Largest Airlines by Observed Fleet

Leaderboard of global carriers ranked by observed active airframes in civil registry datasets as of 2026-10-08.

Key Facts: Fleet Scales

Observed fleet totals represent physical airframes tracked in civil registry and observation logs.
Major network legacies and integrated express freighters operate mainline fleets exceeding several hundred aircraft.
Live flight positions, radar telemetry, and airframe breakdowns are maintained on Airline Fleet Monitor.

Rank	Airline Name	Country	Codes	Observed Fleet	Live Radar & Telemetry
1	Delta Air Lines	United States	`DL`	1,388	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
2	American Airlines	United States	`AA`	1,239	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
3	United Airlines	United States	`UA`	1,016	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
4	Southwest Airlines	United States	`WN`	875	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
5	China Southern Airlines	China	`CZ`	579	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
6	Ryanair	Ireland	`FR`	497	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
7	China Eastern Airlines	China	`MU`	491	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
8	Federal Express	United States	`FX`	483	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
9	Air China	China	`CA`	412	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
10	Lufthansa	Germany	`LH`	400	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
11	SkyWest	United States	`OO`	398	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
12	Turkish Airlines	Turkey	`TK`	393	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
13	easyJet	United Kingdom	`U2`	344	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
14	British Airways	United Kingdom	`BA`	316	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
15	Aeroflot Russian Airlines	Russia	`SU`	308	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
16	Emirates	United Arab Emirates	`EK`	289	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
17	JetBlue Airways	United States	`B6`	281	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
18	Air France	France	`AF`	268	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
19	United Parcel Service	United States	`5X`	268	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
20	All Nippon Airways	Japan	`NH`	265	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
21	Qatar Airways	Qatar	`QR`	261	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
22	Air Canada	Canada	`AC`	236	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
23	Hainan Airlines	China	`HU`	207	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
24	Alaska Airlines	ALASKA	`AS`	204	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
25	IndiGo Airlines	India	`6E`	191	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
26	Saudi Arabian Airlines	Saudi Arabia	`SV`	189	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
27	Scandinavian Airlines System	Sweden	`SK`	188	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
28	Japan Airlines Domestic	Japan	`JL`	184	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
29	Korean Air	Republic of Korea	`KE`	184	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
30	Shenzhen Airlines	China	`ZH`	174	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
31	Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong SAR of China	`CX`	173	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
32	Atlantic Southeast Airlines	United States	`EV`	168	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
33	Singapore Airlines	Singapore	`SQ`	161	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
34	Xiamen Airlines	China	`MF`	156	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
35	Envoy Air	United States	`MQ`	149	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
36	Spirit Airlines	United States	`NK`	148	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
37	Skywest Airlines	Australia	`OZW`	145	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
38	Etihad Airways	United Arab Emirates	`EY`	144	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
39	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	Netherlands	`KL`	143	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
40	Garuda Indonesia	Indonesia	`GA`	142	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
41	WestJet	Canada	`WS`	137	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
42	Qantas	Australia	`QF`	135	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
43	Vueling Airlines	Spain	`VY`	134	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
44	Sichuan Airlines	China	`3U`	133	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
45	Allegiant Air	United States	`G4`	130	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
46	Air Berlin	Germany	`AB`	128	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
47	Mesa Airlines	United States	`YV`	128	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
48	Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia	AVIANCA	`AV`	127	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
49	Gol Transportes Aéreos	Brazil	`G3`	126	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
50	TAP Portugal	Portugal	`TP`	126	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
51	Air India Limited	India	`AI`	122	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
52	Wizz Air	Hungary	`W6`	122	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
53	Azul	Brazil	`AD`	115	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
54	Frontier Airlines	United States	`F9`	115	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
55	Lion Mentari Airlines	Indonesia	`JT`	115	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
56	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Norway	`DY`	115	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
57	Shandong Airlines	China	`SC`	113	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
58	Virgin Australia	Australia	`VA`	112	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
59	Copa Airlines	Panama	`CM`	107	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
60	S7 Airlines	Russia	`S7`	107	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
61	Swissair	Switzerland	`LX`	107	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
62	Alitalia	Italy	`AZ`	105	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
63	Iberia Airlines	Spain	`IB`	105	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
64	Austrian Airlines	Austria	`OS`	104	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
65	LAN Airlines	Chile	`LA`	102	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
66	Ethiopian Airlines	Ethiopia	`ET`	101	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
67	Jet Airways	India	`9W`	100	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
68	Pegasus Airlines	Turkey	`PC`	100	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
69	Asiana Airlines	Republic of Korea	`OZ`	98	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
70	Vietnam Airlines	Vietnam	`VN`	98	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
71	China Airlines	Taiwan	`CI`	93	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
72	Tianjin Airlines	China	`GS`	90	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
73	Shanghai Airlines	China	`FM`	89	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
74	EVA Air	Taiwan	`BR`	88	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
75	AeroMéxico	Mexico	`AM`	86	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
76	Jet2.com	United Kingdom	`LS`	86	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
77	Malaysia Airlines	Malaysia	`MH`	81	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
78	Thai Airways International	Thailand	`TG`	81	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
79	Volaris	Mexico	`Y4`	81	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
80	Egyptair	Egypt	`MS`	80	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
81	AirAsia	Malaysia	`AK`	79	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
82	Norwegian Air International (D8)	Norway	`IBK`	79	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
83	Rossiya-Russian Airlines	Russia	`FV`	79	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
84	Eurowings	Germany	`EW`	76	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
85	Finnair	Finland	`AY`	75	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
86	Spring Airlines	China	`9C`	75	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
87	Thomsonfly	United Kingdom	`BY`	75	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
88	Air Europa	Spain	`UX`	73	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
89	Philippine Airlines	Philippines	`PR`	73	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
90	Atlas Air	United States	`5Y`	72	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
91	Flybe	United Kingdom	`BE`	71	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
92	Jetstar Airways	Australia	`JQ`	71	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
93	Capital Airlines	Kenya	`CPD`	70	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
94	Fly Dubai	United Arab Emirates	`FZ`	66	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
95	Juneyao Airlines	China	`HO`	66	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
96	KLM Cityhopper	Netherlands	`WA`	66	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
97	Air New Zealand	New Zealand	`NZ`	65	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
98	Hawaiian Airlines	United States	`HA`	65	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
99	Royal Air Maroc	Morocco	`AT`	65	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →
100	Aer Lingus	Ireland	`EI`	64	Live fleet on Airline Fleet Monitor →