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 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 161,049,000 | 106,070,000 | 72,900,000 | 73,584,000 | 86,007,000 | ||
2 | 101,339,000 | 101,921,000 | 101,911,000 | 96,277,000 | 88,380,000 | ||
3 | 85,719,000 | 92,772,000 | 98,162,000 | 99,835,000 | 98,038,000 | ||
4 | 81,421,000 | 86,412,000 | 68,400,000 | 69,265,000 | 66,717,000 | ||
5 | 76,543,000 | 70,543,000 | 66,100,000 | 53,400,000 | 51,300,000 | ||
6 | 71,394,000 | 73,844,000 | 74,795,000 | 73,484,000 | 70,015,000 | ||
7 | 66,280,000 | 57,961,000 | 56,900,000 | 48,512,000 | 43,228,000 | ||
8 | 65,300,000 | 57,647,000 | 49,030,000 | 40,532,000 | |||
9 | 62,809,000 | 66,692,000 | 53,700,000 | 55,925,000 | 57,547,000 | ||
10 | 51,016,000 | 54,776,000 |
- Notes
- Based on International Air Transport Association and individual companies' published figures
- 1 United will become the world's largest carrier when operations with Continental Airlines are complete
- 2 numbers include Swiss International Air Lines since 2007, Austrian Airlines and bmi since 2009
- 3 numbers according to fiscal year, which ends in March
- 4 includes Northwest Airlines since 2009, regional affiliates since 2008
Scheduled international passengers carried
Rank | Airline | 2009 (thousands) | 2008 (thousands) | 2007 (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 66,500 | 57,647 | 49,030 | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 | |
2 | 55,589 | 42,151 | 41,322 | Includes Lufthansa Regional and Lufthansa Italia | |
3 | 45,164 | 35,417 | 30,173 | Fiscal | |
4 | 31,256 | 32,508 | 31,549 | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 | |
5 | 27,844 | 29,054 | 28,302 | ||
6 | 27,454 | 22,444 | 20,448 | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 | |
7 | 24,558 | 18,860 | 17,447 | ||
8 | 22,333 | 23,808 | 23,165 | ||
9 | 19,514 | 21,154 | 21,479 | ||
10 | 16,480 | 19,142 | 18,957 | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 |
(source:wikipedia)
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