Top 100 biggest airlines

- by number of daily departures

UPDATED 2026-06-16

This is a list of the 100 biggest airlines based on number of departures (and not the number of passengers). The number of flights are the daily avarage from one week.

1
American Airlines 6443 flights every day
2
Delta Air Lines 4323 flights every day
3
United Airlines 4285 flights every day
4
Southwest Airlines 4082 flights every day
5
Ryanair 3681 flights every day
6
China Eastern Airlines 2145 flights every day
7
IndiGo 2076 flights every day
8
China Southern Airlines 1875 flights every day
9
Air China 1486 flights every day
10
easyJet 1299 flights every day
11
Alaska Airlines 1279 flights every day
12
LATAM Airlines 1066 flights every day
13
Air Canada 1015 flights every day
14
Turkish Airlines 932 flights every day
15
JetBlue Airways 878 flights every day
16
Aeroflot 849 flights every day
17
JAL 822 flights every day
18
ANA 814 flights every day
19
Lufthansa 777 flights every day
20
Hainan Airlines 708 flights every day
21
Qantas 705 flights every day
22
Air France 695 flights every day
23
Azul 690 flights every day
24
AVIANCA 688 flights every day
25
Frontier Airlines 664 flights every day
26
Shenzhen Airlines 654 flights every day
27
British Airways 637 flights every day
28
KLM 610 flights every day
29
Vueling 580 flights every day
30
Sichuan Airlines 578 flights every day
31
Iberia 578 flights every day
32
Spring Airlines 564 flights every day
33
Pegasus 550 flights every day
34
Wizz Air 548 flights every day
35
Shandong Airlines 533 flights every day
36
Volaris 512 flights every day
37
Air India 492 flights every day
38
Xiamen Airlines 486 flights every day
39
Wizz Air Malta 476 flights every day
40
Jet2 472 flights every day
41
Eurowings 455 flights every day
42
Qatar Airways 443 flights every day
43
Ethiopian Airlines 439 flights every day
44
VivaAerobus 439 flights every day
45
AirAsia 438 flights every day
46
VietJet Air 429 flights every day
47
Scandinavian Airlines 415 flights every day
48
Emirates 408 flights every day
49
Gestair 408 flights every day
50
Gol 403 flights every day
51
Air India Express 395 flights every day
52
WestJet 391 flights every day
53
Air New Zealand 381 flights every day
54
Copa Airlines 373 flights every day
55
Saudia 372 flights every day
56
Aer Lingus 371 flights every day
57
FlexFlight 370 flights every day
58
Transavia France 358 flights every day
59
Jetstar 349 flights every day
60
Singapore Airlines 348 flights every day
61
Juneyao Airlines 345 flights every day
62
Chengdu Airlines 344 flights every day
63
Korean Air 343 flights every day
64
Vietnam Airlines 339 flights every day
65
Aegean Airlines 337 flights every day
66
Austrian Airlines 321 flights every day
67
Allegiant Air 308 flights every day
68
Cathay Pacific 305 flights every day
69
Cebu Pacific Air 303 flights every day
70
Aeromexico 299 flights every day
71
SWISS 299 flights every day
72
Shanghai Airlines 299 flights every day
73
Tianjin Airlines 296 flights every day
74
Loong Air 287 flights every day
75
S7 Airlines 287 flights every day
76
AJet 285 flights every day
77
Wideroe 282 flights every day
78
Porter Airlines 281 flights every day
79
Virgin Australia 280 flights every day
80
Flynas 277 flights every day
81
Etihad Airways 272 flights every day
82
Cape Air 269 flights every day
83
Binter Canarias 255 flights every day
84
Finnair 253 flights every day
85
Batik Air 248 flights every day
86
Citilink 248 flights every day
87
Breeze Airways 231 flights every day
88
Malaysia Airlines 230 flights every day
89
Thai Airways International 228 flights every day
90
Airlink 227 flights every day
91
Super Air Jet 227 flights every day
92
Beijing Capital Airlines 220 flights every day
93
flydubai 219 flights every day
94
Norwegian Air Shuttle 215 flights every day
95
Lion Air 214 flights every day
96
LOT - Polish Airlines 213 flights every day
97
SunExpress 212 flights every day
98
Philippine Airlines 207 flights every day
99
Jeju Air 204 flights every day
100
China United Airlines 204 flights every day