Rank Country/ Pax traffic RPKs (m) Seat capacity ASKs (m) Load factor Passenger (m)

2019 Airline/Group District 2019 change 2019 change Percent 2019 change Notes
1 American Airlines Group USA 388,174 4.4% 458,707 1.1% 84.6 215.2 5.6%
American Airlines USA 342,490 3.6% 400,372 0.1% 85.5 155.8 5.1%
Envoy Air USA 12,111 15.8% 15,417 15.1% 78.6 15.0 10.2% DOT
PSA Airlines USA 9,785 14.9% 12,411 11.7% 78.8 15.1 10.8% DOT
Piedmont Airlines USA 2,285 38.4% 2,822 32.4% 81.0 5.0 33.0% DOT
2 United Airlines Holdings USA 385,130 4.0% 458,563 3.5% 84.0 162.4 2.6%
United Airlines USA 343,089 4.1% 407,487 3.5% 84.2 116.4 2.2%
3 Delta Air Lines Group USA 382,427 5.5% 443,085 4.6% 86.3 204.0 6.0%
Delta Air Lines USA 350,608 6.1% 404,085 5.3% 86.8 162.8 6.9% Mainline only
Endeavor Air USA 11,798 7.0% 14,598 5.1% 80.8 15.1 9.9% DOT
4 Lufthansa Group Germany 296,511 4.2% 359,567 2.9% 82.5 145.2 2.3%
Lufthansa Germany 168,085 5.0% 204,202 3.8% 82.3 71.3 2.0%
Eurowings Germany 52,529 -0.2% 63,880 -1.3% 82.2 38.2 -0.7% Includes Brussels Airlines
Swiss Switzerland 53,120 5.6% 63,325 4.6% 83.9 21.6 5.7% Includes Edelweiss
Austrian Austria 23,050 4.9% 28,510 2.9% 80.8 14.7 5.1%
5 Emirates Airline UAE 288,148 -3.9% 367,153 -6.0% 78.5 56.2 -4.2% Mar
6 IAG UK 285,745 5.6% 337,754 4.0% 84.6 118.3 4.7%
British Airways UK 155,580 2.2% 186,170 0.9% 83.6 47.7 1.6% Includes BA Cityflyer
Iberia Spain 63,991 9.8% 73,354 7.6% 87.2 22.4 7.2% Includes Iberia Express
Vueling Airlines Spain 33,410 4.5% 38,432 2.7% 86.9 34.6 5.6% Pax: AB estimate 2018
Aer Lingus Ireland 24,753 5.3% 30,255 4.2% 81.8 11.6 2.2% Pax: ICAO
7 China Southern Air China 284,921 9.9% 344,062 9.4% 82.8 151.6 8.4%
China Southern Airlines China 213,631 9.3% 259,240 9.7% 82.4 107.4 7.1% ICAO
Xiamen Airlines China 65,363 11.0% 78,500 8.6% 83.3 39.9 11.1% 2019 ASK estimated
8 Air France-KLM France 263,499 3.2% 299,606 2.5% 87.9 87.6 2.3%
Air France France 154,024 4.3% 177,154 3.4% 86.9 52.5 2.1% Includes Hop
KLM Netherlands 109,476 1.7% 122,452 1.4% 89.4 35.1 2.7%
Transavia Group Netherlands 30,303 6.7% 32,867 6.5% 92.2 16.6 4.8% Included in Air France & KLM
9 Air China Group China 233,178 5.6% 287,788 5.1% 81.0 115.0 4.8%
Air China China 169,178 4.6% 209,378 3.7% 80.8 73.5 3.5% ICAO
Shenzhen Airlines China 57,877 7.5% 70,658 7.8% 81.9 37.9 23.2%
Rank Country/ Pax traffic RPKs (m) Seat capacity ASKs (m) Load factor Passenger (m)
2019 Airline/Group District 2019 change 2019 change Percent 2019 change Notes
10 China Eastern Holdings China 221,557 10.0% 270,161 10.3% 82.0 130.2 7.5%
China Eastern Airlines China 186,851 11.5% 228,047 12.0% 81.9 104.9 7.4% ICAO
Shanghai Airlines China 23,452 -5.4% 28,860 -5.6% 81.3 16.3 -5.5% ICAO
