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Largest airlines in the world#Aircraft operated

{{Short description|Largest public owned airlines in the world}}

The largest airlines in the world can be measured in several ways. {{As of|2024||df=US}}, United Airlines was the largest in terms of available seat miles (ASM),https://www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/largest-airlines-april revenue seat miles (RPM),https://www.statista.com/chart/32723/selected-economical-indicators-of-american-delta-southwest-and-united/ mainline fleet size,https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/united-claims-worlds-largest-mainline-fleet-following-milestone-aircraft-delivery/161777.article the number of both mainline employeeshttps://ir.united.com/static-files/137d1550-984b-4f42-a6ae-82db5e856f95 and destinations served;https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/UA Delta Air Lines was the most valuable by revenue, assets, market capitalization, and brand value;https://www.threads.net/@datainrace/post/DDzjpjESdl2/media American Airlines Group carries the most passengers and has the most employees when American Eagle is included; FedEx Express carries the most freight in tonne-kilometers; Southwest Airlines has the greatest number of routes; and Turkish Airlines serves the most countries.https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/tk

Financials

File:N501DN@PEK (20180324151921).jpg ranks first by revenue, total assets, market capitalization and brand value.]]

File:N24976@PEK (20200421150836).jpg ranks first in ASM, RPM, fleet size and number of both destinations and employees.]]

File:N822AN American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner s-n 40642 (37914578311).jpg ranks first by number of passengers carried.]]

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rowspan="2"|2024 Rank

! rowspan="2"|Airline Group

! rowspan="2"|Country

! Revenue

! Net Income

! Assets

! Market
Cap

! rowspan="2"|Employees

colspan="4"|(US$ billions)
1 {{same}}

| align=left| Delta Air Lines||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|United States}}

| 61.6 || 3.5 || 75.3 || 39 ||103,000https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_financials/2024/q4/DAL-12-31-2024-10K-2-11-25-Filed.pdf

2 {{same}}

| align=left| United Airlines ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|United States}}

| 57.1 || 3.1 || 74.1 || 32 ||107,300https://ir.united.com/static-files/137d1550-984b-4f42-a6ae-82db5e856f95

3 {{same}}

| align=left| American Airlines Group ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|United States}}

| 54.2 || 1.3 || 68.8 || 11

| 133,300https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/node/42651/html

4 {{same}}

| align=left| Lufthansa Group ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|Germany}}

| 40.4 || 1.5 || 51.1 || 9 ||98,739

5 {{same}}

| align=left| Air France–KLM ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|France}}/{{flag|Netherlands}}

| 36.2 || 0.69 || 37.5 || 2.4 ||76,566https://www.airfranceklm.com/sites/default/files/2025-02/2024.12_afklm_financial_statements_and_notes.pdf

6 {{same}}

| align=left| International Airlines Group ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|United Kingdom}}/{{flag|Spain}}

| 34.2 || 2.9 || 41.6 || 21 ||71,794

7 {{same}}

| align=left| Southwest Airlines ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|United States}}

| 27.5 || 0.47 || 33.8 || 17 ||72,450https://www.southwestairlinesinvestorrelations.com/~/media/Files/S/Southwest-IR/2024-10k-final.pdf

8 {{rise}}

| align=left| China Southern Airlines ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|China}}

| 24.5 || {{sort|0.2|{{red|–0.59}}}} || 43.7 || 13 ||97,899

9 {{rise}}

| align=left| Air China ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|China}}

| 23.0 || 1.6 || 22.0 || 17 ||87,190

10 {{fall}}

| align=left| Turkish Airlines ||style="text-align:left;"|{{flag|Turkey}}

| 22.5 || 6.8 || 35.6 || 12 ||57,991

Note that Emirates is a state-owned company, and is thus not included in this list of public companies. Its 2024 revenue was estimated to be around $37.4B or 5th place. Qatar Airways Group is similarly privately held with its 2024 revenue of around $22.2B or 10th place (with Emirates included).

