Top 20 Airlines
Company No of Employees Passenger Traffic Fleet Size No. of Destinations Passenger Load Factor (PLF %) Revenue Passenger km (RPK million)
Other Indicators
Available Seat km (ASK million)
Cargo Carried (Tons)
Skytrax Ranking (Stars)
Available Seat km (ASK million)
Other Indicators
Revenue Passenger km (RPK million)
Cargo Carried (Tons)
Skytrax Ranking (Stars)
Cargo Carried (Tons)
Other Indicators
Revenue Passenger km (RPK million)
Available Seat km (ASK million)
Skytrax Ranking (Stars)
Skytrax Ranking (Stars)
Other Indicators
Revenue Passenger km (RPK million)
Available Seat km (ASK million)
Cargo Carried (Tons)
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Emirates Airline - 27,454,000 31,422,000 142 148 102 111 78 80 126,273 146,134 161,756 182,757 1,580,000 176,700 4 3
Etihad Airways - 6,276,409 7,099,000 52 57 75 66 74 74 27,805 33,400 37,763 45,000 218,845 263,000 4 4
Nas Air - - 5,000,000 13 14 30 26 - - - - - - - - - -
Air Arabia - 4,100,000 4,500,000 21 25 59 65 80 83 8,500 9,200 10,500 11,040 - - 3 3
Société Tunisienne de l’Air - 3,556,513 3,699,133 32 33 120 - 69 71 5,116 5,402 7,417 7,607 10,446 10,889 3 3
Oman Air - 2,361,000 3,263,000 - - 32 41 - - 7,051,000,000 6,960,000,000 4,308,000,000 9,640,000,000 - 73,253 4 4
Alia - The Royal Jordanian Airlines Company - 2,668,590 3,022,013 29 31 57 58 68 71 6,773 7,896 9,934 11,171 41,477 53,467 3 3
Middle East Airlines AirLiban - 1,577,000 1,917,000 13 14 27 30 62 64 3,075 3,619 4,951 5,651 16,842 21,096 3 3
Jazeera Airways - 1,839,347 1,309,759 10 6 25 16 61 58 2,439 1,578 4,010 2,687 - - 3 3
Yemen Airways Company - 1,047,271 - 9 - - - - - - - - - 11,966 - - -
Saudi Arabian Airlines - 18,334,282 - 93 - 96 - 64 - 32,231 - 50,141 - 307,487 - 3 -
Royal Air Maroc - 5,931,257 - 44 - 65 - 68 - - - - - 29,000 - 3 -
Qatar Airways - 10,211,669 - 72 96 89 91 72 - 40,409 - 56,412 - 458,248 - 5 5
Nile Air - - - 3 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
Kuwait National Airways - 252,460 - 4 - 7 - - - - - - - - - - -
Kuwait Airways Corporation - 2,593,882 - 18 - 37 - 72 - 7,687 - 10,751 - 83,801 - 3 -
Jordan Aviation Company - - - 18 16 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gulf Air - 5,668,061 - 34 35 48 49 70 - 13,949 - 20,023 - 140,832 - 4 4
Flydubai - - - 6 13 11 28 - - - - - - - - - -
Empire Aviation Group - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
EgyptAir Airlines - 6,819,579 - 59 - 73 - 68 - - - 23,506 - - - - -
Daallo Airlines - - - 4 4 5 2 - - - - - - - - - -
Bahrain Air - - - 6 - 22 - - - - - - - - - - -
Air Arabia Maroc - - - 3 - 12 - - - - - - - - - - -
Total: - 100,691,320 61,231,905 697 492 - - - - - - - - - - - -
International Airlines Comparison
American Airlines 80,518 4,541 5,168 - - 91,570,003 98,034,785 - 7% - 710 - - - - - n/a - n/a - - -
Malaysian Airlines 22,835 3,086 2,474 - - 17,536,000 13,852,000 - 5% - 111 - - - - - 35,605 - 49,786 - - -
Singapore Airlines 28,554 12,013 13,341 - - 15,944,000 16,995,000 - 7% - 89 - - - - - 82,742 - 109,484 - - -
Note: Figures for Libyan Arab Airlines are not included as they were not available.

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