China Eastern Yunnan China 19,701 14.4% 26,250 14.1% 75.1 14.7 9.7% ASK AB estimate
China Eastern Jiangsu China 18,883 11.8% 25,177 11.9% 75.0 13.6 7.1% ASK AB estimate
China United Airlines China 11,436 11.7% 13,249 10.5% 86.3 9.2 10.8%
11 Southwest Airlines USA 211,334 -1.5% 253,022 -1.6% 83.5 162.7 -0.6%
12 Ryanair (est ) Ireland 185,000 4.5% 193,500 4.1% 95.6 148.6 3.8% Mar, RPKS/ASK/LF estimates
13 Qatar Airways Qatar 170,463 10.6% 238,426 3.2% 71.5 32.4 9.8% Mar
14 Aeroflot Group Russia 156,250 9.2% 190,855 10.3% 81.9 60.7 9.0%
Aeroflot Russia 101,640 3.8% 128,295 5.5% 79.2 37.2 4.1%
Rossiya Airlines Russia 33,696 13.8% 39,503 15.6% 85.3 11.6 3.7%
Pobeda Russia 18,527 41.4% 19,710 41.5% 94.0 10.3 43.2%
Aurora Russia 2,386 -4.1% 3,350 1.2% 71.2 1.7 2.2%
15 Turkish Airlines Turkey 153,186 2.7% 187,696 3.1% 81.6 74.3 -1.1%
Anadolu Jet Turkey 9,807 -8.1% 11,246 -9.2% 87.2 14.5 -9.4%
16 Air Canada Group Canada 151,428 1.9% 181,518 1.8% 83.4 51.5 1.2% Includes Rouge and Jazz
17 Hainan Airlines Group China 145,367 4.7% 174,345 6.1% 83.4 81.7 2.3%
Hainan Airlines China 77,461 4.1% 96,321 7.3% 80.4 35.2 0.6% ICAO
Tianjin Airlines China 21,889 11.4% 24,996 8.1% 87.6 15.8 12.3% ICAO
Lucky Air China 16,329 10.3% 18,961 9.0% 86.1 12.1 9.0% ICAO
18 Singapore Airlines Singapore 140,999 0.1% 171,211 0.9% 82.4 35.8 -0.8%
Singapore Airlines Singapore 104,135 1.5% 127,166 3.0% 81.9 20.9 0.8%
Scoot Singapore 28,669 -2.2% 33,446 -2.7% 85.7 10.5 -0.5% Includes Tiger Singapore
SilkAir Singapore 8,195 -8.3% 10,600 -9.6% 77.3 4.4 -9.4%
19 Cathay Pacific Group Hong Kong 134,397 2.9% 163,244 5.1% 82.3 35.2 -0.7%
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong 119,344 4.1% 143,344 6.1% 83.3 24.7 1.9%
Cathay Dragon Hong Kong 15,052 -4.2% 19,900 -0.6% 75.6 10.4 -6.0% ICAO
Rank Country/ Pax traffic RPKs (m) Seat capacity ASKs (m) Load factor Passenger (m)
2019 Airline/Group District 2019 change 2019 change Percent 2019 change Notes
20 Qantas Group Australia 127,492 0.5% 151,430 -0.7% 84.2 55.8 1.0% Jun
Qantas Australia 86,147 1.3% 103,437 -0.2% 83.3 30.8 1.0% Jun
Jetstar Group Australia 34,761 -0.9% 40,045 -1.9% 86.8 20.5 1.3% Jun
Jetstar Asia Singapore 6,584 -1.5% 7,948 -0.1% 82.8 4.5 -0.9% Jun
21 LATAM Airlines Group Chile 124,521 4.6% 149,116 4.1% 83.5 74.2 7.8%
LATAM Airlines Brazil Brazil 63,407 5.4% 75,432 3.4% 84.1 37.0 8.4%
LATAM Airlines Chile Chile 27,003 8.8% 32,784 10.2% 82.4 9.1 8.0%
LATAM Airlines Argentina Argentina 4,945 -0.3% 5,678 -4.7% 87.1 3.1 0.3% ICAO
LATAM Airlines Colombia Colombia 3,479 4.1% 4,208 3.2% 83.0 5.7 17.5%
22 EasyJet UK 107,741 9.4% 116,056 10.7% 92.8 96.1 8.6% Sep
23 Alaska Air Group USA 90,168 2.5% 107,246 2.0% 84.1 46.7 2.0%
Alaska Airlines USA 81,115 1.3% 96,075 0.9% 84.4 35.5 -0.2%