=Brand value=

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! 2024 Rank{{cite web |title=Airlines 50 2024 |url=https://brandirectory.com/rankings/airlines/ |website=Brand Finance |publisher=Brandirectory |access-date=12 May 2024}}

! Airline

! Country

! $bn

! Year-to-year
change

1 {{same}}

| Delta Air Lines

| {{flag|United States}}

! 10.771

| {{change|10.771|8.922|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

2 {{same}}

| American Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

! 10.242

| {{change|10.242|8.488|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

3 {{same}}

| United Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

! 8.676

| {{change|8.676|7.782|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

4 {{same}}

| Emirates

| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

! 6.610

| {{change|6.610|5.104|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

5 {{same}}

| Southwest Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

! 5.394

| {{change|5.394|4.703|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

6 {{rise}}

| British Airways

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

! 3.175

| {{change|3.175|2.186|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

7 {{rise}}

| Qatar Airways

| {{flag|Qatar}}

! 3.138

| {{change|3.138|2.470|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

8 {{rise}}

| Air Canada

| {{flag|Canada}}

! 2.805

| {{change|2.805|2.584|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

9 {{fall}}

| China Southern Airlines

| {{flag|China}}

! 2.767

| {{change|2.767|3.229|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

10 {{rise}}

| Ryanair

| {{flag|Ireland}}

! 2.541

| {{change|2.541|2.372|disp=out|invert=on|dec=1|align=center}}

Capacity

=Airlines by available seat miles (ASMs)=

Numbers are listed in billions of ASMs.

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class="unsortable"| Rankhttps://airadvisor.com/en-us/blog/worlds-biggest-airlines

! Airline

! Country

! 2024

! 2023

! 2022

! 2021

! 2020

! 2019

! Ref

1

| United Airlines || {{flag|United States}} || 311 || 291 || 248 || 179 || 123 || 285 ||https://ir.united.com/static-files/137d1550-984b-4f42-a6ae-82db5e856f95

2

| American Airlines || {{flag|United States}} || 293 || 278 || 260 || 215 || 143 || 285 ||https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/static-files/9fae85f6-eafd-4b11-ae37-5c302871a245

3

| Delta Air Lines || {{flag|United States}} || 288 || 272 || 233 || 194 || 134 || 275 || https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_financials/2024/q4/DAL-12-31-2024-10K-2-11-25-Filed.pdf

4

| Emirates || {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| 222 || 230 || 177 || 99 || 40 || 228 || https://c.ekstatic.net/ecl/documents/annual-report/2022-2023.pdf

5

| Southwest Airlines || {{flag|United States}} || 178 || 170 || 148 || 132 || 103 || 157 || https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/us/southwest/SEC/sec-show.aspx?FilingId=18167883&Cik=0000092380&Type=PDF&hasPdf=1

6

| Qatar Airways ||{{flag|Qatar}} || 159 || 157 || 131 || 100 || 58 || 149 ||https://www.statista.com/statistics/691525/qatar-airways-available-seat-kilometers/#:~:text=In%20the%20fiscal%20year%202023,seat%20kilometers%20throughout%20the%20years.

7

|| Ryanair ||{{flag|Ireland}} || 159 || 152|| 138 || 91 || 30 || 118 || https://investor.ryanair.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ryanair-2024-Annual-Report.pdf

8

| China Southern Airlines||{{flag|China}}|| 151 || 197 || 96 || 133 || 134 || 214 || https://www.csair.com/en/about/investor/yejibaogao/2023/resource/0ea6e9bd43e92fdcdb0a5f2bf9916dc4.pdf

9

| Turkish Airlines || {{flag|Turkey}} || 145 ||146|| 124 || 80 || 47 || 117 ||https://investor.turkishairlines.com/documents/infografik/fact-sheet-2023.pdf

10

| China Eastern Airlines||{{flag|China}}|| 138 || 114 || 60 || 100 || 95 || 168 ||https://www.ceair.com/global/en_static/AboutChinaEasternAirlines/intoEasternAirlines/InvestorRelations/announcement/HongKongStockExchange/hkExcReleased2024_1/202404/P020240426346233104414.pdf

=Airline groups by available seat kilometers (ASKs)=

Numbers are listed in billions of ASKs.

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class="unsortable"| Rank

! Airline Group

! Country

! 2022

! 2021

! 2020

! 2019

1

| American Airlines Group || {{flag|United States}} || 347 || 259 || 147 || 388

2

| United Airlines Holdings || {{flag|United States}} || 332 || 207 || 118 || 385

3

| Delta Air Lines Group || {{flag|United States}} || 314 || 216 || 118 || 382

4

| Air France–KLM||{{flag|France}}/{{Flag|Netherlands}} || 237 || 116 || 81 || 275

5

| Emirates || {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| 225 || 93
{{small|#11}}|| 78 || 298

6

| International Airlines Group || {{flag|United Kingdom}}/{{flag|Spain}} || 215 || 78
{{small|#15}} || 72 || 285

