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The 10 largest airlines in the world

United-Continental now numero uno in el mundo

 

Interesting nugget of aviation news from AP today:

A series of mergers over the last decade has created a group of mega-airlines that reach almost every corner of the globe. Here are the world’s largest airline companies based on the number of miles their passengers flew in 2010:

  1. United Continental: 181,939 million
  2. Delta Air Lines: 165,900 million
  3. American Airlines: 125,443 million
  4. Air France, KLM: 125,043 million
  5. Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian: 108,811 million
  6. British Airways, Iberia: 97,384 million
  7. Southwest, AirTran: 97,360 million
  8. Emirates: 89,266 million
  9. China Southern Airlines: 68,689 million
  10. Qantas Airways: 62,082 million

Source: AP calculations on International Air Transport Association data

All except #9 and #10 fly to SFO…. which airline do you fly most? And why?


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