Horizon Air USA 5,176 24.1% 6,414 21.8% 80.7 7.8 8.7% DOT
24 ANA Holdings Japan 89,721 -1.9% 127,438 2.4% 70.4 52.3 -3.8%
Peach Air Japan 9,202 -11.5% 11,076 -8.1% 83.0 7.3 -10.6%
25 Norwegian Norway 86,706 1.9% 100,150 0.9% 86.6 36.3 -2.8%
26 JetBlue Airways USA 86,269 5.6% 102,720 6.6% 84.0 42.7 1.4%
27 Korean Air South Korea 83,273 3.8% 101,108 1.2% 82.4 27.6 2.2%
28 IndiGo India 82,481 25.0% 95,338 25.4% 86.5 74.7 20.6% DGCA
29 Etihad Airways UAE 81,856 -2.9% 103,978 -5.7% 78.7 17.5 -1.7% AACO
30 Saudia Saudi Arabia 68,573 -6.2% 95,473 -7.7% 71.8 32.5 -3.5% AACO
31 Japan Airlines Group Japan 67,349 -4.9% 90,524 -0.6% 74.4 42.1 -4.4% Mar
Japan Airlines Japan 62,451 -5.3% 83,234 -0.7% 75.0 33.4 -4.9% Mar
32 Thai Airways International Thailand 67,166 -1.5% 84,559 -3.1% 79.4 19.4 -1.6%
33 Lion Group (est ) Indonesia 66,843 -12.0% 88,401 -7.9% 75.6 60.6 -16.3% AB estimate
Lion Air Indonesia 26,602 -30.1% 35,407 -20.4% 75.1 25.5 -29.9%
Batik Air Indonesia 13,666 13.4% 18,486 13.3% 73.9 11.1 -11.9%
Malindo Air Indonesia 10,710 4.1% 14,156 10.0% 75.7 6.8 1.2%
Thai Lion Air (est ) Thailand 13,750 3.8% 17,000 2.7% 80.9 11.2 1.8% AB estimate
Wings Air Indonesia 2,116 -10.8% 3,351 -1.0% 63.1 5.7 -12.3%
34 Wizz Air Hungary 65,698 17.3% 69,994 16.1% 93.9 40.0 15.8%
Rank Country/ Pax traffic RPKs (m) Seat capacity ASKs (m) Load factor Passenger (m)
2019 Airline/Group District 2019 change 2019 change Percent 2019 change Notes
35 Air India India 65,594 8.8% 81,240 6.7% 80.7 30.4 7.3% DGCA
Air India India 52,058 6.7% 64,908 5.8% 80.2 23.8 5.5% DGCA
Air India Express India 12,848 18.9% 15,300 10.4% 84.0 5.0 18.7% DGCA
36 AirAsia Group Malaysia 63,382 13.3% 74,261 13.6% 84.5 51.6 16.0%
AirAsia Malaysia 43,055 8.3% 50,727 12.0% 85.1 35.0 10.8%
Indonesia AirAsia Indonesia 10,566 46.2% 12,629 42.2% 83.7 8.0 52.1%
Philippines AirAsia Philippines 9,761 30.0% 11,286 26.4% 86.5 8.6 24.5%
37 Spirit Airlines USA 56,710 15.1% 67,229 14.5% 84.4 34.5 17.8%
38 Sichuan Airlines China 55,172 15.5% 66,277 16.8% 83.2 30.6 10.7% ICAO
39 EVA Air Taiwan 48,683 0.6% 59,673 -0.3% 81.6 12.8 2.3%
40 Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia 47,270 10.9% 64,488 11.5% 73.3 13.2 15.0%
41 Asiana Airlines South Korea 47,108 0.6% 56,333 1.3% 83.6 20.2 1.5% MOLIT
42 WestJet (est ) Canada 46,500 4.8% 54,250 2.4% 85.7 26.0 2.0% Estimate based on 9m data
43 Avianca Colombia 44,457 0.8% 54,410 2.4% 81.7 30.5 -0.2%
44 China Airlines China 42,533 1.9% 52,671 0.3% 80.8 15.6 0.1%
45 Grupo Aeromexico Mexico 42,471 -2.2% 51,157 -3.4% 83.0 20.7 -5.4%
Aeromexico Mexico 34,911 -1.3% 42,748 -7.8% 81.7 11.6 -5.1%
46 Garuda Indonesia Indonesia 42,391 -12.6% 57,067 -11.5% 74.3 31.9 -17.0%
