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The largest airlines in the world can be defined in several ways. As of 2022, Delta Air Lines is the largest by revenue, assets value and market capitalization, China Southern Air Holding by passengers carried and revenue passenger mile, American Airlines Group by fleet size and number of employees, FedEx Express by freight tonne-kilometers, Ryanair by number of routes, Turkish Airlines by number of countries served and UPS Airlines by number of destinations served.


By company revenue


Delta Air Lines is the largest by revenue, assets value and market capitalization.
Delta Air Lines is the largest by revenue, assets value and market capitalization.
American Airlines Group is the largest by number of employees.
American Airlines Group is the largest by number of employees.
Forbes' world's biggest public airline companies by revenue (as of January 2022)[1]
Rank Airline Country Revenue Profit Assets Market
cap.		 Employees
(US$ billions)
1 Delta Air Lines United States 35.10.573.72880,000
2 American Airlines Group United States 34.8–2.467.413.1123,400
3 United Airlines Holdings United States 29–26916.884,100
4 Lufthansa Group Germany 19.9–2.649.59.3105,290
5 Air France–KLM France/ Netherlands 16.9–3.934.92.942,000
6= Southwest Airlines United States 15.8138.227.855,093
6= China Southern Airlines China 15.8–1.950.79.5100,431
8 Turkish Airlines Turkey 10.90.926.63.737,670
9 China Eastern Airlines China 10.4–1.945.36.380,321
10 IAG Spain/ UK/ Ireland 9.9–3.539.19.556,658

Note that Emirates is a state-owned company and is thus not included in this list of public companies. Its 2021 revenue was estimated over 18 billion USD, which would place the company into 5th place. Its 2014-2015 revenue was Dhs. 88.819 billion (US$24.2 billion), profit Dhs. 4.555 billion (US$1.24 billion), and assets Dhs. 111.362 billion (US$30.34 billion), with 56,725 employees. Qatar Airways Group is similarly privately held.


By passengers carried


Airline groups
Millions of passengers carried
Rank Airline Country 2020[2] 2019[3] 2018
[citation needed]		 2017[4] 2016[5] 2015[6] 2014[7] 2013[8] 2012[9] 2011[10]
1 China Southern Air Holding  China 96.9151.6 139.8 126.384.9109.301100.68391.50486.27780.545
2 American Airlines Group  United States 95.3215.2 203.74 199.6198.7146.5387.8386.82386.33586.042
3 Delta Air Lines Group  United States 80.0204.0 192.46 186.4183.7138.842129.433120.636116.726113.731
4 China Eastern Air Holding  China 74.5130.2 121.1 110.880.975.13966.17462.65379.6173.1
5 Air China Group  China 68.7115.0 109.7 101.696.5 89.8 83.0 77.7 72.4 69.4
6 Southwest Airlines  United States 67.8162.7 163.60 157.8151.8144.575129.087115.323112.234110.587
7 United Airlines Holdings  United States 57.8162.4 158.33 148.1143.295.38490.43990.16192.61950.473
8 Ryanair  Ireland 52.4148.6 139.2 130.3119.8101.40186.37081.39579.64976.422
9 Hainan Airlines Group  China 37
10 Lufthansa Group  Germany 36.4145.2 142.3 130.0117.4115.2 112.5110.4108.9112.0
IAG  Spain/ UK/ Ireland 118.3 112.92 104.83100.7 94.9 77.3 67.2 54.6 51.7
Airlines

The IATA reports numbers for individual air operator's certificates and groups of multiple airlines can report larger numbers.


