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 which ...

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 are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in area to smallest, these seven ...

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 US-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is the largest airline in the world when measured by fleet size, scheduled passengers carried, and revenue passenge ...

, 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, ...

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 * 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 * List of largest airlines in Europe * List of largest airlines in North America * 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 This is a list of notable charter airlines and leisure airlines which are in operation. Asia * EastIndo * Indonesia Air Transport * Premiair * Susi Air * Air Japan * Arab Wings * Jordan Aviation * Sunday Airlines * Union Express Ch ...

* List of low-cost airlines * List of regional airlines

By other characteristics

* Flag carrier * List of airlines by foundation date *

List of defunct airlines This is a list of defunct airlines, arranged alphabetically by country within their respective continents. * List of defunct airlines of Africa * List of defunct airlines of the Americas * List of defunct airlines of Asia * List of defunct airline ...

* List of helicopter airlines *

List of airline codes A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

* 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 which ...

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