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==By fleet size==
==By fleet size==

===Passenger airlines===
[[File:Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 N662US AMS 2011-6-11.png|thumb|[[Delta Air Lines]] [[Boeing 747-400]]]]


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! Rank
! Rank !! style="width:175px;"|Airline !! Fleet size !! Ref.
! Airline
! Fleet<ref>{{cite web |title= World Airline Fleets: Top 10 Aviation Armadas With Most Airplanes |date= {{date|2013-12-17}} |publisher= FinancesOnline |url= http://financesonline.com/world-airline-fleets-top-10-aviation-armadas-with-most-airplanes/ }}</ref>
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|-
! 1
! 1
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[American Airlines Group]]
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[American Airlines Group]]{{ref|1|1}} || align="right" |1563||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aa.com/i18n/amrcorp/corporateInformation/facts/fleet.jsp |title=Fleet Statistics|publisher=American Gypsy |date=2014-04-15 |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref>
| 1,494
|-
|-
! 2
! 2
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Delta Air Lines]]
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Delta Air Lines]]{{ref|2|2}} || align="right" |791||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.unitedcontinentalholdings.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=83680&p=irol-fleetInfo |title=UAL Fleet Plan – April 2014 |publisher=United Continental Holdings, Inc. |date=2014-04-24 |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref>
| 1,280
|-
|-
! 3
! 3
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United Airlines]]
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United Airlines]]{{ref|3|3}} || align="right" |708||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://southwest.investorroom.com/2014-04-24-C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-Southwest-Airlines-Co|title=Southwest Airlines Reports Record First Quarter Profit |publisher=Southwest Airlines |date=2014-04-24 |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref>
| 1,264
|-
|-
! 4
! 4
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Southwest Airlines]] || align=right|674 ||<center><ref>http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Southwest-Airlines</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Southwest Airlines]]
| 683
|-
|-
! 5
! 5
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[FedEx Express]]
| {{flagicon|China}} [[China Southern Airlines]]{{ref|4|4}} || align=right|621 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csair.com/en/about/other/2014/20140428_1.pdf |title=Annual Report 2013 |publisher=csair.com |date=2013-12-31 |accessdate=2014-05-07}}</ref>
| 634
|-
|-
! 6
! 6
| {{flagicon|China}} [[China Southern Airlines]]
| {{flagicon|China}} [[Air China]]{{ref|5|5}} || align=right|621 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airchina.com.cn/en/images/investor_relations/2014/03/26/13DAD631CA545ECA660589C79CE4B38B.pdf |title=2013 Annual Results |publisher=Air China Ltd. |date=2013-12-31 |accessdate=2014-04-11}}</ref>
| 423
|-
|-
! 7
! 7
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lufthansa]]
| {{flagicon|China}} [[China Eastern Airlines]]{{ref|6|6}} || align=right|457||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.ceair.com/upload/2014/4/2013nby.pdf |title=Annual Report 2014 |publisher=CEAIR |date=2013-12-31 |accessdate=2014-05-08}}</ref>
| 401
|-
|-
! 8
! 8
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Air France]]
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lufthansa]]{{ref|7|7}} || align=right|417 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://investor-relations.lufthansagroup.com/fileadmin/downloads/en/financial-reports/interims-reports/LH-QR-2014-1-e.pdf |title=1st Interim Report Jan. – March 2014 |publisher=investor-relations.lufthansagroup.com |date=2014-04-01 |accessdate=2014-05-07}}</ref>
| 381
|-
|-
! 9
! 9
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Air Canada]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Air Canada]]{{ref|8|8}} || align=right|369 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/fleet/index.html |title=Air Canada - Our Fleet |publisher=aircanada.com |date=June 2014 |accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref>
| 354
|-
|-
! 10
! 10
| {{flagicon|China}} [[China Eastern Airlines]]
| {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Ryanair]] || align=right|320 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryanair.com/en/about/fleet/ |title=Ryanair Fleet |publisher=ryanair.com |date=2015 |accessdate=2015-04-25}}</ref>
| 349

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;Notes
* Includes passenger aircraft only – Includes figures for main airlines' regional carrier(s), excludes other subsidiaries. For further information see below:
* {{note|1|1}} Includes figures for [[US Airways]] and [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]].).
* {{note|2|2}} Represents figures for Delta mainline only.
* {{note|3|3}} Represents figures for United mainline only.
* {{note|4|4}} Includes figures for [[Xiamen Airlines]], [[Shantou Airlines]], [[Chongqing Airlines]], [[Zhuhai Airlines]], and [[Guizhou Airlines]].
* {{note|5|5}} Includes figures for [[Shenzhen Airlines]], [[Shandong Airlines]], [[Kunming Airlines]], [[Tibet Airlines]], [[Dalian Airlines]], and [[Air Macau]].
* {{note|6|6}} Includes figures for [[Shanghai Airlines]] and [[China United Airlines]].
* {{note|7|7}} Includes figures for [[Lufthansa Regional]] and [[Germanwings]].
* {{note|8|8}} Includes figures for [[Air Canada Express]] and [[Air Canada Rouge]].

