Top 10 largest airlines in the world
CachHayNhat - Apart from the Internet, no other invention brings the world closer together than the airplane. There is currently no other mode of transportation to get you from A to B by plane faster and safer. Planes allow you to travel our Earth in no more than a day. And air travel has never been more popular. By 2020, the number of civil flights carried out worldwide is expected to reach more than 40 million. Therefore, it is not surprising that the global aviation industry is also doing very well. In fact, this multi-billion dollar industry is one of the biggest markets out there. And also one of the most competitive. The following ranking shows you the current Top 10 Largest Airlines in the World by revenue achieved last year.
An airline's revenue is strongly correlated with the number of passengers it carries in a year. However, fares and in the context of the countries and regions in which the airline operates can also have a huge impact on revenue performance as you can see in the current Top 10 airline rankings.
Top 10 largest airlines in the world
(as of February 2020)
10 BIGGEST AIRLINES IN THE WORLD:
Revenue: 44,9 billion USD
Revenue: 44,5 billion USD
Revenue: 42,3 billion USD
Revenue: 41,9 billion USD
Revenue: 31,3 billion USD
Revenue: 28,8 billion USD
Revenue: 22,0 billion USD
Revenue: 21,7 billion USD
Revenue: 18,6 billion USD
Revenue: 17,3 billion USD
A ranking of the 10 largest airlines, based on most current revenue figures.
Top 10 largest airlines in the world 2020
1. Delta Air Lines
Revenue: $44.9 billion
Year of establishment: 1925
Based in: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Number of countries served: 60
Annual number of passengers (2019): ~ 205 million
2. American Airlines
Revenue: $44.5 billion
Year of establishment: 2013
(due to merger between US Airways & AMR)
Headquartered in: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Number of countries served: 56
Annual number of passengers (2019): ~215 million
3. Lufthansa
Revenue: $42.3 billion
Year of establishment: 1955
Headquartered in: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Number of countries served: 81
Annual number of passengers (2019): ~ 145 million
4. United Airlines
Revenue: $41.9 billion
Year of establishment: 2010
(due to merger between United Air Lines & Continental Airlines)
Headquartered in: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Number of countries served: 48
Number of annual passengers (2019): ~160 million
5. Air France-KLM
Revenue: $31.3 billion
Year of establishment: 2004
(due to merger between Air France & KLM)
Headquartered in: Tremblay-en-France, Ile-de-France, France
Number of countries served: 93
Number of annual passengers (2019): ~ 135 million
6. International Consolidated Airlines Group
Revenue: $28.8 billion
Year of establishment: 2011
(due to merger between Iberia & British Airways)
Headquartered in: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Number of countries served: 75
Number of annual passengers (2019): ~ 118 million
7. Southwest Airlines
Revenue: $22.0 billion
Year of establishment: 1967
Headquartered in: Dallas, Texas, USA
Number of countries served: 10
Number of annual passengers (2019): ~ 163 million
8. China Southern Airlines
Revenue: $21.7 billion
Year of establishment: 1988
Headquartered in: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Number of countries served: 35
Annual number of passengers (2019): ~ 152 million
9. All Nippon Airways
Revenue: 18.6 billion USD
Year of establishment: 1952
Headquartered in: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Number of countries served: 29
Annual number of passengers (2019): ~ 55 million
10. China Eastern Airlines
Revenue: 17.3 billion USD
Year of establishment: 1988
Headquartered in: Shanghai, Shanghai City, China
Number of countries served: 41
Number of annual passengers (2019): ~ 121 million