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Revision as of 00:50, 13 November 2007 editHuaiwei (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users44,504 edits All tables in 1st 3 sections are taken direct from IATA. You inserted figures for Qantas GROUP, when Qantas itself flies only abt 24 million. This is NOT correct.← Previous edit Revision as of 04:35, 13 November 2007 edit undoSparrowman980 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users2,496 editsm Reverted good faith edits by Huaiwei; Qantas group is known as qantas and i have REF . using TWNext edit →
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An American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER landing at London Heathrow Airport.
A Federal Express Airbus A310 taxis for takeoff at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.

There are several methods to measure the size of an airline, so several different lists of the world's largest airlines are available.

By scheduled passengers

Scheduled passengers carried

Rank Airline 2006
(thousands)		 2005
(thousands)
1 United States American Airlines 99,835 98,038
2 United States Southwest Airlines 96,277
3 United States Delta Air Lines 73,584 86,007
4 United States United Airlines 69,265 66,717
5 United States Northwest Airlines 55,925 57,547
6 Germany LufthansaTemplate:Fn 51,213 48,958
7 France Air FranceTemplate:Fn 49,411 47,787
8 Japan All Nippon Airways 49,226 48,315
9 Japan Japan Airlines 48,911 50,884
10 China China Southern Airlines 48,512 43,228
United States Continental Airlines - 42,777
Notes

Scheduled international passengers carried

Rank Airline 2006
(thousands)		 2005
(thousands)
1 Republic of Ireland RyanairTemplate:Fn 40,532 -
2 Germany LufthansaTemplate:Fn 38,236 35,740
3 Australia Qantas 36,449 34,075
4 France Air France 30,417 28,898
5 United Kingdom British Airways 29,498 28,922
6 Netherlands KLM 22,322 21,435
7 United Kingdom Easyjet 21,917 -
8 United States American Airlines 21,228 20,659
9 Singapore Singapore AirlinesTemplate:Fn 18,022 16,618
10 United Arab Emirates Emirates 16,748 14,976
Notes
  • Template:Fnb This figure is suspect as 40,532,000 is the total number of passengers flown by Ryanair in 2006 (see the rolling 12 months as at December 2006). Ryanair flies a small but still significant number of domestic routes in Ireland, the UK, Italy and Spain. Confirmation of the number of passengers flown on these routes is needed before Ryanair can claim top spot in the international passengers flown category. Even 25 domestic return flights a day with 135 passengers (both conservative estimates - there are at least a dozen daily domestic return flights in the UK alone and a similar number in Italy) would account for almost 2.5 million passengers.
  • Template:Fnb Excludes figures for Swiss International Air Lines and Germanwings
  • Template:Fnb Excludes figures for SilkAir
  • Template:Fnb Includes figures for flights between Hong Kong and the rest of the People's Republic of China

Scheduled domestic passengers carried

Rank Airline 2006
(thousands)
1 United States Southwest Airlines 96,277
2 United States American Airlines 78,607
3 United States Delta Air Lines 63,446
4 United States United Airlines 58,801
5 United States Northwest Airlines 45,743
6 Japan All Nippon Airways 45,328
7 China China Southern AirlinesTemplate:Fn 45,249
8 Japan Japan Airlines 37,154
9 United States Continental Airlines 35,852
10 United States US Airways 35,852
Notes

By scheduled passenger-kilometres

Scheduled passenger-kilometres flown

Rank Airline
1 United States American Airlines 224,330 222,449
2 United States United Airlines 188,684 183,296
3 United States Delta Air Lines 158,952 166,664
4 France Air FranceTemplate:Fn 123,458 116,241
5 United States Continental Airlines 122,712 109,320
6 United States Northwest Airlines 116,845 122,017
7 United Kingdom British Airways 114,896 110,960
8 Germany LufthansaTemplate:Fn 114,672 122,222
9 United States Southwest Airlines 108,935
10 Japan Japan Airlines 89,314 94,397
Notes

Scheduled international passenger-kilometres flown

Rank Airline 2006
(millions)
1 France Air FranceTemplate:Fn 112,689
2 United Kingdom British Airways 111,336
3 Germany LufthansaTemplate:Fn 109,384
4 Singapore Singapore AirlinesTemplate:Fn 87,646
5 United States American Airlines 81,129
6 United States United Airlines 74,578
7 United Arab Emirates Emirates 74,578
5 Netherlands KLM 71,761
6 Hong Kong Cathay PacificTemplate:Fn 71,124
10 Japan Japan Airlines 59,913
Notes

Scheduled domestic passenger-kilometres flown

Rank Airline 2006
(millions)
1 United States American Airlines 143,201
2 United States United Airlines 114,106
3 United States Southwest Airlines 108,935
4 United States Delta Air Lines 104,626
5 United States Continental Airlines 70,810
6 United States Northwest Airlines 64,979
7 China China Southern AirlinesTemplate:Fn 59,006
8 United States US Airways 43,606
9 Japan All Nippon Airways 39,586
10 United States JetBlue Airways 37,513
Notes

By scheduled freight

Scheduled freight tonne-kilometres flown

Rank Airline 2006
(millions)		 2005
(millions)
1 United States FedEx Express 15,145 14,408
2 United States United Parcel Service 9,341 9,075
3 South Korea Korean Air Cargo 8,764 8,072
4 Germany Lufthansa CargoTemplate:Fn 8,091 7,680
5 Singapore Singapore Airlines CargoTemplate:Fn 7,991 7,603
6 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific 6,914 6,458
7 Taiwan China Airlines 6,099 6,037
8 France Air FranceTemplate:Fn 5,868 5,532
9 Luxembourg Cargolux 5,237 5,149
10 Taiwan EVA Air 5,160 5,285
Notes