By scheduled passenger-kilometers flown (millions)


United and Swiss (Lufthansa Group) at Tokyo Narita Airport.
United and Swiss (Lufthansa Group) at Tokyo Narita Airport.
Airline holding groups
Rank Group Country 2020[2] 2017[4]
1 China Southern Air Holding China153,442230,697
2 American Airlines Group United States147,746364,191
3 United Airlines Holdings United States118,878347,963
4 Delta Air Lines Group United States118,120350,299
5 Air China Group China109,832201,090
6 China Eastern Air Holding China107,302183,152
7 Southwest Airlines United States87,242207,802
8 Air France–KLM France/ Netherlands81,212248,476
9 Emirates United Arab Emirates78,746292,221
10 International Airlines Group Spain/ United Kingdom/ Ireland72,262252,819
11 Lufthansa Group Germany69,462261,156
Individual airlines
Rank Airline Country 2020[11] 2019 2018[12] 2017[13] 2016[14] 2015[15] 2014[16] 2013[17] 2012[18] 2011[19]
1 American Airlines United States 123,997342,510330,577323,968320,044320,813208,046206,551203,336203,485
2 China Southern Airlines China 110,650213,573200,239177,458205,720189,186166,074147,841135,021121,944
3 Delta Air Lines United States 106,488350,145330,034316,378308,088302,512290,862277,560271,567269,724
4 United Airlines United States 100,188342,935329,562310,859299,080294,970287,547286,802288,282160,270
5 China Eastern Airlines China 88,728186,644166,282150,916138,042
6 Southwest Airlines United States 87,263211,379214,561207,762200,848189,097162,445145,124137,708134,918
7 Emirates United Arab Emirates 78,746299,496302,298288,886270,797251,190230,855209,377180,880153,264
8 Air China China 71,417169,030161,199146,961112,247-
9 Ryanair Ireland 64,928185,405170,900157,114142,740125,194
10 Qatar Airways Qatar 57,171172,591152,210 #11
Air France France 48,809 #12150,870 #13143,904 #14139,217134,528136,405135,821133,035
British Airways United Kingdom 38,825 #14155,252 #12151,784 #12144,028140,780137,204130,129124,318116,864
Lufthansa Germany 37,503 #16165,945 #11158,986152,214149,702145,904143,403144,236142,512140,972
Qantas Australia 86,199 #2485,663 #23110,203108,051
Continental Airlines‡ United States —‡131,583

‡ - marks a defunct airline.


By scheduled freight tonne-kilometers (millions)


FedEx Express is the largest by freight tonne-kilometers.
FedEx Express is the largest by freight tonne-kilometers.
Rank Airline Country 2021[20] 2020[11] 2019 2018[12] 2017[13] 2016[14] 2015[15] 2014[21] 2013[22] 2012[23] 2011[24]
1 FedEx Express  United States 20,660 19,656 17,503 17,49916,85115,71215,79916,02016,12716,10815,939
2 Qatar Airways Cargo  Qatar 16,102 13,740 13,024 12,69510,9999,2217,6605,9974,972
3 UPS Airlines  United States 15,529 14,371 12,842 12,45911,94011,26410,80710,93610,58410,41610,566
4 Emirates SkyCargo  United Arab Emirates 11,842 9,569 12,052 12,71312,71512,27012,15711,24010,4599,3198,132
5 Korean Air Cargo  South Korea 10,429 8,104 7,412 7,8398,0157,6667,7618,0797,6668,1448,974
6 Turkish Airlines  Turkey 9,223 6,977 7,029 5,890 #12
7 Cargolux  Luxembourg 8,587 7,345 7,180 7,3227,3226,8786,3095,7535,225
8 Atlas Air  United States 8,441 5,458 #12 4,522 #16 4,553 #16
9 Cathay Pacific Cargo  Hong Kong 8,215 8,137 10,930 11,28410,7729,9479,9359,4648,2418,4339,109
10 China Southern Airlines  China 8,078 6,591 6,825 6,597
China Airlines Cargo  Taiwan 7,513 #11 6,317 5,334 #13 5,804 #135,2664,8134,5385,411
Air China Cargo  China 7,016 #12 6,121 #11 6,767 #11 7,0516,7016,0895,718
Singapore Airlines Cargo  Singapore 5,462 #16 4,156 #17 6,146 #12 6,491 #116,5926,3456,0836,0196,2406,6947,118
Lufthansa Cargo  Germany 5,324 #17 4,828 #15 7,226 7,3947,3177,3846,8887,0547,2187,1757,674

By fleet size


American Airlines is the largest by fleet size and passengers capacity.
American Airlines is the largest by fleet size and passengers capacity.
Ryanair is the largest airline in Europe by fleet size.
Ryanair is the largest airline in Europe by fleet size.

