De grootste:
1. Continented ( United en Continental)
2. Delta Air Lines
3. American Airlines
4. Air France / KLM
5. Lufthansa
6. Southwest Airlines
7. British Airways
8. Emirates
9. US Airways
10. Cathay Pacific
11. Singapore Airlines
12. Japan Airlines (JAL)
13. Qantas
14. China Southern
15. Air Canada
16. Air China
17. All Nippon Airways (ANA)
18. Thai Airways
19. Ryanair
20. Korean Air

De tien rijkste (winstgevendheid):
1. Qantas
2. Lufthansa
3. Turkish Airlines
4. Singapore Airlines
5. LAN (Chile, Peru, Ecuador)
6. Emirates
7. Aeroflot
8. Southwest Airlines
9. Air New Zealand
10. COPA (Panama)

De beste (5 sterren):
Asiana Airlines (Korea)
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
Kingfisher Airlines (India)
Malaysia Airlines
Qatar Airways
Singapore Airlines

Bijna beste (4 sterren) o.a.Air France, Emirates, British Airways, Lufthansa, JAL, Korean, Qantas, Air New Zealand, Swiss, Thai, Turkish en South African Airways.

Drie sterren o.a. Delta, United, American, US Airways, Continental, Ethiopian Airlines, Aerolineas Argentinas, Pakistan International, Iberia

Twee sterren o.a. Cubana, Uzbekistan Airways, TAAG Angola, Biman Bangladesh.
En Ryanair.

Een ster: Air Koryo uit North Korea.

Dit alles volgens het Air Transport World's "World Airline Report."

 

Bron: Salon