The World's Biggest Airlines

Based on the Number of Passengers Who Flew on Them

Ever wondered about which airlines are the biggest? The following list names the largest airlines by the amount of passengers they flew. Some of the airlines in this list would rank differently if other factors such as revenue and distances flown were also considered.

• 1American Airlines
• 2Delta Airlines
• 3Southwest Airlines
• 4United Airlines
• 5Air France-KLM result of a merge of these two airlines in 2004
• 6Japan Airlines
• 7Northwest Airlines
• 8Lufthansa
• 9All Nippon Airways
• 10US Airways
• 11Continental Airlines
• 12British Airways
• 13Qantas
• 14Iberia
• 15easyjet
• 16Korean Air
• 17Ryanair
• 18America West Airlines
• 19Air Canada
• 20Scandinavian Airlines