what is the largest airline in the world?

Answer 1

http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-largest-airlines

American is listed at 748 aircraft but that doesn't include owned leased aircraft which was over 200 the last time I checked. This would bring them in just under 1000 total aircraft with company paint and other paint out on lease to other carriers.

Answer 2

Largest Airline in the World

By Patrick Smith

Q: What is the largest airline in the world?

It depends on the criteria. In terms of passengers carried, the three biggest airlines in the world last year were, in order, Delta, American, and United. Delta carried 105 million passengers. American carried 78 million (prior to the TWA acquisition), and United ranked third with 75. However, both United and American have more airplanes than Delta, and thus the rankings change if you gauge via fleet size. American had the largest fleet in 2001, with 712 aircraft (again, prior to TWA). Going down the passengers-carried list, the first non-US airline to appear is Japan's All Nippon Airways, or, measuring by airplanes, British Airways.

Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Aeroflot was the perennial size champ, and at its height was roughly the size of all the major American carriers combined. It has since split into dozens of smaller independent airlines.



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This Q&A is part of a collection that originally appeared on Salon.com. Patrick Smith, 38, is an erstwhile airline pilot, retired punk rocker and air travel columnist. His book, Ask the Pilot (Riverhead) was voted "Best Travel Book of 2004" by Amazon.com. Patrick has traveled to more than 55 countries and always asks for a window seat. He lives near Boston.

Answer 3

I'm pretty sure United Airlines is the largest airline in the world.

Answer 4

American Airlines (AA) is the largest. The second largest is Air France.

The largest transatlantic airline is Delta.

Answer 5

My dear friend..In terms of fleet the biggest airline is Air France/KLM after their merge 2years ago...American Airlines has the biggest fleet operating 736 aircraft
The Lufthansa group in terms of size and variety of operations is the biggest airline having under his control not only LH but Austrian Airlines,Swiss International Airlines,Air Dolomiti,Tyrolean Airways and Blue1 too...

Answer 6

I'm a pilot for United Airlines. United is the second bigest airline in the world!!

Answer 7

American Airlines became the largest when they merged with TWA. However I think UPS and FedEx may have more aircraft than American.

Answer 8

By Fleet size ? American Airlines

Answer 9

Think tis American Airlines.

Answer 10

American Airlines have the most widely spread fleet of aircraft than any other.