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 List of Largest airlines by annual passengers or freight carried

Sources

2004 figures come from World Air Transport Statistics 2004, International Air Transport Association. 2005 figures for Air France-KLM and United Airlines come from these airlines websites. The source of all other 2005 figures is unknown.

World

By scheduled passengers carried

2005 total scheduled passengers carried

  1. Delta Air Lines 118,853,189 [1]
  2. American Airlines 98,034,785 [2]
  3. Southwest Airlines 88,379,900 [3]
  4. US Airways Group 71,577,040 [4]
  5. Air France-KLM 69.2 million ([5])
  6. United Airlines 66.8 million ([6])[7]
  7. Japan Airlines 58.2 million
  8. Northwest Airlines 51.9 million
  9. Lufthansa 45.4 million
  10. All Nippon Airways 42.3 million
  11. Continental Airlines 40.0 million
  12. SAS Group (Scandinavian Airlines/Spanair) 36.2 million ([8])
  13. British Airways 35.1 million
  14. Ryanair 33.4 million
  15. Iberia Airlines 32.3 million
  16. EasyJet 30.3 million
  17. Qantas 28.9 million
  18. Korean Air 21.7 million
  19. Air Canada 20.0 million

2004 total scheduled passengers carried

  1. American Airlines 91.570 million
  2. Delta Air Lines 86.783 million
  3. United Airlines 71.236 million
  4. Air France-KLM 65.181 million ([9])
  5. Northwest Airlines 56.429 million
  6. Japan Airlines 51.736 million
  7. Lufthansa 48.268 million
  8. All Nippon Airways 46.450 million
  9. US Airways 42.400 million
  10. Continental Airlines 40.548 million

2004 international scheduled passengers carried

  1. Air France-KLM 47.190 million
  2. Lufthansa 34.407 million
  3. British Airways 28.567 million
  4. American Airlines 18.841 million
  5. Singapore Airlines 15.877 million
  6. Cathay Pacific 13.623 million
  7. Thai Airways International 13.277 million
  8. Scandinavian Airlines System 12.823 million
  9. Japan Airlines 12.732 million

2004 domestic scheduled passengers carried

  1. Delta Air Lines 79.289 million
  2. American Airlines 72.729 million
  3. United Airlines 61.868 million
  4. Northwest Airlines 46.525 million
  5. All Nippon Airways 42.845 million
  6. Japan Airlines 39.004 million
  7. US Airways 37.949 million
  8. China Southern Airlines 36.374 million
  9. Continental Airlines 30.883 million
  10. America West Airlines 20.152 million

By scheduled passenger-kilometres flown

2004 total scheduled passenger-kilometres flown

  1. American Airlines 209,256 million
  2. United Airlines 184,320 million
  3. Air France-KLM 171,521 million ([10])
  4. Delta Air Lines 157,781 million
  5. Northwest Airlines 117,980 million
  6. Lufthansa 109,471 million
  7. British Airways 106,501 million
  8. Continental Airlines 101,094 million
  9. Japan Airlines 94,806 million
  10. Singapore Airlines 77,082 million

2004 international scheduled passenger-kilometres flown

  1. Air France-KLM 159.971 million
  2. Lufthansa 103,866 million
  3. British Airways 102,858 million
  4. Singapore Airlines 77,082 million
  5. American Airlines 70,036 million
  6. United Airlines 67,484 million
  7. Japan Airlines 64,626 million
  8. Cathay Pacific 57,224 million
  9. Northwest Airlines 51,704 million

2004 domestic scheduled passenger-kilometres flown

  1. American Airlines 139,220 million
  2. Delta Air Lines 117,516 million
  3. United Airlines 116,836 million
  4. Northwest Airlines 66,277 million
  5. Continental Airlines 60,032 million
  6. US Airways 48,217 million
  7. China Southern Airlines 46,083 million
  8. All Nippon Airways 37,303 million
  9. America West Airlines 35,464 million
  10. Japan Airlines 30,181 million

By scheduled freight tonne-kilometres flown

2004 total scheduled freight tonne-kilometres flown

  1. Federal Express 14,579 million
  2. Air France-KLM 10,365 million ([11])
  3. Korean Air 8,264 million
  4. Lufthansa 8,040 million
  5. United Parcel Service 7,353 million
  6. Singapore Airlines 7,143 million
  7. Cathay Pacific 5,876 million
  8. China Airlines 5,642 million
  9. Eva Airways 5,477 million
  10. Japan Airlines 4,924 million

2004 international scheduled freight tonne-kilometres flown

  1. Korean Air 8,164 million
  2. Lufthansa 8,028 million
  3. Singapore Airlines 7,143 million
  4. Cathay Pacific 5,876 million
  5. China Airlines 5,642 million
  6. Federal Express 5,595 million
  7. Eva Airways 5,477 million
  8. Air France 5,384 million
  9. British Airways 4,771 million
  10. Cargolux 4,670 million

