page_title: Largest airlines in the world
section_title: By number of countries served
hierarchical_section_title: Largest airlines in the world / By number of countries served
caption_attribution_description: VT-JEM Boeing 777-35RER msn 35162/666 operated by Turkish Airlines.
context_page_description: The largest airlines in the world can be defined in several ways. As of 2019, American Airlines Group was the largest by fleet size, passengers carried and revenue passenger mile. Delta Air Lines was the largest by revenue, assets value and market capitalization. Lufthansa Group was the largest by number of employees, FedEx Express by freight tonne-kilometers, Turkish Airlines by number of countries served, Ryanair by number of routes and UPS Airlines by number of destinations served.
caption: Turkish Airlines is the largest airline by number of countries served.
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