Lists of airlines cover existing and defunct

airline An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in wh ...

s. Complete lists are given in alphabetical sequence by the name of the

continent A continent is any of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven geographical regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas t ...

from which they operate. Lists are also given by size, by business model and by other characteristics. There are over 5,000 airlines with ICAO codes. The world's largest airline by fleet size and passengers carried is

American Airlines American Airlines is a major airlines of the United States, major US-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is the Largest airlines in the world, largest airline in the world when measured ...

, operating from the United States.

By continent

Lists of airlines based on continent: * List of airlines of Africa *

List of airlines of the Americas This is a list of airlines of the Americas, in operation. List of airlines Anguilla *Anguilla Air Services *Trans Anguilla Airways Antigua and Barbuda Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina The Archipelago of San Andrés, P ...

List of airlines of Asia This is a list of lists of airlines of Asia's countries and regions. Asia Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong Macau India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwai ...

List of airlines of Europe This is a list of airlines of Europe. European Union Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta ...

* List of airlines of Oceania

By size and continent

* List of largest airlines in the World * List of largest airlines in Africa * List of largest airlines in Asia *

List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean This is a list of largest airlines in Central America and the Caribbean. It is ranked by number of transported passengers. By passengers carried (millions) ;Notes * Includes figures for Air Jamaica. See also *World's largest airlines *List of ...

List of largest airlines in Europe The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, in millions. The list includes companies headquartered in the Asian portions of Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The order of the chart ...

List of largest airlines in North America These are lists of the largest airlines in North America, ranked by several different metrics. By passengers carried This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned passengers. Passenger numbers shown are inclu ...

* List of largest airlines in Oceania * List of largest airlines in South America

By business model

* List of government-owned airlines * List of passenger airlines * List of charter airlines *

List of low-cost airlines The following is a list of low-cost carriers organised by home country. A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills, discount or budget carrier or airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for elimi ...

* List of regional airlines

By other characteristics

Flag carrier A flag carrier is a transport company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given sovereign state, enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by the government for international operations. Hi ...

* List of airlines by foundation date * List of defunct airlines * List of helicopter airlines * List of airline codes * List of government-owned airlines

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Airline An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in wh ...

Airlines An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in whic ...