Top Twenty Airlines in World

• Top First Airline in World (Qatar Airline)

• Qatar Airline
Qatar Airways has been named the best airline in the world for 2017 by
the leading consumer-aviation.
The Skytrax rankings are based on the impressions of 19.87 million
travelers from 105 different countries.
The survey, which covered more than 325 airlines, measured 49
parameters ranging from boarding procedures to seat comfort to the
quality of service.
• Top 2nd Airline in World (Asiana Airline)
• Asiana
• Asiana has its headquarters in Asiana Town building in Seoul.
• The airline has its domestic hub at Gimpo International Airport and
its international hub at Incheon International Airport (70 kilometres
(43 mi) from central Seoul).
• it operates 14 domestic and 90 international passenger routes, and
27 cargo routes throughout Asia, Europe, North America, and
Oceania.
• As of December 2014, the company employs 10,183 people.
• Top 3rd airline in world (Air New Zeland)
• Air New Zealand

• Based in Auckland, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to

21 domestic and 31 international destinations in 19 countries around
the Pacific Rim and the United Kingdom.

In the 2015 financial year to June, Air New Zealand carried 14.29
million passengers.

• Air New Zealand currently operates a fleet of Airbus A320, Boeing 777
and Boeing 787 aircraft.
• Top 4th airline in world (Airfrance)
• Air France
• Air France was formed on 7 October 1933 from a merger of Air
Orient, Air Union, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale

• As of 2013 Air France serves 36 destinations in France and operates

worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to 168
destinations in 78 countries and also carried 46,803,000 passengers in
2015.
• Top 5th airlines in world (Austrian airline)
• Austrian Airlines

• The airline is headquartered on the grounds of Vienna International

Airport in Schwechat.

• where it also maintains its hub. It flies to 6 domestic and more than
120 international year-round and seasonal destinations in 55
countries as of July 2016.
• Top 6th airlines in world (Japan airlines)
• Japan Airlines

• It is headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan; and its main hubs are

Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport.

• The group has a fleet of 279 aircraft. In the fiscal year ended 31
March 2009, the airline group carried over 52 million passengers and
over 1.1 million tons of cargo and mail.
• Top 7th airline in world (Qantas)
• Qantas

• Qantas' headquarters are located at the Qantas Centre in the Bayside

Council suburb of Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales.

• As of March 2014, Qantas had a 65% share of the Australian domestic

market and carried 14.9% of all passengers travelling in and out of
Australia.
• the market share of the Qantas Group settled at a relatively stable
position of about 65%, with 30% for Virgin Blue and other regional
airlines accounting for the rest of the market.
• Top 8th airline in world (Swiss International Air Lines)
• Swiss International Air Lines

• Swiss International Air Lines has its operational headquarters at

EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg[19][20] near Basel, Switzerland.

• The airline annually halved its losses, and in 2006 recorded a net
profit of $220 million. The net profit for 2007 was $570 million.
• Top 9th airline in world (Virgin America)
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• Virgin America

• Virgin Australia was launched as Virgin Blue in August 2000, with two
Boeing 737-400 aircraft, one of which was leased from then-sister
airline Virgin Express.

• As the airline grew, it acquired new equipment, enabling it to phase-

out its older 737-400s in favour of 737-700 and -800 series aircraft
with modern glass cockpits, winglets and greater fuel efficiency.
• Top 10th airline in world (Turkish Airlines)
• Turkish Airlines

• As of 2017, it operates scheduled services to 302 destinations in

Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making it the fourth-largest
carrier in the world by number of destinations.

• It serves more destinations non-stop from a single airport than any

other airline in Europe and Turkish Airlines flies to 120 countries.

• With an operational fleet of fourteen cargo aircraft, the airline's cargo

division serves 64 destinations.
• Top 11th airline in world (Thai airline)
• Thai Airways

• The airline is the largest shareholder of the low-cost carrier Nok Air
with a 39 percent stake and it launched a regional carrier under the
name Thai Smile in the middle of 2012 using new Airbus A320
aircraft.

• THAI (including subsidiaries) flies to 84 destinations in 37 countries,

using a fleet of over 90 aircraft.
• Top 12th airline in world (Garuda Indonesia)
• Garuda Indonesia

• The airline is headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport

in Tangerang, near Jakarta.

• As of 11 December 2014, the airline is rated as a 5-star airline by the

international airline review firm Skytrax.
• Top 13th airline in world (Hainan Airlines)
• Hainan Airlines

• the fourth-largest airline in terms of fleet size in the People's Republic

of China, and fourth-largest airline in Asia in terms of passengers
carried.

• It operates scheduled domestic and international services on 500

routes from Hainan and nine locations on the mainland, as well as
charter services.
• Top 14tn airline in world (Etihad Airways)
• Etihad Airways

• Its head office is in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, near Abu Dhabi
International Airport. Etihad commenced operations in November
2003.

• The airline operates more than 1,000 flights per week to over 120
passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe,
Asia, Australia and the Americas, with a fleet of 116

• Airbus and Boeing aircraft as of February 2018. In 2015, Etihad

carried 14.8 million passengers.
• Top 16th airline in world (Lufthansa)
• Lufthansa

• Lufthansa is the largest German airline and, when combined with its
subsidiaries, also the largest airline in Europe both in terms of fleet
size.

• Lufthansa's registered office and corporate headquarters are in

Cologne.
• The main operations base, called Lufthansa Aviation Center, is at
Lufthansa's primary hub at Frankfurt Airport
• Top 17th airlines in world (EVA Air)
• EVA Air

• It is a 5-star airline, rated by Skytrax. It is the second largest

Taiwanese airline

• EVA Air operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, with
Airbus A330, Airbus A321, and Boeing 777 airliners primarily used on
passenger routes, along with Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 777
freighter aircraft used on cargo routes.
• Top 18th airlines in world (Cathay Pacific Airways)
• Cathay Pacific Airways

• . Cathay Pacific operates a fleet of wide-body aircraft, consisting of

Airbus A330, Airbus A350 and Boeing 777 equipment.

• Cathay Pacific Cargo operates two models of the Boeing 747.

• In 2010, Cathay Pacific and Cathay Pacific Cargo, together with

Dragonair (rebranded Cathay Dragon), carried nearly 27 million
passengers and over 1.8 million tons of cargo and mail.
• Top 19th airline in world (Emirates)
• Emirates

• It is the largest airline in the Middle East,operating over 3,600 flights

per week from its hub at Dubai International Airport, to more than
140 cities in 81 countries across six continents.

• Cargo activities are undertaken by Emirates SkyCargo.

• Top 20th airline in world (All Nippon Airways)
• All Nippon Airways

• Its headquarters are located at Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome

area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

• In May 2010, ANA's total passenger traffic was up year-on-year by

7.8%, and its international services grew by 22% to 2.07 million
passengers in the first five months of 2010.