Airline |
Country |
Pax number (mln) |
Pax traffic (RPK mln) |
Fleet size |
|
| 1. | SkyWest Airlines | USA |
21.1 |
17 944 |
281 |
| 2. | American Eagle Airlines | USA |
16.6 |
11 879 |
226 |
| 3. | ExpressJet | USA |
15.6 |
15 388 |
244 |
| 4. | Mesa Airlines | USA |
13.6 |
9 727 |
134 |
| 5. | Atlantic Southeast Airlines | USA |
12.4 |
9 573 |
159 |
| 6. | Pinnacle Airlines | USA |
10.4 |
7 795 |
139 |
| 7. | Air Canada Jazz | Canada |
9.7 |
6 590 |
137 |
| 8. | Comair | USA |
8.1 |
6 649 |
114 |
| 9. | Horizon Air | USA |
7.4 |
4 240 |
60 |
| 10. | Republic Airlines | USA |
7.0 |
5 617 |
71 |
| 11. | Lufthansa CityLine | Germany |
6.8 |
4 602 |
72 |
| 12. | Chautauqua Airlines | USA |
6.3 |
4 431 |
88 |
| 13. | Air Wisconsin | USA |
5.6 |
3 378 |
70 |
| 14. | KLM cityhopper | Netherlands |
5.6 |
3 482 |
55 |
| 15. | Shandong Airlines | China |
5.4 |
6 102 |
39 |
| 16. | Aegean Airlines | Greece |
5.4 |
3 470 |
34 |
| 17. | Air Nostrum | Spain |
5.4 |
2 913 |
59 |
| 18. | Mesaba Airlines | USA |
5.3 |
3 552 |
109 |
| 19. | PSA Airlines | USA |
4.7 |
2 597 |
49 |
| 20. | Tyrolean Airways | Austria |
4.7 |
3 520 |
57 |
| 21. | Regional | France |
4.3 |
2 588 |
65 |
| 22. | Qantas Link | Australia |
4.2 |
2 904 |
|
| 23. | Shuttle America | USA |
4.2 |
4 415 |
61 |
| 24. | Brit Air | France |
4.2 |
2 426 |
42 |
| 25. | Trans States Airlines | USA |
3.5 |
2 490 |
23 |
| 26. | AeroMexico Connect | Mexico |
3.4 |
2 439 |
45 |
| 27. | Itan Aseman Airlines | Iran |
3.2 |
2 102 |
36 |
| 28. | Piedmont Airlines | USA |
3.1 |
892 |
53 |
| 29. | Merpati Nusantara | Indonesia |
3.0 |
34 |
|
| 30. | Binter Canarias | Spain |
2.9 |
516 |
8 |
| 31. | Eurowings | Germany |
2.7 |
1 638 |
38 |
| 32. | Swiss European Air Lines | Switzerland |
2.6 |
1 293 |
20 |
| 33. | airBaltic | Latvia |
2.6 |
31 |
|
| 34. | Colgan Air | USA |
2.5 |
927 |
48 |
| 35. | Executive Airlines | USA |
2.5 |
873 |
39 |
| 36. | Bangkok Airways | Thailand |
2.4 |
1 726 |
18 |
| 37. | TransAsia Airways | Taiwan |
2.3 |
1 246 |
15 |
| 38. | SAM Colombia | Colombia |
2.3 |
1 337 |
15 |
| 39. | China Eastern Airlines Wuhan | China |
2.1 |
3 056 |
|
| 40. | Compass Airlines | USA |
2.1 |
36 |
|
| 41. | Wideroe | Norway |
2.0 |
653 |
30 |
| 42. | CityJet | Ireland |
2.0 |
1 380 |
25 |
| 43. | UNI Air | Taiwan |
2.0 |
1 182 |
34 |
| 44. | Freedom Airlines | USA |
1.8 |
15 |
|
| 45. | OceanAir | Brazil |
1.7 |
1 457 |
19 |
| 46. | Japan Air Commuter | Japan |
1.7 |
672 |
22 |
| 47. | Blue1 | Finland |
1.6 |
1 386 |
15 |
| 48. | Air Dolomiti | Italy |
1.6 |
696 |
20 |
| 49. | CCM Airlines | France |
1.6 |
10 |
|
| 50. | GoJet Airlines | USA |
1.5 |
1 485 |
22 |
Source: Airline Business, October 2009.