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Largest airlines in the world

Largest airlines in the world

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The largest airlines in the world can be defined in several ways. As of 2023, Delta Air Lines is the largest by revenue, assets value, fleet size, and market capitalization; American Airlines Group by passengers carried, revenue passenger mile, number of employees and destinations served; FedEx Express by freight tonne-kilometers; Ryanair by number of routes; and Turkish Airlines by number of countries served.

By financial performance

Delta Air Lines ranks first by revenue, total assets, market capitalization, and brand value.
American Airlines Group ranks first by number of employees and passengers carried.

Revenue

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Note that Emirates is a state-owned company, and is thus not included in this list of public companies. Its 2023 revenue was estimated over 29.2 billion USD, which would have had placed the company into 6th place. 2021's over 18 billion USD and 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 with 2023 revenue of nearly 21 billions USD placing it into the 9th place (with Emirates included) above the Turkish Airlines.

Brand value

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By flight volume

Passengers carried

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Scheduled passenger-kilometers flown (millions)

American Airlines and United Express aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport
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‡ - marks a defunct airline.


Scheduled freight tonne-kilometers (millions)

For broader coverage of this topic, see Cargo airline.
FedEx Express is the largest by freight tonne-kilometers.
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By fleet size

Aircraft operated

Delta Air Lines operates the largest number of aircraft, as of February 2024.
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  1. Mainline carrier. Includes mainline (non-regional) fleet only.
  2. Non-mainline (regional) carrier.
  3. Cargo carrier.


Aircraft owned

China National Aviation Holdings Air China Group has the world's most valuable fleet, despite owning less aircraft than Delta Air Lines, Inc. or American Airlines Group, which co-lead by numbers.
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Aircraft capacity

American Airlines leads by capacity to carry passengers.
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By route network

Countries served

Turkish Airlines serves the largest number of countries, as of February 2024.
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Destinations served

Main article: List of airlines with more than 100 destinations
United Airlines serves the largest number of destinations, as of February 2024.
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Routes served

Southwest Airlines serves the largest number of routes, as of February 2024.
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    See also

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