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Below is a sortable list of the world's
largest airlines ranked by the amount of
passengers. 
Ranked are airlines with more than 10
million passengers annually.
Leading on top, three of the biggest US
airlines: Delta Air Lines, Southwest
Airlines, and American Airlines.

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The World's biggest Airlines  

Passenger Passenger
s (in s (in Headquarter
Airline ↓     Main Hub   
million) million) City
2009 2010
 
Aer Lingus   10,382 9,346   Belfast Belfast
International
Aeroflot Russian     11,286   Sheremetyevo Moscow
Airlines International
Airport
           
Africa/Middle East
Air Berlin Group   27,911 33,593   Berlin-Tegel Berlin
Airport
Air Canada   22,206 23,615   Toronto Pearson Montreal,
International Quebec
Airport,
Air China   39,841 46,241   Beijing Capital Beijing
International
Airport
Air FranceKLM   71,394 71,320   Paris-Charles de Paris
Gaulle Airport
Air New Zealand   12,368 12,324   Auckland Airport Auckland
Group
AirAsia   14,253 16,055   Kuala Lumpur Kuala
International Lumpur
Airport
AirTran Airways   23,998 24,721   Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
Atlanta
International
Airport
Alaska Airlines   15,561 16,514   Seattle–Tacoma Seattle
International
Airport, Ted Anchorage
Stevens
Anchorage Portland
International
Airport, 
Portland
International
Airport
Alitalia   21,728 23,355   Leonardo da Rome
Vinci-Fiumicino
Airport
American Airlines   85,719 86,204   Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas
International Fort Worth
Airport
American Eagle     16,246   Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas
Airlinesregional International Fort Worth
affiliate of Airport
American Airlines,
(AA) 
ANA - All Nippon   44,562 45,743   Narita Tokyo
Airways International
Airport (IATA
code: NRT)
           
Asia/Pacific
Asiana Airlines   12,372 13,944   Incheon Seoul
International
Airport
Atlantic Southeast   13,170 13,931   Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
Airlines Atlanta
International
Airport
Austrian Airlines   9,945 10,895   Vienna Vienna
Group International
Airport
Avianca   10,157 11,663   El Dorado Bogotá
International
Airport
AviancaTaca     17,420   El Dorado Bogotá
International
Airport San Salvador

Comalapa
International
Airport
British Airways   31,825 24,088   London Heathrow London
Airport.
Cathay Pacific   24,558 26,796   Hong Kong Hong Kong
International
Airport
Cebu Pacific Air     10,460   Ninoy Aquino Manila
International
Airport
China Airlines   10,024 11,326   Taiwan Taoyuan Taipei
International
China Eastern   44,043 64,878   Shanghai Shanghai
Airlines Hongqiao
International
Airport
China Southern   66,279 76,455   Guangzhou Guangzhou
Airlines Baiyun
International
Airport
Continental Airlines   45,573 ---       George Bush Houston
merged with United Intercontinental
Airlines in 2010 to Airport
United Continental
Delta Air Lines   161,047 162,615   Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
Atlanta
International
Airport
easyJet   45,164 48,800   London Luton London
Airport
Emirates Airline   27,454 31,422   Dubai Dubai
International
Airport
           
Europe
ExpressJet Airlines   13,395 16,442   LA/Ontario Los Angeles/
International Ontario
Airport
Frontier Airlines   10,261 9,242   Denver Indianapolis
International
Airport
Garuda Indonesia   11,206 12,775   Soekarno-Hatta Jakarta
International
Airport
Gol Linhas Aereas   28,385 32,122   Congonhas São Paulo
Airport - CGH
Hainan Group   17,879 18,626   Haikou Meilan Haikou,
International Hainan
Airport
Iberia Group   25,560 ---       Madrid-Barajas London
merged with British Airport (Head
Airways to Barcelona El Prat office) 
form International Airport Madrid
Airlines Group IAG (Registered
office)
JAL Group(Japan   47,952 34,795   Narita Tokyo
Airlines) International
Airport and 
Tokyo
International
Airport
Jet Airways   12,039 14,667   Chhatrapati Mumbai
Shivaji
International
Airport
JetBlue Airways   22,450 24,254   John F. Kennedy New York
International
Airport
Jetstar   10,233 12,277   Melbourne Airport Melbourne
Kingfisher Airlines   11,060 12,012   Bengaluru Bangalore
International
Airport
Korean Air   20,410 22,926   Incheon Seoul
International
Airport
LAN Airlines   15,406 17,293   Santiago Santiago
International
Airport - SCL
           
Latin America/
Caribbean
Lion Air   13,377 20,500   Soekarno-Hatta Jakarta
International
Airport
Lufthansa   55,589 58,916   Flughafen Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main
Malaysia Airlines   11,947 13,112   Kuala Lumpur Kuala
International Lumpur
Airport
Mesa Airlines   10,963 9,042   Phoenix Sky Phoenix
Harbor
International
Airport
           
North America
Norwegian Air   10,754 13,029   Oslo Airport,  
Shuttle Copenhagen,
trading as Stockholm-
Norwegian Arlanda, Helsinki-
Vantaa
Pinnacle Airlines   10,771 10,537   Memphis Memphis
International
Airport
Qantas   23,622 22,540   Sydney Airport Sydney
Qatar Airways   10,212 12,392   Doha International Doha
Airport
Ryanair   66,500 72,100   Dublin Airport Dublin
SAS Scandinavian   21,383 21,532   Copenhagen Copenhagen
Airlines Airport Stockholm
Stockholm-
Arlanda Airport Oslo
Oslo Airport
Saudi Arabian   18,334 18,172   Jeddah-King Jeddah
Airlines Abdulaziz
International
Shenzhen Airlines   15,109 17,568   Shenzhen Bao'an Shenzhen
International
Airport
Singapore Airlines   16,480 16,647   Singapore Changi Singapore
Airport
SkyWest Airlines   21,246 24,218   Hartsfield-Jackson St. George
International
Airport
Atlanta
Southwest Airlines   101,430 106,307   (Point-to-point Dallas
transit)
Swiss   13,784 14,132   Zurich Airport Zurich
TAM Linhas Aereas   28,957 34,553   Guarulhos São Paulo
International
Airport
Thai Airways   18,477 18,165   Suvarnabhumi Bangkok
International Airport
Thomson Airways   11,239 10,965   London Luton London
Airport
Turkish Airlines   25,099 29,099   Atatürk Istanbul
(THY) International
Airport
United Airlines   56,083 99,452   O'Hare Chicago
merged with International
Continental to form Airport Houston
United Continental George Bush
trading as United Intercontinental
Airport
US Airways   51,016 51,853   Phoenix Sky Phoenix
Harbor
International
Airport
Vietnam Airlines     12,300   Noi Bai Hanoi
International Ho Chi Minh
Airport City
Tan Son Nhat
International
Airport
Virgin Blue Airlines   18,251 19,009   Brisbane Airport Brisbane
Vueling Airlines     11,036   Barcelona El Prat Barcelona
Airport
WestJet   14,039 15,174   Calgary Calgary
International
Airport
Source: Air Transport World--World Airline Report 2010 and 2011, ATWOnline
 
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