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https://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-airlines-world-oag-2019-3#9-turkish-airlines-12
Over the past century, the airline industry has changed the way humans travel. It has effectively made the world a smaller place — making it possible for billions of people everywhere to explore the world.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), consumers spent an estimated $871 billion, or roughly 1% of the global GDP, on air travel.
The trade group, which has a membership made up of 290 airlines, expects the total number of airline passengers around the world to reach 8.2 billion people by 2037 — that's double today's passenger count.
As a result of the industry's growth, many of the world's airlines have become household names. Through recent mergers, American, Delta, United, and Southwest have grown to become colossal mega-carriers.
This got us at Business Insider thinking about how they stack up against the largest airlines.
Fortunately, the good folks at OAG provided us the data sets that answered our question.
The London-based aviation-data-and-intelligence firm ranked the world's airlines based on the total number of seats each carrier made available to customers during 2018. OAG also included the total number of aircraft in each airline fleet.
Some airlines on the list offer substantially more seats while operating fewer aircraft.
According to OAG senior analyst John Grant, this variation is because of the differences in the planes that comprise a carrier's fleet and the seat configurations of each aircraft. As a result, airlines that operate larger aircraft and aircraft with higher seat density will be able to make more seats available to customers.
Here's a closer look at the 20 biggest airlines in the world:
1. American Airlines [US]
Capacity: 256,928,663 seats.
Fleet size: 956 aircraft.
2. Delta Air Lines [US]
Capacity: 233,758,798 seats.
Fleet size: 879 aircraft.
3. Southwest Airlines [US]
Capacity: 209,526,838 seats.
Fleet size: 749 aircraft.
4. United Airlines [US]
Capacity: 193,981,547 seats.
Fleet size: 765 aircraft.
5. Ryanair [Ireland]
Capacity: 142,540,776 seats.
Fleet size: 439 aircraft.
6. China Southern Airlines
Capacity: 131,972,745 seats.
Fleet size: 597 aircraft.
7. China Eastern Airlines
Capacity: 122,917,175 seats.
Fleet size: 525 aircraft.
8. EasyJet [UK]
Capacity: 100,082,969 seats.
Fleet size: 317 aircraft.
9. Turkish Airlines
Capacity: 93,109,025 seats.
Fleet size: 350 aircraft
10. Air China
Capacity: 90,531,776 seats.
Fleet size: 418 aircraft.
Over the past century, the airline industry has changed the way humans travel. It has effectively made the world a smaller place — making it possible for billions of people everywhere to explore the world.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), consumers spent an estimated $871 billion, or roughly 1% of the global GDP, on air travel.
The trade group, which has a membership made up of 290 airlines, expects the total number of airline passengers around the world to reach 8.2 billion people by 2037 — that's double today's passenger count.
As a result of the industry's growth, many of the world's airlines have become household names. Through recent mergers, American, Delta, United, and Southwest have grown to become colossal mega-carriers.
This got us at Business Insider thinking about how they stack up against the largest airlines.
Fortunately, the good folks at OAG provided us the data sets that answered our question.
The London-based aviation-data-and-intelligence firm ranked the world's airlines based on the total number of seats each carrier made available to customers during 2018. OAG also included the total number of aircraft in each airline fleet.
Some airlines on the list offer substantially more seats while operating fewer aircraft.
According to OAG senior analyst John Grant, this variation is because of the differences in the planes that comprise a carrier's fleet and the seat configurations of each aircraft. As a result, airlines that operate larger aircraft and aircraft with higher seat density will be able to make more seats available to customers.
Here's a closer look at the 20 biggest airlines in the world:
1. American Airlines [US]
Capacity: 256,928,663 seats.
Fleet size: 956 aircraft.
2. Delta Air Lines [US]
Capacity: 233,758,798 seats.
Fleet size: 879 aircraft.
3. Southwest Airlines [US]
Capacity: 209,526,838 seats.
Fleet size: 749 aircraft.
4. United Airlines [US]
Capacity: 193,981,547 seats.
Fleet size: 765 aircraft.
5. Ryanair [Ireland]
Capacity: 142,540,776 seats.
Fleet size: 439 aircraft.
6. China Southern Airlines
Capacity: 131,972,745 seats.
Fleet size: 597 aircraft.
7. China Eastern Airlines
Capacity: 122,917,175 seats.
Fleet size: 525 aircraft.
8. EasyJet [UK]
Capacity: 100,082,969 seats.
Fleet size: 317 aircraft.
9. Turkish Airlines
Capacity: 93,109,025 seats.
Fleet size: 350 aircraft
10. Air China
Capacity: 90,531,776 seats.
Fleet size: 418 aircraft.
