|
Rank
|
Airline
|
Country
|
Pax traffic RPK (mln)
|
Pax number (mln) |
Fleet size
|
| 1. | Delta Air Lines |
USA
|
310,228
|
163.8
|
709
|
| 2. | American Airlines |
USA
|
203,621
|
86.2
|
610
|
| 3. | Southwest Airlines |
USA
|
167,154
|
135.3
|
701
|
| 4. | Emirates |
UAE
|
160,446
|
34.0
|
174
|
| 5. | United Airlines |
USA
|
160,390
|
50.5
|
703
|
| 6. | Lufthansa |
Germany
|
141,055
|
65.5
|
291
|
| 7. | Air France |
France
|
133,036
|
50.0
|
254
|
| 8. | Continental Airlines |
USA
|
132,204
|
45.3
| |
| 9. | British Airways |
UK
|
117,348
|
33.0
|
234
|
| 10. | Qantas |
Australia
|
106,759
|
44.5
|
143
|
| 11. | China Southern |
China
|
101,637
|
63.7
|
361
|
| 12. | China Eastern |
China
|
100,744
|
68.7
|
248
|
| 13. | US Airways |
USA
|
97,815
|
53.0
|
339
|
| 14. | Ryanair |
Ireland
|
93,875
|
76.4
|
294
|
| 15. | Air China |
China
|
93,185
|
48.7
|
271
|
| 16. | Cathay Pacific |
China
|
90,345
|
19.5
|
133
|
| 17. | Singapore Airlines |
Singapore
|
87,824
|
17.2
|
100
|
| 18. | Air Canada |
Canada
|
87,280
|
30.9
|
200
|
| 19. | KLM |
Netherlands
|
82,047
|
25.1
|
112
|
| 20. | Korean Air |
South Korea
|
64,857
|
23.3
|
147
|
| 21. | Qatar Airways |
Qatar
|
64,762
|
15.4
|
108
|
| 22. | EasyJet |
UK
|
61,347
|
54.5
|
185
|
| 23. | All Nippon Airways |
Japan
|
59,940
|
44.9
|
187
|
| 24. | Turkish Airlines |
Turkey
|
58,876
|
32.6
|
155
|
| 25. | TAM Linhas Aereas |
Brazil
|
56,718
|
36.9
|
157
|
| 26. | Thai Airways |
Thailand
|
55,267
|
18.4
|
86
|
| 27. | Air Berlin |
Germany
|
52,140
|
35.3
|
118
|
| 28. | Iberia |
Spain
|
51,268
|
102
| |
| 29. | JetBlue Airways |
USA
|
49,403
|
26.4
|
172
|
| 30. | Japan Airlines |
Japan
|
48,217
|
25.4
|
124
|
| 31. | Aeroflot |
Russia
|
42,021
|
14.2
|
120
|
| 32. | Malaysia Airlines |
Malaysia
|
39,731
|
13.3
|
105
|
| 33. | Etihad Airways |
UAE
|
38,700
|
8.3
|
65
|
| 34. | LAN Airlines |
Chile
|
38,423
|
22.6
|
78
|
| 35. | Virgin Atlantic Airways |
UK
|
38,038
|
5.3
|
38
|
| 36. | Alaska Airlines |
USA
|
36,364
|
17.8
|
119
|
| 37. | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
Saudi Arabia
|
34,721
|
20.1
|
134
|
| 38. | Alitalia |
Italy
|
34,544
|
24.6
|
135
|
| 39. | GOL |
Brazil
|
33,266
|
36.2
|
99
|
| 40. | Transaero |
Russia
|
33,180
|
8.5
|
76
|
| 41. | Thomson Airways |
UK
|
32,969
|
11.0
|
55
|
| 42. | China Airlines |
Taiwan
|
31,798
|
11.0
|
69
|
| 43. | Swiss |
Switzerland
|
31,606
|
15.3
|
67
|
| 44. | Jet Airways |
India
|
30,643
|
17.3
|
86
|
| 45. | Virgin Australia |
Australia
|
29,569
|
18.6
|
86
|
| 46. | Asiana Airlines |
South Korea
|
28,521
|
14.7
|
71 |
| 47. | Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) |
UK
|
27,418
|
8.0
|
33
|
| 48. | WestJet Airlines |
Canada
|
27,183
|
16.0
|
98
|
| 49. | Air New Zealand |
New Zealand
|
