. | JetBlue Airways |
USA
|
37,522
|
18,6
|
127
|
| 29. | Virgin Atlantic |
UK
|
35,279
|
4,9
|
38
|
| 30. | China Airlines |
Taiwan
|
32,991
|
10,1
|
69
|
| 31. | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
Saudi Arabia
|
28,722
|
17,8
|
97
|
| 32. | Alaska Airlines |
USA
|
28,676
|
17,2
|
118
|
| 33. | easyJet |
UK
|
27,608
|
28,0
|
122
|
| 34. | TAM Linhas Aereas |
Brazil
|
25,694
|
25,0
|
123
|
| 35. | Air New Zealand |
New Zealand
|
25,551
|
11,9
|
36
|
| 36. | South African Airways |
South Africa
|
25,511
|
7,7
|
55
|
| 37. | SkyWest Airlines |
USA
|
25,453
|
31,5
|
267
|
| 38. | THY Turkish Airlines |
Turkey
|
25,383
|
16,9
|
96
|
| 39. | Air Berlin |
Germany
|
24,450
|
19,7
|
63
|
| 40. | EVA Air |
Taiwan
|
24,277
|
6,2
|
45
|
| 41. | Qatar Airways |
Qatar
|
24,054
|
7,4
|
55
|
| 42. | Thomsonfly |
UK
|
24,019
|
9,6
|
48
|
| 43. | Austrian Airlines |
Austria
|
23,372
|
10,8
|
30
|
| 44. | Condor |
Germany
|
22,945
|
7,7
|
22
|
| 45. | Aeroflot |
Russia
|
22,406
|
7,3
|
98
|
| 46. | AirTran Airways |
USA
|
22,263
|
20,1
|
133
|
| 47. | Swiss |
Switzerland
|
22,074
|
10,5
|
74
|
| 48. | Asiana Airlines |
South Korea
|
21,955
|
13,8
|
58
|
| 49. | Hainan Airlines |
China
|
20,178
|
14,4
|
68
|
| 50. | Air India |
India
|
19,970
|
4,4
|
33
|
| 51. | LAN Airlines |
Chile
|
19,495
|
8,9
|
52
|
| 52. | LTU |
Germany
|
18,874
|
5,8
|
26
|
| 53. | Finnair |
Finland
|
17,923
|
8,8
|
56
|
| 54. | Hapagfly |
Germany
|
17,483
|
6,7
|
35
|
| 55. | Gulf Air |
Bahrain
|
17,402
|
7,1
|
29
|
| 56. | TAP Portugal |
Portugal
|
16,648
|
6,9
|
49
|
| 57. | ExpressJet |
USA
|
16,568
|
18,2
|
275
|
| 58. | ELAL |
Israel
|
16,529
|
3,6
|
33
|
| 59. | Virgin Blue |
Australia
|
16,515
|
14,3
|
49
|
| 60. | First Choice Airways |
UK
|
16,091
|
5,5
|
31
|
| 61. | Philippine Airlines |
Philippines
|
16,013
|
6,9
|
34
|
| 62. | WestJet |
Canada
|
15,755
|
11,2
|
65
|
| 63. | Pakistan Int. Airlines |
Pakistan
|
15,124
|
5,7
|
42
|
| 64. | Garuda Indonesia |
Indonesia
|
14,876
|
9,3
|
48
|
| 65. | GOL |
Brazil
|
14,812
|
17,4
|
67
|
| 66. | Monarch Airlines |
UK
|
14,642
|
5,8
|
31
|
| 67. | Aeromexico |
Mexico
|
14,610
|
8,8
|
68
|
| 68. | Air Europa |
Spain
|
14,605
|
9,2
|
39
|
| 69. | Thomas Cook (UK) |
UK
|
14,344
|
4,9
|
25
|
| 70. | Mexicana |
Mexico
|
14,251
|
8,8
|
64
|
| 71. | American Eagle |
USA
|
13,551
|
18,8
|
260
|
| 72. | Frontier Airlines |
USA
|
13,395
|
8,9
|
59
|
| 73. | Aer Lingus |
Ireland
|
13,363
|
8,6
|
38
|
| 74. | Varig |
Brazil
|
13,077
|
5,8
|
21
|
| 75. | S7 Airlines |
Russia
|
12,502
|
4,9
|
65
|
| 76. | Jet Airways |
India
|
12,308
|
10,7
|
61
|
| 77. | MyTravel Airways |
UK
|
12,239
|
3,6
|
21
|
| 78. | Vietnam Airlines |
Vietnam
|
12,099
|
6,8
|
59
|
| 79. | Indian Airlines |
India
|
11,693
|
8,3
|
59
|
| 80. | Air Transat |
Canada
|
11,375
|
2,6
|
16
|
| 81. | Mesa Airlines |
USA
|
11,090
|
15,4
|
145
|
| 82. | Hawaiian Airlines |
USA
|
11,004
|
6,2
|
27
|
| 83. | Corsairfly |
France
|
10,766
|
1,6
|
6
|
| 84. | Transavia |
Netherlands
|
10,397
|
5,1
|
28
|
| 85. | Scandinavian Airlines |
Sweden
|
10,207
|
1,4
| |
| 86. | Atlantic Southeast |
USA
|
10,187
|
12,4
|
161
|
| 87. | Shezhen Airlines |
China
|
10,003
|
7,2
|
47
|
| 88. | XL Airways UK |
UK
|
9,919
|
4,0
|
21
|
| 89. | Etihad Airways |
UAE
|
9,800
|
2,7
|
23
|
| 90. | Shanghai Airlines |
China
|
9,757
|
7,5
|
50
|
| 91. | SriLankan Airlines |
Sri Lanka
|
9,536
|
3,2
|
16
|
| 92. | Iran Air |
Iran
|
9,333
|
8,9
|
42
|
| 93. | Martinair |
Netherlands
|
9,068
|
1,7
|
20
|
| 94. | Xiamen Airlines |
China
|
8,961
|
7,8
|
45
|
| 95. | Royal Air Maroc |
Morocco
|
8,517
|
4,2
|
38
|
| 96. | Comair USA |
USA
|
8,513
|
10,6
|
141
|
| 97. | Avianca |
Colombia
|
8,344
|
8,0
|
34
|
| 98. | Egyptair |
Egypt
|
8,287
|
4,0
|
42
|
| 99. | CSA Czech Airlines |
Czech Rep
|
8,033
|
5,5
|
49
|
| 100. | TACA |
El Salvador
|
7,924
|
3,0
|
34
|
Source: Airline Business, August 2007