Aircraft


May 26, 2021[25]
Rank Airline Country Fleet
1 American Airlines  United States 881
2 United Airlines  United States 834
3 Delta Air Lines  United States 781
4 FedEx Express  United States 800+
5 Southwest Airlines  United States 735
6 China Southern Airlines  China 626
7 China Eastern Airlines  China 581
8 Ryanair  Ireland 514
9 Air China  China 444
10 Alaska Airlines  United States 330
11 easyJet  United Kingdom 323
12 Turkish Airlines  Turkey 312

Aircraft capacity


Sep 13, 2021[26]
Rank Airline Country Capacity
1 American Airlines  United States 4,405,069
2 Delta Air Lines  United States 3,894,454
3 Southwest Airlines  United States 3,525,905
4 United Airlines  United States 3,176,133
5 Ryanair  Ireland 3,034,809
6 China Southern Airlines  China 2,591,298
7 China Eastern Airlines  China 2,269,822
8 Air China  China 1,640,863
9 Turkish Airlines  Turkey 1,576,689
10 IndiGo  India 1,475,408
11 easyJet  United Kingdom 1,338,504

By number of countries served


Turkish Airlines is the largest airline by number of countries served.
Turkish Airlines is the largest airline by number of countries served.
Rank Airline Country Countries served
(S1 2019)[27]
1 Turkish Airlines  Turkey 129
2 Air France  France 91
3 British Airways  United Kingdom 82
4 Ethiopian Airlines  Ethiopia 81
5 Emirates  United Arab Emirates 78
6 Qatar Airways  Qatar 78
7 Lufthansa  Germany 75
8 KLM  Netherlands 67
9 American Airlines  United States 62
United Airlines  United States 62

By number of routes


Ryanair is the largest airline by number of routes.
Ryanair is the largest airline by number of routes.
RankAirlineCountryRoutes served
(S1 2019)[27]
1 Ryanair Ireland1,831
2 American Airlines United States1,106
3 United Airlines United States950
4 easyJet United Kingdom945
5 Delta Air Lines United States939
6 Southwest Airlines United States754
7 China Southern Airlines China667
7 China Eastern Airlines China648
8 Wizz Air Hungary615
9 Air China China470
10 TUI Airways United Kingdom470

By number of destinations


UPS Airlines serves the most destinations.
UPS Airlines serves the most destinations.
Largest airlines by number of destinations served[28]
Rank Airline Country Destinations
(Dec. 2017)
1 UPS Airlines  United States 815
2 FedEx Express  United States 375
3 American Airlines  United States 350
4 United Airlines  United States 342
5 Turkish Airlines  Turkey 340
6 Delta Air Lines  United States 320
7 Lufthansa  Germany 274
8 Air Canada  Canada 220
9 Air France  France 204
10 Air China  China 201

By brand value


Delta Air Lines is the largest airline in the world by brand value.
Delta Air Lines is the largest airline in the world by brand value.
Largest airlines by brand value (US$ billions) according to Brand Finance (2022)[29]
Rank Airline Country $bn
1 Delta Air Lines  United States 7.327
2 American Airlines  United States 6.264
3 United Airlines  United States 5.485
4 Emirates  United Arab Emirates 4.985
5 Southwest Airlines  United States 4.929
6 Air Canada  Canada 2.511
7 Lufthansa  Germany 2.387
8 Air China  China 2.381
9 China Southern Airlines  China 2.315
10 All Nippon Airways  Japan 2.284

See also



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