Garuda Indonesia Indonesia 32,506 -11.2% 43,922 -12.3% 74.0 19.7 -16.7%
Citilink Indonesia Indonesia 9,885 -16.9% 13,145 -8.5% 75.2 12.2 -17.6%
47 Philippine Airlines Philippine 42,309 5.8% 55,271 6.9% 76.5 16.8 5.1%
48 TAP Air Portugal Portugal 42,065 10.6% 52,527 11.8% 80.1 17.1 8.2%
49 Gol Brazil 41,868 8.9% 51,075 6.3% 82.0 36.4 9.1%
50 SkyWest Inc USA 41,093 0.9% 50,843 0.2% 80.8 48.4 0.1% DOT
SkyWest Airlines USA 36,408 8.9% 45,088 8.6% 80.7 42.3 8.6% DOT
ExpressJet Airlines USA 4,685 -35.9% 5,756 -37.7% 81.4 6.0 -34.9% DOT
51 Virgin Australia Group Australia 41,065 5.7% 51,203 5.4% 80.2 24.8 1.2% Jun, RPK calculated
Virgin Australia Australia 35,662 7.2% 45,000 6.5% 79.2 20.5 3.2% Jun
Tigerair Australia Australia 5,412 -3.3% 6,203 -1.7% 87.2 4.3 -7.8% Jun
52 Spring Airlines China 39,691 14.4% 43,707 12.2% 90.8 22.4 14.7%
53 Virgin Atlantic Airways UK 39,644 5.6% 49,823 4.3% 79.6 5.7 6.3%
Rank Country/ Pax traffic RPKs (m) Seat capacity ASKs (m) Load factor Passenger (m)
2019 Airline/Group District 2019 change 2019 change Percent 2019 change Notes
54 SAS Sweden 39,375 -1.4% 52,371 -0.8% 75.2 29.8 -1.1%
55 TUI Airways UK 39,171 0.0% 42,143 -0.1% 92.9 11.8 5.8% UK CAA
56 Frontier Airlines USA 38,924 15.9% 45,219 15.0% 86.1 22.7 16.7% DOT
57 Alitalia Italy 38,679 1.9% 49,014 2.3% 78.9 21.3 -0.9% ICAO
58 Air New Zealand New Zealand 38,572 5.2% 46,029 4.0% 83.8 17.7 4.6%
59 Finnair Finland 38,534 11.2% 47,188 11.3% 81.7 14.7 10.3%
60 S7 Airlines Group Russia 38,418 15.8% 44,533 15.5% 86.3 18.0 12.5%
S7 Airlines Russia 28,270 28.3% 32,720 28.5% 86.4 14.0 21.1%
Globus Russia 10,147 -8.9% 11,813 -9.7% 85.9 3.9 -10.6%
61 Shandong Airlines China 37,654 2.2% 44,812 2.0% 84.0 25.8 1.3% 2018 RPK, ASK, LF AB estimates
62 Vietnam Airlines Vietnam 37,600 3.6% 46,500 4.0% 80.9 22.9 4.6%
63 Pegasus Turkey 35,064 16.7% 38,754 9.0% 90.5 30.5 -0.3% RPK calculated
64 Juneyao Airlines China 34,770 15.8% 40,797 17.2% 85.2 22.0 16.7%
65 Copa Airlines Panama 34,277 -1.1% 40,408 -2.7% 84.8 10.5 4.0%
66 Malaysia Airlines (est ) Malaysia 33,500 2.8% 43,500 3.7% 77.0 13.9 3.0% AB estimate
67 Volaris Mexico 33,840 18.5% 39,419 16.6% 85.8 22.0 19.5%
68 Jet2 UK 32,047 20.9% 35,260 21.6% 90.9 14.4 18.2% UK CAA
69 Condor (est) Germany 32,000 1.4% 36,000 1.7% 88.9 9.4 3.7% RPK/ASK is AB estimate
70 Air Europa Spain 30,691 9.0% 36,763 8.6% 83.5 13.1 10.9%
71 Azul Brazil 29,941 23.9% 35,868 22.2% 83.5 27.1 17.3%
72 Vietjet (est ) Vietnam 29,500 10.7% 34,000 7.9% 86.8 25.0 8.7%
73 Hawaiian Airlines USA 28,683 3.6% 33,140 2.1% 86.6 11.8 -0.3%
74 AirAsia X Malaysia 28,366 -2.6% 34,880 -3.2% 81.3 6.1 -1.6%
75 Capital Airlines China 27,214 -2.7% 30,873 -1.9% 88.1 14.6 -5.8% ICAO
76 SpiceJet India 27,048 37.4% 29,914 40.8% 90.4 24.3 25.9% DGCA