7

| Lufthansa Group || {{flag|Germany}} || 207 || 89
{{small|#13}} || 69 || 296

8

| Southwest Airlines || {{flag|United States}} || 199 || 166 || 87 || 211
{{small|#11}}

9

| Turkish Airlines || {{flag|Turkey}} || 162 ||86
{{small|#14}}|| ||153
{{small|#15}}

10

| Qatar Airways || {{flag|Qatar}} || 154 || || ||172
{{small|#13}}

colspan="3" |Sources

|

|{{cite web |date=September 2022 |title=Cirium Airline Passenger Rankings for 2021 |url=https://resources.cirium.com/world-airline-passenger-rankings-report/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524060929/https://resources.cirium.com/world-airline-passenger-rankings-report/ |archive-date=2023-05-24 |access-date=2023-01-15}}{{cite web |title=Airline top 100 2022 |url=https://www.airfinancejournal.com/Magazine/Download/210 |access-date=26 June 2023 |publisher=Airfinance Journal}}

|

|{{cite web |date=April 2021 |title=Airlines, Airports and Airliners 2020 full year results |url=https://fracs.aero/pdf/ATD_Trends_Bulletin_0421_en.pdf |access-date=29 July 2023 |publisher=France Aviation Civile Services}}

=Airline groups by passengers (millions)=

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class="unsortable" | Rank

!Airline Group

!Country

!2023

!2022

!2021

!2020

!2019

!2018

1

| style="text-align:left;" | American Airlines Group

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United States}}

| 211 || 199 || 124 || 95 || 215 || 203

2

| style="text-align:left;" | Delta Air Lines

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United States}}

| 190 || 175 || 123 || 80 || 204 || 192

3

| style="text-align:left;" | Ryanair

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Ireland}}

| 182 || 168 || 97 || 52 || 148 || 142

4

| style="text-align:left;" | United Airlines Holdings

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United States}}

| 165 || 144 || 73 || 57 || 162 || 158

5

| style="text-align:left;" | Southwest Airlines

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United States}}

|137 || 157 || 123 || 67 || 162 || 163

6

| style="text-align:left;" | Lufthansa Group

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Germany}}

| 123 || 101 || 24 || 36 || 145 || 142

7

| style="text-align:left;" | Air France–KLM

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|France}}/{{flag|Netherlands}}

|118 || 83 || || 28
{{small|#14}} || ||85
{{small|#12}}

8

| style="text-align:left;" | International Airlines Group

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|United Kingdom}}/{{flag|Spain}}

| 115 || 95 ||31
{{small|#12}} || 118 || 112 ||

9

| style="text-align:left;" | IndiGo

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|India}}

|105 || 75 || 48 || 35
{{small|#11}} || ||61
{{small|#16}}

10

| style="text-align:left;" | Turkish Airlines

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Turkey}}

| 83 || 72 || 45 || 28
{{small|#17}}{{=}} || || 75
{{small|#14}}

colspan="3" |Sources

|https://airadvisor.com/en-us/blog/worlds-biggest-airlines

|{{cite journal |date=4 August 2023 |title=2023 World Airline Report: Airline Traffic Table |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/2023-world-airline-report-airline-traffic-table |journal=Air Transport World |publisher=Aviation Week Network |volume=July/August 2023}}

|{{cite web |title=Traffic table |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=97656 |access-date=18 December 2023 |work=Flight Global}}

|{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Traffic table |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=82330 |work=Flight Global}}

|{{cite web |date=2019 |title=Traffic rankings |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=73318 |work=Flight Global}}

|{{cite web |date=2019 |title=World Airline Rankings |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=65723 |work=Flight Global}}

=Freight (millions of CTK)=

{{Broader|Cargo airline}}File:N885FD_B777F_Fedex_(7001569004).jpg is the largest by freight tonne-kilometers.]]

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class="unsortable"| Rank{{Cite web|url=https://www.aircargonews.net/top-25-cargo-carriers-cargo-goes-slow-on-growth-in-2023/1073135.article|title = Top 25 cargo airlines: Goes Slow on Growth in 2023|date = 2 September 2024}}

! Airline

!Country

!2023

!2022

!2021

!2020

!2019

!2018

1

| style="text-align:left;" | FedEx Express

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|United States}}

|17,923 ||19,547 ||20,660 ||19,656 ||17,503 || 17,499

2

| style="text-align:left;" | Qatar Airways Cargo

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Qatar}}

|14,406 ||14,267 || 16,102 || 13,740 || 13,024 || 12,695

3

| style="text-align:left;" | UPS Airlines

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|United States}}

|14,239 ||15,889 || 15,529 || 14,371 || 12,842 || 12,459

4

| style="text-align:left;" | Emirates SkyCargo

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|10,636 ||10,153 || 11,842 || 9,569 || 12,052 || 12,713

