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The largest airlines in the world can be measured in several ways. As of 2025, United Airlines was the largest by fleet size and Passenger destinations served; Delta Air Lines was the largest by revenue, assets, market, and brand value; American Airlines Group by passengers carried and employees; FedEx Express by freight tonne-kilometers; Southwest Airlines by routes; and Turkish Airlines by ...
Lists of airlines cover existing and defunct airlines. Complete lists are given in alphabetical sequence by the name of the continent from which they operate. Lists are also given by size, by business model and by other characteristics. There are over 5,000 airlines with ICAO codes.
As of January 2025, the United Airlines fleet consists of 1,002 mainline aircraft, the largest of any commercial airline worldwide. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] United Airlines operates a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and all Boeing wide-body aircraft with more wide-body aircraft than any other U.S. passenger airline. [ 3 ]
Delta operates the world's largest fleets of the Airbus A220, Boeing 717, and Boeing 757, the largest passenger fleet of the Boeing 767, and the largest Airbus A330 fleet of any US airline. Delta has historically preferred purchasing or leasing used aircraft or using older-generation models to keep initial acquisition costs down.
American's wide-body aircraft are all Boeing airliners; however, nearly half of the airline's total fleet consists of Airbus aircraft. American Airlines is the world's largest operator of the 787-8, the smallest variant of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. [104] American exclusively ordered Boeing aircraft throughout the 2000s. [105]
Delta operates the world's largest fleets of the Airbus A220, Boeing 717, and Boeing 757, the largest passenger fleet of the Boeing 767, and the largest Airbus A330 fleet of any US airline. Delta has historically preferred purchasing or leasing used aircraft or using older-generation models to keep initial acquisition costs down.
The following is a list of airlines operating Airbus A320 family aircraft. [1] [2] Current operators ... Small Planet Airlines (Germany) — — 4 — 2 — 6 ...
The following is a list of current and former operators of the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft. Emirates , one of the two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates , is the largest operator as of December 2024 [update] , with 116 aircraft in their fleet.