===Cargo airlines===
[[File:B767-300F (7586684968).jpg|thumb|right|[[DHL Aviation|DHL]] [[Boeing 767-300F]]]]

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|- style="background:#ccf;"
! Rank !! style="width:175px;"|Airline !! Fleet size !! Ref.
|-
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[FedEx Express]] || align=right|656 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.van.fedex.com/fedex_express |title=FedEx Express - About FedEx |publisher=fedex.com |date=December 2014 |accessdate=2014-12-07}}</ref>
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! 2
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[DHL Aviation|DHL]] || align=right|250 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhl.com/en/press/releases/releases_2011/express/051211.html |title=DHL to upgrade its European express air fleet with 13 new planes |publisher=dhl.com |date=December 2011 |accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref>
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[UPS Airlines]] || align=right|237 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pressroom.ups.com/Fact+Sheets/UPS+Fact+Sheet|title=UPS Aircraft Fleet Fact Sheet|publisher=pressroom.ups.com |date=2014-03-05 |accessdate=2014-05-03}}</ref>
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[TNT Airways]] || align=right|37||<center><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.tnt.com/content/dam/corporate/pdfs/Archive/Quarterly%20reports/2014/Q4/tnt-express-4Q13-press-release.pdf |title=TNT Express - Q4 Quarterly Report |publisher=TNT Express |date=December 2013 |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref>
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Korean Air Cargo]] || align=right|27 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreanair.com/etc/downloads/IR/2013/eng/release/4Q_Financial_Release.pdf |title=Korean Air - 4Q 2013 Financial Results |publisher=Korean Air |date=December 2013 |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref>
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|China}} [[China Postal Airlines]] || align=right|22 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/aircraft/search?search=1&cha=CYZ |title=China Postal Airlines - Fleet |publisher=ch-aviation.ch |date=Apr 2014 |accessdate=2014-04-12}}</ref>
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Cathay Pacific Cargo]] || align=right|22 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_GB/about-us/about-our-airline/fleet/boeing-b747-8-freighter.html |title=Cathay Pacific - Fleet |publisher=Cathay Pacific |date=March 2014 |accessdate=2014-03-02}}</ref>
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[China Airlines Cargo]] || align=right|21 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about.htm |title=China Airlines Fleet |publisher=china-airlines.com |date=December 2013 |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref>
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Cargolux]] || align=right|20 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/airline.php?cha=CV |title=Cargolux fleet |publisher=ch-aviation.ch |date=November 2013 |accessdate=2013-11-09}}</ref>
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lufthansa Cargo]] || align=right|20 ||<center><ref>{{cite web|url=http://investor-relations.lufthansagroup.com/fileadmin/downloads/en/financial-reports/annual-reports/LH-AR-2013-e.pdf |title=Annual Report 2013 |publisher=investor-relations.lufthansagroup.com |date=2013-12-31 |accessdate=2014-04-10}}</ref>
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Revision as of 09:10, 24 June 2015

The world's largest airlines can be defined in several ways and, as such, several different airlines can claim the title of largest among them at the same time. For example, American Airlines has carried more scheduled passengers annually than any other airline since its merger with US Airways in 2013. United Airlines, however, flies more passenger-kilometers annually than American and serves more destinations than Delta Air Lines. FedEx Express is the largest cargo airline, both in freight tonne-kilometers flown (a measure of not just how many packages are delivered, but how much weight is delivered and over what distance), and in fleet size.

