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Passenger kilometers flown by airline worldwide 2017

Leading airlines worldwide in 2017, by passenger kilometers flown (in billions)

The graph ranks commercial airlines based on the volume of passenger kilometers flown in 2017. In 2017, passengers traveled close to 324 billion kilometers on planes operated by American Airlines. The figures include domestic and international flights. The world's total revenue passenger kilometers added up to over 7,700 billion kilometers.

American Airlines 323.97
Delta Air Lines 316.38
United Airlines 310.86
Emirates 288.89
Southwest Airlines 207.67
China Southern Airlines 177.46
Ryanair 157.11
Lufthansa Group 152.21
China Eastern Airlines 150.92
Air China 146.96