5

| style="text-align:left;" | Atlas Air

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|United States}}

|8,915 ||8,675 || 8,441 || 5,458 {{small|#12}} || 4,522 {{small|#16}} || 4,553 {{small|#16}}

6

| style="text-align:left;" | Korean Air Cargo

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|South Korea}}

|8,411 ||9,518 || 10,429 || 8,104 || 7,412 || 7,839

7

| style="text-align:left;" | Turkish Cargo

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Turkey}}

|8,325 ||8,318 || 9,223 || 6,977 || 7,029 || 5,890

8

| style="text-align:left;" | Cathay Cargo

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag| Hong Kong}}

|8,099 || 5,774 {{small|#13}} || 8,215 || 8,137 || 10,930 || 11,284

9

| style="text-align:left;" | China Southern Airlines Cargo

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|China}}

|7,610 ||6,915 || 8,078 || 6,591 ||6,825 || 6,597

10

| style="text-align:left;" | Cargolux

| style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Luxembourg}}

|6,807 ||7,971 || 8,587 || 7,345 || 7,180 || 7,322

Fleet size

=Aircraft operated (May 2025)=

File:United Boeing 757-200 N58101 on final approach to Boston March 2025.jpg operates the largest number of aircraft, as of March 2025.]]

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! Rankhttps://airadvisor.com/en-us/blog/worlds-biggest-airlines !! Airline !! Country !! {{abbr|No.|Number of aircraft}} !!{{refh}}

1

| United Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 1,032

| {{cn|date=May 2025}}

2

| American Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 989

|https://s2.q4cdn.com/181345880/files/doc_financials/2024/q4/DAL-12-31-2024-10K-2-11-25-Filed.pdf

3

| Delta Air Lines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 985

|https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/static-fi/9fae85f6-eafd-4b11-ae37-5c302871a245

4

| Southwest Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 801

| https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/us/southwest/SEC/sec-show.aspx?FilingId=18167883&Cik=0000092380&Type=PDF&hasPdf=1

5

| China Southern Airlines

| {{flag|China}}

| 673

| {{Cn|date=January 2025}}

6

| China Eastern Airlines

| {{flag|China}}

| 663

| {{Cn|date=January 2025}}

7

| Ryanair

| {{flag|Ireland}}

| 612

| {{Cn|date=January 2025}}

8

|Lufthansa

|{{flag|Germany}}

|514

| {{Cn|date=January 2025}}

9

| SkyWest Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 509

|https://inc.skywest.com/assets/Uploads/FilingReports/SKYW-2024-10-K.pdf

10

|Air China

|{{flag|China}}

|494

| {{Cn|date=March 2025}}

{{Notelist|group=Aircraft operated}}

=Aircraft owned (January 2025)=

File:Air China Boeing 747-800 B-2482 p aft delta 717 YDSC 1672 (29481934346).jpgs Air China Group has the world's most valuable fleet, despite owning fewer aircraft than Delta Air Lines, Inc. or American Airlines Group, which co-lead by numbers.]]

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! Rank !! Holding company !! {{abbr|No.|Number of aircraft}} !! Value ($bn)

1

| United Airlines Holdings|| 1,026 {{increase|#700}}|| 17.9 {{up|#14.0}}

2

| Delta Air Lines, Inc. || 1,007 {{increase|#682}} || 15.8 {{up|#12.4}}

3

|Air China Group|| 907 {{increase|#352}}|| 19.0 {{up|#11.6}}

4

| American Airlines Group|| 746 {{increase|#595}}|| 16.7 {{up|#14.7}}

5

| Lufthansa Group|| 721 {{increase|#268}} || 11.7 {{up|#6.8}}

6

| Southwest Airlines|| 697 {{down|#650}}|| 15.9 {{down|#11.4}}

7

| China Southern Airlines|| 663 {{increase|#447}}|| 17.3 {{up|#14.8}}

8

|China Eastern Airlines|| 652 {{increase|#501}}|| 18.5 {{up|#14.4}}

9

| Ryanair Holdings || 607 {{increase|#417}} || 15.3 {{up|#10.6}}

10

| Air France-KLM Group|| 572 {{increase|#227}} || 10.7 {{up|#7.8}}

11

| IAG|| 570 {{increase|#284}} || 10.4 {{up|#4.8}}

12

| SkyWest, Inc. || 520 {{increase|#511}} || 4.5 {{up|#4.4}}

Network

= Destinations served (March 2025)=

{{main|List of airlines with more than 100 destinations}}

File:United Boeing 777-300ER N2352U IAD VA1.jpg serves the largest number of destinations, as of February 2024.]]

