|
Rank
|
Airline
|
Country
|
Pax traffic RPK (mln)
|
Pax number (mln) |
|
| 1. | American Airlines Group |
USA
|
364 191
|
199.6
|
|
| 2. | Delta Air Lines Gtoup |
USA
|
350 299
|
196.4
|
|
| 3. | United Continental |
USA
|
347 963
|
148.1
|
|
| 4. | Emirates |
UAE
|
292 221
|
58.5
|
|
| 5. | Lufthansa Group |
Germany
|
261 156
|
144.6
|
|
| 6. | IAG (British, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus) |
Great Britain
|
252 819
|
104.8
|
|
| 7. | Air France - KLM |
France
|
248 476
|
83.9
|
|
| 8. | China Southern Airlines Group |
China
|
230 697
|
126.3
|
|
| 9. | Southwest Airlines |
USA
|
207 802
|
157.8
|
|
| 10. | Air China Group |
China
|
201 090
|
101.6
|
|
| 11. | China Eastern Airlines |
China
|
183 152
|
110.8
|
|
| 12. | Ryanair |
Ireland
|
160 000
|
130.3
|
|
| 13. | Qatar Airways |
Qatar
|
146 023
|
29.2
|
|
| 14. | Air Canada Group |
Canada
|
136 985
|
48.1
|
|
| 15. | Turkish Airlines |
Turkey
|
136 947
|
68.6
|
|
| 16. | Aeroflot Group |
Russia
|
130 222
|
50.1
|
|
| 17. | Singapore Airlines |
Singapore
|
129 798
|
33.7
|
|
| 18. | Cathay Pacific Group |
Hongkong
|
129 663
|
34.8
|
|
| 19. | Hainan Airlines Group |
China
|
121 223
|
71.7
|
|
| 20. | Qantas Group |
Australia
|
121 178
|
53.7
|
|
| 21. | LATAM Airlines Group |
Chilie
|
115 693
|
67.2
|
|
| 22. | Etihad Airways |
UAE
|
90 240
|
18.2
|
|
| 23. | EasyJet |
Great Britain
|
89 685
|
80.2
|
|
| 24. | ANA Holdings |
Japan
|
89 405
|
53.9
|
|
| 25. | Alaska Air Group |
USA
|
84 210
|
44.0
|
|
| 26. | Korean Air |
South Korea
|
77 842
|
26.9
|
|
| 27. | JetBlue Airways |
USA
|
76 009
|
40.0
|
|
| 28. | Thai Airways |
Thailand
|
68 102
| 20.0 |
|
| 29. | Japan Airlines Group |
Japan
|
67 656
|
42.6
|
|
| 30. | Norwegian |
Norway
|
63 320
|
33.1
|
|
| 31. | Saudia |
Saudi Arabia
|
63 201
|
31.4
|
|
| 32. | Thomas Cook Group |
Great Britain
|
62 943
|
18.5
|
|
| 33. | IndiGo |
India
|
52 503
|
49.2
|
|
| 34. | AirAsia Group |
Malaysia
|
50 805
|
39.1
|
|
| 35. | Wizz Air |
Hungary
|
47 210
|
29.6
|
|
| 36. | Jet Airways |
India
|
46 414
|
27.0
|
|
| 37. | Garuda Indonesia |
Indonesia
|
46 300
|
36.2
|
|
| 38. | EVA Air |
Taiwan
|
45 841
|
12.1
|
|
| 39. | SkyWest Inc. |
USA
|
45 503
|
51.5
|
|
| 40. | Air India |
India
|
44 729
|
20.7
|
|
| 41. | Asiana Airlines |
South Korea
|
44 211
|
19.3
|
|
| 42. | Lion Group |
Indonesia
|
43 913
|
51.8
|
|
| 43. | Sichuan Airlines |
China
|
42 285
|
24.5
|
|
| 44. | WestJet |
Canada
|
41 680
|
24.1
|
|
| 45. | Avianca |
Colombia
|
40 243
|
29.5
|
|
| 46. | China Airlines |
China
|
40 171
|
15.1
|
|
| 47. | SAS |
Sweden
|
40 078
|
30.0
|
|
| 48. | Grupo Aeromexico |
Mexico
|
39 836
|
20.7
|
|
| 49. | Spirit Airlines |
USA
|
39 590
|
24.2
|
|
| 50. | Virgin Australia Holdings |
Australia
|
37 576
|
24.2
|
|
| 51. | Go; | Brazilia | 37 230 | 32.4 |
|
Source: Airline Business, June 2018