By revenue

Lufthansa is the launch customer of the Boeing 747-8

From Forbes 2000 world's biggest public companies (except Emirates Airlines, which isn't a public company, taken from the 2013//14 annual report and converted at the 31 March 2014 exchange rate) :[1]

Rank Airline country revenue ($B) profit ($B) assets ($B) market cap. ($B)
1 American Airlines Group1 United States 42.7 1.9 42.3 35.8
2 Lufthansa Group GermanyAustriaSwitzerland 39.9 0.4 40.1 12.3
3 United Airlines United States 38.3 0.6 36.8 23.6
4 Delta Air Lines United States 37.7 2.7 59.4 39.9
5 Air France-KLM France Netherlands 34 -2.4 35 4.7
6 International Airlines Group United Kingdom Spain 24.7 1.6 28.6 14.3
7 Emirates Airlines United Arab Emirates 22.0 0.9 27.6 State owned
8 Southwest Airlines United States 17.7 0.8 19.3 16.8
9 All Nippon Airways Japan 16 0.2 20.5 7.6
10 China Southern Airlines China 15.9 0.3 27.3 3.7
Notes
  • ^1 Figures are for the merged American Airlines/US Airways.

By passengers carried (thousands)

Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400
Rank Airline 2014[2] 2013[3] 2012[4] 2011[5]
1 United States Delta Air Lines 129,433 120,636 116,726 113,731
2 United States Southwest Airlines 129,087 115,323 112,234 110,587
3 China China Southern Airlines 100,683 91,504 86,277 80,545
4 United States United Airlines 90,439 90,161 92,619 50,473
5 United States American Airlines 87,830 86,823 86,042 86,335
6 Republic of Ireland Ryanair 86,370 81,395 79,649 76,422
7 China China Eastern Airlines 66,174 62,653 79,611 53,933
8 United Kingdom easyJet 62,309 58,410
9 Germany Lufthansa 59,850 63,273 64,393 63,012
10 China Air China 54,577
United States US Airways 56,708 54,238 52,921
France Air France 50,636 49,769

By Scheduled Passenger - Kilometres Flown (Millions)

United Airlines Boeing 787
Rank Airline 2014[6] 2013[7] 2012[8] 2011[9]
1 United States Delta Air Lines 290,862 277,560 271,567 269,724
2 United States United Airlines 287,547 286,802 288,282 160,270
3 United Arab Emirates Emirates 230,855 209,377 180,880 153,264
4 United States American Airlines 208,046 206,551 203,336 203,485
5 China China Southern Airlines 166,074 147,841 135,021 121,944
6 United States Southwest Airlines 162,445 145,124 137,708 134,918
7 Germany Lufthansa 143,403 144,236 142,512 140,972
8 United Kingdom British Airways 137,204 130,129 124,318 116,864
9 France Air France 134,528 136,405 135,821 133,035
10 China Air China 112,247
Australia Qantas Airways 110,203 108,051
United States Continental Airlines 131,583

By Scheduled Freight Tonne - Kilometres (millions)

FedEx Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Rank Airline 2014[10] 2013 [11] 2012 [12] 2011 [13]
1 United States FedEx Express 16,020 16,127 16,108 15,939
2 United Arab Emirates Emirates SkyCargo 11,240 10,459 9,319 8,132
3 United States UPS Airlines 10,936 10,584 10,416 10,566
4 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Cargo 9,464 8,241 8,433 9,109
5 South Korea Korean Air Cargo 8,079 7,666 8,144 8,974
6 Germany Lufthansa Cargo 7,054 7,218 7,175 7,674
7 Singapore Singapore Airlines Cargo 6,019 6,240 6,694 7,118
8 Qatar Qatar Airways Cargo 5,997 4,972
9 Luxembourg Cargolux 5,753 5,225
10 Taiwan China Airlines Cargo 5,266 4,813 4,538 5,411
United Kingdom British Airways 4,732
Taiwan EVA Air 4,470 4,882
France Air France 4,702

By fleet size

Rank Airline Fleet[14]
1 United States American Airlines Group 1,494
2 United States Delta Air Lines 1,280
3 United States United Airlines 1,264
4 United States Southwest Airlines 683
5 United States FedEx Express 634
6 China China Southern Airlines 423
7 Germany Lufthansa 401
8 France Air France 381
9 Canada Air Canada 354
10 China China Eastern Airlines 349

By number of destinations

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-900ER
Rank Airline Destinations Ref.
1 United States United Airlines1 374
[15]
2 United States American Airlines Group2 344
[16]
3 United States Delta Air Lines3 333
[17]
4 Turkey Turkish Airlines4 274
[18]
5 Germany Lufthansa5 218
[19]
6 United Kingdom British Airways7 212
[20]
7 China China Eastern Airlines6 217
[21]
8 Canada Air Canada8 194
[22]
9 France Air France9 191
[23]
10 China China Southern Airlines 190
[24]
Notes

See also

References

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  18. ^ "THY'nin yolcu sayısı arttı". Bloomberg HT. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
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