World's Largest Airlines by Passengers Carried 2024
About This Dataset
World's Largest Airlines by Passengers Carried 2024
Commercial airlines ranked by total number of passengers carried in 2024, in millions. American Airlines reclaimed its position as the world's largest airline by passenger volume following post-pandemic recovery, though Ryanair and Southwest compete strongly in their respective regional markets.
Analysis
The top three in Passengers Carried (Millions) in 2024 are American Airlines (226), Delta Air Lines (200) and Ryanair (184). American Airlines tops the list without dominating it, holding 17.4% of what the 8 entities record between them. The other 6 are bunched between 99 and 184.
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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American Airlines leads in Passengers Carried (Millions) with 226 in 2024.
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Average Passengers Carried (Millions) in 2024: 162 · median: 159.
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Gap in 2024: American Airlines is 2.3× larger than Emirates.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Passengers Carried (Millions)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
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