26,996
|
13.1
|
49
|
| 50. | Shenzhen Airlines |
China
|
26,406
|
18.3
|
108
|
| 51. | TAP Portugal |
Portugal
|
25,945
|
9.8
|
55
|
| 52. | Lion Airlines |
Indonesia
|
25,500
|
25.9
|
73
|
| 53. | Scandinavian Airlines |
Sweden
|
24,839
|
22.9
|
142
|
| 54. | Hainan Airlines |
China
|
24,330
|
13.6
|
91
|
| 55. | EVA Air |
Taiwan
|
24,033
|
6.7
|
56
|
| 56. | Condor |
Germany
|
23,574
|
6.2
|
24
|
| 57. | JetStar Airways |
Australia
|
23,304
|
13.8
|
63
|
| 58. | Garuda Indonesia |
Indonesia
|
23,081
|
15.4
|
87
|
| 59. | Vietnam Airlines |
Vietnam
|
23,000
|
14.5
|
73
|
| 60. | SkyWest Airlines |
USA
|
21,923
|
23.7
|
318
|
| 61. | AeroMexico |
Mexico
|
21,783
|
13.9
|
53
|
| 62. | South African Airways |
South Africa
|
21,509
|
6.5
|
51
|
| 63. | Finnair |
Finland
|
21,498
|
8.0
|
59
|
| 64. | AirAsia |
Malaysia
|
21,307
|
18.0
|
56
|
| 65. | Frontier Airlines |
USA
|
20,759
|
14.9
|
59
|
| 66. | Air India |
India
|
20,304
|
4.3
|
97
|
| 67. | Sichuan Airlines |
China
|
19,346
|
12.9
|
63
|
| 68. | Xiamen Airlines |
China
|
18,897
|
13.3
|
78
|
| 69. | Philippine Airlines |
Philippines
|
18,637
|
8.2
|
36
|
| 70. | El Al |
Israel
|
18,040
|
4.2
|
37
|
| 71. | Austrian |
Austria
|
17,792
|
11.3
|
42
|
| 72. | Air Europa |
Spain
|
17,713
|
8.7
|
36
|
| 73. | Norwegian |
Norway
|
17,421
|
15.7
|
64
|
| 74. | Air Transat |
Canada
|
16,626
|
3.6
|
22
|
| 75. | Copa Airlines |
Panama
|
16,409
|
6.7
|
62
|
| 76. | Hawaiian Airlines |
USA
|
16,341
|
8.7
|
41
|
| 77. | Shanghai Airlines |
China
|
16,007
|
11.7
|
62
|
| 78. | Pakistan Int. Airlines |
Pakistan
|
15,736
|
5.8
|
36
|
| 79. | Egyptair |
Egypt
|
15,496
|
7.4
|
65
|
| 80. | ExpressJet |
USA
|
14,881
|
16.2
| |
| 81. | American Eagle Airlines |
USA
|
14,661
|
17.3
|
245
|
| 82. | Monarch Airlines |
UK
|
14,277
|
5.9
|
32
|
| 83. | Wizz Air |
Hungary
|
14,250
|
11.2
|
35
|
| 84. | Aer Lingus |
Ireland
|
14,051
|
9.5
|
45
|
| 85. | Avianca |
Colombia
|
14,022
|
12.0
|
64
|
| 86. | Pegasus |
Turkey
|
14,000
|
11.3
|
38
|
| 87. | Pinnacle Airlines |
USA
|
13,959
|
20.0
|
198
|
| 88. | IndiGo |
India
|
13,675
|
12.0
|
56
|
| 89. | Kingfisher Airlines |
India
|
13,362
|
12.2
|
29
|
| 90. | Royal Air Maroc |
Morocco
|
13,250
|
6.1
|
45
|
| 91. | Ethiopian Airlines |
Ethiopia
|
13,151
|
3.7
|
46
|
| 92. | Virgin America |
USA
|
12,917
|
5.0
|
51
|
| 93. | Spirit Airlines |
USA
|
12,889
|
8.3
|
40
|
| 94. | Shandong Airlines |
China
|
11,810
|
9.7
|
57
|
| 95. | SunExpress |
Turkey
|
11,750
|
7.2
|
22
|
| 96. | TUIfly |
Germany
|
11,400
|
4.7
|
23
|
| 97. | SriLankan Airlines |
Sri Lanka
|
11,270
|
3.5
|
20
|
| 98. | Gulf Air |
Bahrain
|
11,153
|
5.0
|
37
|
| 99. | UTair |
Russia
|
11,119
|
5.8
|
106
|
| 100. | Vueling |
Spain
|
10,820
|
12.3
|
55
|
Source: Airline Business, August 2012