77 Oman Air Oman 26,340 5.2% 33,676 5.4% 78.2 9.7 1.4% AACO
78 Cebu Pacific Air Philippines 24,883 14.5% 29,298 13.2% 84.9 22.5 10.8%
79 Azur Air Russia 24,448 28.0% 25,519 28.2% 95.8 5.8 36.6%
80 El Al Israel 23,642 3.5% 28,520 4.5% 82.9 5.8 4.0% ICAO
81 Ural Airlines Russia 23,383 7.8% 28,383 7.7% 82.4 9.6 6.9%
82 Thai AirAsia Thailand 22,670 6.7% 26,940 7.7% 84.1 22.1 2.7%
Rank Country/ Pax traffic RPKs (m) Seat capacity ASKs (m) Load factor Passenger (m)
2019 Airline/Group District 2019 change 2019 change Percent 2019 change Notes
83 Air Transat (est ) Canada 22,500 2.8% 25,250 2.7% 89.1 5.5 4.3% AB estimate
84 Jeju Air South Korean 21,554 21.8% 25,240 25.4% 85.4 13.5 12.4%
85 Egyptair Egypt 21,215 8.0% 28,601 4.0% 74.2 9.0 2.5% AACO/ICAO
86 Allegiant Air USA 20,978 7.3% 25,013 8.4% 83.9 14.8 8.9%
87 Aerolineas Argentinas Argentina 20,938 4.5% 25,514 0.6% 82.1 9.7 2.5% ICAO
88 Interjet Mexico 20,864 15.1% 24,451 9.6% 85.3 15.3 10.4%
89 LOT Polish Airlines Poland 20,155 21.1% 25,895 19.5% 77.8 10.5 11.7% ICAO
90 Air Arabia (est ) UAE 19,000 10.9% 23,000 8.8% 82.6 9.4 8.2% 2019 RPK/ASK are estimates
91 Flydubai (est ) UAE 18,525 -11.4% 25,415 -15.8% 72.9 9.6 -10.3% 2019 RPK is AB estimate
92 Republic Airline USA 18,314 2.0% 23,746 4.2% 77.1 18.9 1.1% DOT
93 Nordwind Airlines Russia 17,972 34.7% 19,837 32.9% 90.6 5.5 12.6% FAVT
94 Ukraine International Ukraine 17,267 5.9% 21,099 4.2% 81.8 8.0 -0.6% PRK/ASK/LF from ICAO
95 SunExpress (est ) Turkey 17,139 12.7% 21,027 14.2% 81.5 8.5 6.9% ICAO
96 Royal Air Maroc Morocco 17,044 0.7% 23,655 2.0% 72.1 7.4 0.8% AB estimate
97 GoAir India 16,768 37.6% 19,151 38.1% 87.6 16.1 29.2% DGCA
98 Aegean Airlines Greece 15,768 9.2% 18,596 7.8% 84.8 15.0 7.3% Includes Olympic Air
99 SriLankan Airlines Sri Lanka 15,509 -4.2% 18,702 -3.7% 82.9 5.6 -4.8% ICAO
100 Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan 14,938 6.9% 18,372 1.6% 81.3 5.3 1.7%
Notes: While this table functions as a ranking of discrete airline groups by traffic and their prominent subisidaries, in some cases it is impossible
and/or illogical to split data from airline groups into operating units. Furthermore, in some instances the figures for an airline will incorporate
those of a co-branded regional operator. While we have endeaboured to compare like-for-like business, the rankings are indicative.
Estimates, informed by historical and capacity data, have been used for indicative purposes.
Traffic data generally includes scheduled/charter. All is in metric units. RPK=revenue passenger km, ASK=available seat km. Results are for calendar
year unless stated. Data is sourced from replies to Airline Business, company reports or from regulatory sources.