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! Rankhttps://airadvisor.com/en-us/blog/worlds-biggest-airlines

! Airline

! Country

! {{abbr|No.|Number of destinations served}}

1

| United Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 376

2

| American Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 356

3

| Delta Air Lines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 311

4

| Turkish Airlines

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| 286

5

| Ryanair

| {{flag|Ireland}}

| 239

6

| China Southern Airlines

| {{flag|China}}

| 235

7

| China Eastern Airlines

| {{flag|China}}

| 224

8

| Lufthansa

| {{flag|Germany}}

| 214

9

| British Airways

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| 213

10

| Air France

| {{flag|France}}

| 196

= Countries served (March 2025)=

File:VT-JEM@LHR 16SEP13 (9775923834).jpg serves the largest number of countries, as of February 2024.]]

{{main|List of airlines by countries served}}

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Rank

! Airline

! Country

! {{abbr|No.|Number of countries served}}

! {{refh}}

1

| Turkish Airlines

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| 123

| {{Cite web |title=Turkish Airlines |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/TK |access-date= |website=ch-aviation}}

2

| Qatar Airways

| {{flag|Qatar}}

| 89

| {{Cite web |title=Qatar Airways |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/QR |access-date= |website=ch-aviation}}

3

| Ethiopian Airlines

| {{flag|Ethiopia}}

| 87

| {{Cite web |title=Ethiopian Airlines |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/ET |access-date= |website=ch-aviation}}

4

| Air France

| {{flag|France}}

| 85

| {{Cite web |title=Air France |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/AF |access-date= |website=ch-aviation}}

5

| Emirates

| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

| 80

| {{Cite web |title=Emirates |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/EK |website=ch-aviation}}

6

| United Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 75

| {{Cite web |title=United Airlines |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/UA |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=ch-aviation}}

=7

| British Airways

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| 74

| {{Cite web |title=British Airways |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/LH |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=ch-aviation}}

=7

| Lufthansa

| {{flag|Germany}}

| 74

| {{Cite web |title=Lufthansa |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/LH |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=ch-aviation}}

9

| KLM

| {{flag|Netherlands}}

| 64

| {{Cite web |title=KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/KL |website=ch-aviation}}

10

| American Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 61

| {{Cite web |title=American Airlines |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/AA |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=ch-aviation}}

=Flights daily (March 2025)=

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Rank{{Cite web |title=Top 100 biggest airlines by number of daily departures |url=https://www.flightsfrom.com/top-100-airlines |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=flightsfrom.com}}

! Airline

! Country

! {{abbr|No.|Number of routes served}}

1

| American Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 5,946

2

| Delta Air Lines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 4,343

3

| United Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 4,167

4

| Southwest Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 3,592

5

| Ryanair

| {{flag|Ireland}}

| 2,584

6

| China Eastern Airlines

| {{flag|China}}

| 2,506

7

| IndiGo

| {{flag|India}}

| 2,244

8

| China Southern Airlines

| {{flag|China}}

| 2,125

9

| Air China

| {{flag|China}}

| 1,659

10

| easyJet

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| 1,298

{{NoteFoot}}

= Routes served (March 2025)=

File:Southwest Boeing 737-800 N8610A BWI MD1.jpg serves the largest number of routes, as of February 2024.]]

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Rank

! Airline

! Country

! {{abbr|No.|Number of routes served}}

! {{refh}}

1

| Southwest Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 2,831

| {{Cite web |title=Southwest Airlines |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/WN |website=ch-aviation}}

2

| Ryanair

| {{flag|Ireland}}

| 2,611

| {{Cite web |title=Ryanair |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/FR |website=ch-aviation}}

3

| American Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 1,250

|https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/AA

4

| China Eastern Airlines

| {{flag|China}}

| 1,038

|https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/mu

5

| United Airlines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 1,120

|https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/ua

6

| Delta Air Lines

| {{flag|United States}}

| 1,042

|https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/dl

7

| China Southern Airlines

| {{flag|China}}

| 814

|https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/cz

8

| Air China

| {{flag|China}}

| 631

|https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/ca

9

| IndiGo

| {{flag|India}}

| 610

|

10

| Turkish Airlines

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| 401

|https://www.ch-aviation.com/airlines/TK

See also

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