Top 10 Airlines

Name the top 10 airlines in the world by the most common measures
Most rankings based on 2012 statistics
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Last updated: March 7, 2014
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Scheduled passengers carried (millions)
Rank
Quantity
Airline
1
117
Delta Air Lines
2
112
Southwest Airlines
3
93
United Airlines
4
86
American Airlines
5
86
China Southern Airlines
6
80
Ryanair
7
80
China Eastern Airlines
8
64
Lufthansa
9
54
US Airways
10
51
Air France
Operating revenue (US$ billions)
1
42.6
Lufthansa
2
37.2
United Airlines
3
36.9
Delta Air Lines
4
32.9
Air France
5
24.8
American Airlines
6
16.8
Emirates
7
14.0
US Airlines
8
12.7
Cathay Pacific Airways
9
10.9
Singapore Airlines
10
10.9
Korean Airlines
Scheduled passenger-kilometres flown (km billions)
Rank
Quantity
Airline
1
288
United Airlines
2
272
Delta Air Lines
3
203
American Airlines
4
181
Emirates
5
143
Lufthansa
6
138
Southwest Airlines
7
136
Air France
8
135
China Southern Airlines
9
124
British Airways
10
108
Qantas Airways
Capacity (available seat km billions)
1
7.6
United Airlines
2
7.1
Delta Air Lines
3
5.3
American Airlines
4
5.3
Emirates
5
3.7
Southwest Airlines
6
3.4
Lufthansa
7
3.2
British Airways
8
2.9
Air France
9
2.9
US Airways
10
2.6
China Southern Airlines
Skytrax survey
1
 
Emirates
2
 
Qatar Airways
3
 
Singapore Airlines
4
 
ANA All Nippon Airlines
5
 
Asiana Airways
6
 
Cathay Pacific Airways
7
 
Etihad Airways
8
 
Garuda Indonesia
9
 
Turkish Airlines
10
 
Qantas Airways
Operating profit (US$ millions)
Rank
Quantity
Airline
1
2564
Delta Air Lines
2
1690
Lufthansa
3
1176
Hainan Airlines
4
822
US Airways
5
546
Turkish Airlines
6
403
COPA
7
331
Lan Airlines SA
8
299
Xiamen Airlines
9
283
Shenzhen Airlines
10
253
Mahan Airlines
Total employees (thousands)
1
117
Lufthansa
2
88
United Airlines
3
78
Delta Air Lines
4
65
American Airlines
5
54
Air France
6
41
British Airways
7
39
Emirates
8
34
China Southern Airlines
9
34
Qantas Airways
10
33
Egyptair
Total fleet size
1
717
Delta Air Lines
2
702
United Airlines
3
614
American Airlines
4
491
China Southern Airlines
5
407
Lufthansa
6
380
Air France
7
380
US Airways
8
316
Air China
9
313
Qantas Airways
10
274
British Airways
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Level 65
Sep 4, 2022
Nobody guessed US Airways because nobody realizes this hasn't been updated since 2014
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Level 76
Nov 8, 2023
Did not realize when this was made. US Airways hasnt existed for a decade.