2004 domestic scheduled freight tonne-kilometres flown

  1. Federal Express 8,984 million
  2. United Parcel Service 4,260 million
  3. Northwest Airlines 0,949 million
  4. China Southern Airlines 0,860 million
  5. American Airlines 0,576 million
  6. Delta Air Lines 0,557 million
  7. Air China 0,531 million
  8. United Airlines 0,525 million
  9. Cargojet Airways 0,517 million
  10. China Eastern Airlines 0,458 million

By fleet size

Number of aircraft in 2006

  1. American Airlines 707
  2. Federal Express 635
  3. United Parcel Service 577
  4. Delta Air Lines 535
  5. United Airlines 495
  6. Air France-KLM 477
  7. Southwest Airlines 456
  8. Northwest Airlines 447
  9. US Airways (including America West) 435
  10. Lufthansa 377
  11. Continental Airlines 348
  12. Air Canada 336
  13. SAS Group 335
  14. British Airways (including BA Connect) 284
  15. Japan Airlines 280
  16. Skywest Airlines 238
  17. Iberia Airlines 216
  18. Qantas 215
  19. China Southern Airlines 200
  20. All Nippon Airways 187
  21. Air China 164
  22. Alitalia 154
  23. Saudi Arabian Airlines 131
  24. Alaska Airlines 119
  25. Korean Air 117
  26. Malaysia Airlines 111
  27. AirTran Airways 109
  28. AeroMexico (including Aerolitoral) 103
  29. Air New Zealand 96

Africa

Asia

Airline Scheduled passengers carriedTemplate:Fn Year ended Source
Total International Domestic
Japan Airlines GroupTemplate:Fn 58,036,381 14,187,626 43,848,755 31 Mar 2006 [12]
All Nippon Airways GroupTemplate:Fn 49,608,621 4,134,552 45,474,069 31 Mar 2006 [13]
China Southern Airlines 44,118,490     31 Dec 2005 [14]
Air China 27,689,400 5,532,400Template:Fn 22,157,000 31 Dec 2005 [15]
China Eastern Airlines 24,285,140 6,081,590Template:Fn 18,203,550 31 Dec 2005 [16]
Korean Air 21,708,822 11,238,140 10,470,682 31 Dec 2005 [17]
Thai Airways International 18,133,000     31 Dec 2005 [18]
Malaysia Airlines 17,910,000 9,175,000 8,734,000 31 Mar 2006 [19]
Singapore Airlines 16,995,000 16,995,000 NA 31 Mar 2006 [20]
Saudi Arabian Airlines 16,000,000     31 Dec 2005 [21]
Cathay Pacific 15,828,877 15,828,877 NATemplate:Fn 31 Mar 2006 [22]
Emirates 14,497,536     31 Mar 2006 [23]
Asiana Airlines 11,907,673 6,780,595 5,127,078 31 Mar 2006 [24]
China Airlines 9,731,000     31 Dec 2005 [25]
Garuda Indonesia 8,679,443     31 Dec 2005 [26]
Air Asia GroupTemplate:Fn 7,871,693     28 Feb 2006 [27]
Eva Air 6,008,031     31 Mar 2006 [28]
Pakistan International Airlines 5,499,000     31 Dec 2005 [29]
Dragonair 5,148,170 5,148,170 NATemplate:Fn 31 Mar 2006 [30]
Air Asia 5,090,872     28 Feb 2006 [31]
Vietnam Airlines 4,070,303 1,785,786 2,284,517 31 Dec 2002 [32]
El Al 3,593,000Template:Fn     31 Dec 2005 [33]
Air Macau 2,009,200 2,009,200 NATemplate:Fn 31 Sep 2005 [34]
Thai-AirAsia 1,953,659     28 Feb 2006 [35]
SilkAir 1,089,190 1,089,190 NA 31 Mar 2005 [36]
Awair 862,883     28 Feb 2006 [37]
Notes

Europe

  1. Air France-KLM - 69.2 million
  2. Lufthansa - 45.4 million
  3. SAS Group - 36.2 million
  4. British Airways - 35.2 million
  5. Ryanair - Ireland - 33.4 million
  6. Iberia - 32.3 million
  7. EasyJet - 30.3 million

North America

United States & Canada

Passengers in 2004

based on Bureau of Transportation Statistics 2004 Domestic Data and DOT Enplaned passenger data.

United States

Passengers in 2000

based on Bureau of Transportation Statistics, last full year data is available

Latin America

Current fleet size

Current destinations number

2005 passenger carried

References

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