Scheduled international freight tonne-kilometres flown

Rank Airline 2006
(millions)
1 South Korea Korean Air Cargo 8,680
2 Germany Lufthansa CargoTemplate:Fn 8,077
3 Singapore Singapore Airlines CargoTemplate:Fn 7,991
4 Hong Kong Cathay PacificTemplate:Fn 6,914
5 United States FedEx Express 6,136
6 Taiwan China Airlines 6,099
7 France Air FranceTemplate:Fn 5,864
8 Luxembourg Cargolux 5,237
10 Taiwan EVA Air 5,160
10 United Arab Emirates Emirates 5,027
Notes

Scheduled domestic freight tonne-kilometres flown

Rank Airline 2006
(millions)
1 United States FedEx Express 9,009
2 United States United Parcel Service 5,315
3 China China Southern AirlinesTemplate:Fn 1,027
4 United States Northwest Airlines 890
5 China Air ChinaTemplate:Fn 706
5 China China Eastern AirlinesTemplate:Fn 560
1 United States American Airlines 493
2 United States Delta Air Lines 452
2 United States United Airlines 417
10 Japan All Nippon Airways 404
Notes

By fleet size

(as of October 2007)

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A United Airlines 777 landing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
A Southwest Airlines 737 landing at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Rank Airline Fleet size Subsidiaries
1 FedEx Express 669
2 American Airlines 653 Including American Airlines, American Eagle and AmericanConnection
3 Lufthansa 556 Including Lufthansa+ Lufthansa CityLine(338), Lufthansa Cargo(30), Air Dolomiti(33), Eurowings(31)+Germanwings(27), Augsburg Airways(11) and Contact Air(12) and Swiss International Air Lines(74)
4 Southwest Airlines 502
5 Northwest Airlines Over 500
6 Delta Air Lines 441
7 SkyWest Inc. 436 Including SkyWest(277) and Atlantic Southeast Airlines(159)
8 DHL 420
9 Air France-KLM 400 Including Transavia(31)
10 United Airlines 398
11 Continental Airlines 367
12 US Airways 357 Including America West(9)
13 Air Canada 337 Including Air Canada Jazz(132) fleet
14 SAS Group 301 Including airBaltic, Blue1, Scandinavian Airlines, Spanair and Widerøe.
15 China Southern Airlines 282
16 ExpressJet Airlines 274
17 UTair Aviation 262 Includes 98 fixed wing aircraft and 182 helicopters
18 United Parcel Service 254
19 British Airways 245 Includes 10 from BA CityFlyer
20 Qantas 213

By region

Scheduled passengers carried

Continent Airline Passengers carried Full list
Africa South Africa South African Airways 7,158,000 (March 2006) List of largest airlines in Africa
Asia Japan All Nippon Airways 49,226,000 (2006) List of largest airlines in Asia
Europe Germany LufthansaTemplate:Fn 51,213,000 (2006) List of largest airlines in Europe
North America United States American Airlines 99,835,000 (2006) List of largest airlines in North America
Oceania Australia Qantas 24,212,000 (June 2006) List of largest airlines in Oceania
South America Brazil TAM Linhas Aéreas 25,022,000 (2006) List of largest airlines in South America
Notes

Notes

  1. ^ "WATS Scheduled Passengers Carried". International Air Transport Association. 2006.
  2. http://www.qantas.com.au/infodetail/about/FactFiles.pdf
  3. ^ "WATS Scheduled Passenger - Kilometres Flown". International Air Transport Association. 2006.
  4. ^ "WATS Scheduled Freight Tonne - Kilometres". International Air Transport Association. 2006.
  5. "FedEx Corporation Facts".
  6. "AMR Corporation".
  7. "Lufthansa - Fleet".
  8. "Lufthansa Cargo - Details and Fleet History".
  9. "FLEET - Air Dolomiti".
  10. "Eurowings Airfleets >> Fleet Age".
  11. "Germanwings Airfleets >> Fleet Age".
  12. "Augsburg-Airways".
  13. "CH-Aviation - Airline News, Fleet Lists & More".
  14. "Fleet".
  15. "Southwest Airlines - Fact Sheet".
  16. "About NWA - Fleet, Employees, Hubs, Routes, Facility Bases".
  17. "Delta Aircraft Fleet".
  18. "Skywest Airlines".
  19. "Atlantic Southeast Airlines".
  20. "DHL Network".
  21. "AirFrance-KLM Fleet".
  22. "Transavia Fleet Age".
  23. "United Airlines Airfleets >> Fleet listing".
  24. "Continental Airlines Airfleets >> Fleet age".
  25. "US Airways Airfleets >> Fleet age".
  26. "America West Airlines Airfleets >> Fleet listing".
  27. "About Air Canada - Our Fleet".
  28. "Focus on the SAS Group 2007" (PDF).
  29. "China Southern Airlines - Details and Fleet History".
  30. "ExpressJet > Partners > Partners in Flight > ExpressJet Airlines".
  31. "UTAir Airlines (ATDB))".
  32. "UTAIR: Fleet".
  33. "UPS:Worldwide".
  34. "British Airways Airfleets >> Fleet age".
  35. "Qantas Fact File" (PDF).

References

See also

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