World 's largest Airlines - wikipedia World 's largest Airlines The world 's largest airlines can be defined in several ways. American Airlines Group is the largest by its fleet size, revenue, profit, passengers carried and revenue passenger mile. Delta Air Lines is the largest by assets value and market capitalization. Lufthansa Group is the largest by number of employees, FedEx Express by freight tonne - kilometers, Ryanair by number of international passengers carried and Turkish Airlines by number of countries served. Contents 1 By airline companies revenue 2 By passengers carried ( thousands ) 3 By scheduled passenger - kilometres flown ( millions ) 4 By scheduled freight tonne - kilometres ( millions ) 5 By fleet size 6 By number of countries served 7 See also 8 References By Airline Companies revenue American Airlines is the largest by fleet size, revenue, profit, passengers carried and RPK Lufthansa is the largest by number of employees Forbes ' World 's Biggest Public Companies Rank Airline Country Revenue ( US $ B ) Profit ( US $ B ) Assets ( US $ B ) Market cap. ( US $ B ) Employees American Airlines Group United States 40.99 7.61 48.41 22.1 118,500 Delta Air Lines United States 40.5 4.7 53.3 34.4 80,000 United Continental Holdings United States 37.5 7.1 40.9 17.1 83,000 Lufthansa Group Germany Switzerland Austria Belgium 35.5 1.9 36.3 7.3 120,652 5 Air France - KLM France Netherlands 28.9 0.131 25.3 2.7 96,417 6 International Airlines Group United Kingdom Spain 25.3 1.7 30.7 15.4 60,862 7 Southwest Airlines United States 20.2 22.2 30.2 49,600 8 China Southern Airlines China 17.7 0.620 28.7 8.4 87,202 9 China Eastern Airlines China 14.9 0.730 30.1 10.9 71,033 10 All Nippon Airways Japan 14.7 0.497 19.1 9.9 33,719 Note that Emirates is a government - owned company and is thus not included in this list of public companies. Its 2014 - 2015 revenue was DH 88.819 billion ( US $ 24.2 billion ), profit DH 4.555 billion ( US $ 1.24 billion ), and assets DH 111.362 billion ( US $ 30.34 billion ) with 56,725 employees. By passengers carried ( thousands ) Rank Airline Country 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 American Airlines United States 198,700 146,530 87,830 86,823 86,335 86,042 Delta Air Lines United States 183,700 138,842 129,433 120,636 116,726 113,731 Southwest Airlines United States 151,800 144,575 129,087 115,323 112,234 110,587 United Airlines United States 143,200 95,384 90,439 90,161 92,619 50,473 5 Ryanair Ireland 119,800 101,401 86,370 81,395 79,649 76,422 6 China Southern Airlines China 84,900 109,301 100,683 91,504 86,277 80,545 7 China Eastern Airlines China 80,900 75,139 66,174 62,653 79,611 8 easyJet United Kingdom Switzerland Austria 73,100 70,232 62,309 58,410 9 Turkish Airlines Turkey 62,800 60 198 10 Lufthansa Germany Switzerland Austria Belgium 62,400 59,850 63,273 64,393 63,012 Air China China 58,661 54,674 LATAM carried 67.833 million passengers in 2014, more than China Eastern, and Turkish Airlines 54.675, more than Air China. These reports are not given by the IATA and could be from multiple air operator 's certificates. By scheduled passenger - kilometres flown ( millions ) Airline holding groups Rank Group Country 2016 American Airlines Group United States 359,574 Delta Air Lines United States 342,860 United Continental Holdings United States 338,388 The Emirates Group United Arab Emirates 276,608 5 International Airlines Group United Kingdom Spain 243,474 6 Air France - KLM France Netherlands 238,183 7 Lufthansa Group Germany 226,633 8 China Southern Airlines China 206,092 9 Southwest Airlines United States 200,964 10 Air China China 188,137 Individual airlines Rank Airline Country 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 American Airlines United States 320,044 320,813 208,046 206,551 203,336 203,485 Delta Air Lines United States 308,088 302,512 290,862 277,560 271,567 269,724 United Airlines United States 299,080 294,970 287,547 286,802 288,282 160,270 Emirates United Arab Emirates 270,797 251,190 230,855 209,377 180,880 153,264 5 Southwest Airlines United States 200,848 189,097 162,445 145,124 137,708 134,918 6 China Southern Airlines China 205,720 189,186 166,074 147,841 135,021 121,944 7 Lufthansa Germany 149,702 145,904 143,403 144,236 142,512 140,972 8 British Airways United Kingdom 144,028 140,780 137,204 130,129 124,318 116,864 9 Ryanair Ireland 142,740 125,194 10 China Eastern China 138,042 By scheduled freight tonne - kilometres ( millions ) FedEx Express by freight tonne - kilometers Rank Airline Country 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 FedEx Express United States 15,712 15,799 16,020 16,127 16,108 15,939 Emirates SkyCargo United Arab Emirates 12,270 12,157 11,240 10,459 9,319 8,132 UPS Airlines United States 11,264 10,807 10,936 10,584 10,416 10,566 Cathay Pacific Cargo Hong Kong 9,947 9,935 9,464 8,241 8,433 9,109 5 Qatar Airways Cargo Qatar 9,221 7,660 5,997 4,972 5 Korean Air Cargo South Korea 7,666 7,761 8,079 7,666 8,144 8,974 7 Lufthansa Cargo Germany 7,384 6,888 7,054 7,218 7,175 7,674 8 Cargolux Luxembourg 6,878 6,309 5,753 5,225 9 Singapore Airlines Cargo Singapore 6,345 6,083 6,019 6,240 6,694 7,118 10 Air China Cargo China 6,089 5,718 By fleet size Delta Air Lines is the largest by assets value and market capitalization Rank Airline Country Fleet ( June 2016 ) American Airlines United States 1,556 Delta Air Lines United States 1,330 United Airlines United States 1,229 Southwest Airlines United States 720 5 FedEx Express United States 688 6 China Southern Airlines China 515 7 China Eastern Airlines China 429 8 Air Canada Canada 404 9 Air China China 384 10 Ryanair Ireland 349 ^ Jump up to : Includes aircraft operated by regional partners By number of countries served As of February 2017 Turkish Airlines now serves 120 different countries. Rank Airline Country Countries served ( March 2013 ) Turkish Airlines Turkey 106 Lufthansa Germany 83 Air France France 78 British Airways United Kingdom 78 5 Qatar Airways Qatar 73 6 Delta Air Lines United States 71 7 Emirates United Arab Emirates 70 8 KLM Netherlands 66 8 Egyptair Egypt 66 10 United Airlines United States 60 See also Aviation portal Companies portal Transport portal Lists portal List of largest airlines in North America List of largest airlines in Europe List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean List of largest airlines in Africa List of largest airlines in Asia List of largest airlines in South America List of largest airlines in Oceania Flag carrier List of the busiest airports in Africa by passenger traffic List of the busiest airports in Asia by passenger traffic List of the busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic List of busiest airports in Latin America by passenger traffic List of airline holding companies List of the busiest airports List of busiest airports by passenger traffic List of busiest airports by aircraft movements List of busiest passenger air routes References Jump up ^ `` Global 2000 Leading Companies ''. 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Question: who has the most aircraft in the world
Answer: American Airlines Group