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2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany

Table of Contents

Updates to the 2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data .................................................................................... 3

A. Welcome Message from Datalex .................................................................................................................. 5

B. Introduction to the Data ................................................................................................................................. 6

About Special Reporting Periods ....................................................................................................................... 7

Year over Year Comparisons are Introduced this Year............................................................................... 8

2020 Was Bad – But There Were a Few Bright Spots ................................................................................. 9

C. Airline Traffic for the 2020 Period .............................................................................................................. 12

Primary Airlines in Alphabetical Order .......................................................................................................... 12

Subsidiary Airlines in Alphabetical Order ...................................................................................................... 18

Primary Airlines by Traffic ................................................................................................................................. 21

Primary Airlines Traffic by World Region ...................................................................................................... 27

Traffic Generated by Global Alliances ............................................................................................................ 35

Traffic by Airline Category ................................................................................................................................ 37

D. Airline Revenue for the 2020 Period .......................................................................................................... 40

Primary Airlines in Alphabetical Order .......................................................................................................... 40

Subsidiary Airlines in Alphabetical Order ...................................................................................................... 46

Primary Airlines by Revenue ............................................................................................................................. 48

Primary Airlines Revenue by World Region.................................................................................................. 54

Revenue Generated by Global Alliances ........................................................................................................ 61

Revenue by Airline Category ............................................................................................................................ 63

E. Frequent Flyer Membership by Program ................................................................................................... 66

Currency Exchange Rates Used for this Big Book ........................................................................................... 68

Appendix: Airlines Included in this Big Book .................................................................................................... 69

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Singapore, and has testified to the US Congress on ancillary revenue issues. His published

works are relied upon by airline executives throughout the world and include first-ever

guides on the topics of ancillary

revenue and loyalty marketing. He was

acknowledged by his peers when he

received the Airline Industry

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Event in 2011.

Mr. Sorensen is a veteran management professional with 37 years experience

in product, partnership, and marketing

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planning, financial analysis and budgeting. His favorite activities are hiking, exploring and

camping in US national parks with his family.

About Eric Lucas, Editor of the Report

Eric Lucas is an international travel, culture and natural history

writer and editor whose work has appeared in Michelin travel

guides, Alaska Airlines Beyond Magazine, Westways and numerous

other publications. Founding editor of Midwest Airlines Magazine,

he is the author of eight books, including the 2017 Michelin Alaska

guide. Eric has followed and written about the travel industry for

more than 30 years. He lives on San Juan Island, Washington,

where he grows organic garlic, apples, beans and hay; visit him

online at TrailNot4Sissies.com.

Eric, at his favorite summer retreat, Steens Mountain, Oregon.

Jay and sons Aleksei and Anton hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail

in the Angeles National Forest in California.


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Updates to the 2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data

This is Version 1.0 of the 2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany.

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A. Welcome Message from Datalex

As we welcome you to this second edition of the Datalex Big Book of Airline Data by

IdeaWorksCompany, let’s acknowledge that 2020 was one of the most challenging years

ever faced by our industry.

The Big Book provides a comprehensive look at air travel revenue, passenger numbers and

more for this seminal period and we are delighted to once again sponsor a single source of

truth about air travel. The contrast with 2019 is striking – that was a record year for air

travel and the companies that provide it.

To be expected for 2020, there is bad news; numbers are down in almost every respect.

There is good news too - virtually all the airlines in last year’s Big Book are still around, a

testament to their ingenuity, resilience, and relevance – and to the fundamental value that

travel provides for humankind.

As we emerge from the challenges of the global pandemic, we believe there will be a strong

recovery over time, which will in turn be positively reflected in airline traffic and revenues in

future Big Book editions. Airlines that harness the accelerated power of ecommerce will

recover faster and perform better.

Our core product portfolio – Datalex Merchandiser, Datalex Direct, Datalex Dynamic and

Datalex NDC – is here to support the ever-changing needs of airlines and their customers.

Investments in our Digital Configurator and in AI/ML pricing have been designed to

empower airlines for true retailing.

We thank Jay Sorensen and his team at IdeaWorksCompany for producing a stellar piece of

work – we are happy to share it. We encourage the media to use the data from this

publication in their reporting and we hope that this Big Book will be a powerful resource for

all those interested in our industry.

Alison Bell

Senior Vice President Global Sales & Marketing

Datalex


B. Introduction to the Data

This publication is your single source of data for passenger traffic, airline revenue, and

frequent flyer enrollment for 188 airlines from Aegean to Zhuhai. The data collection

process for the 2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany began in

January of this year and was completed in June to allow an earlier publication date of August

2021. It’s a significant undertaking with a review of more than 270 airlines to find traffic,

revenue, and membership data for presentation in the Big Book. The information is

presented in multiple formats to create user-friendly access to the data.

The first part of the Big Book contains passenger traffic results for 125 primary airlines and

55 subsidiary airlines. The second portion contains revenue results for 109 primary airlines

and 43 subsidiary airlines. The final section provides membership data for 42 frequent flyer

programs. It’s important to understand the distinction between primary and subsidiary

airlines:

Primary airlines include individual airlines not affiliated with a corporate group structure such as Aeromexico and Copa Airlines. Group airlines are also included.

These groups feature multiple carriers under a single corporate ownership structure.

Examples of groups include AirAsia Group and Air France/KLM Group.

Subsidiary airlines are individually identified airlines under an airline group (also

known as the corporate parent). The carriers listed do not always represent the full

list of airlines operating under the group umbrella. The listing is limited to the

disclosures made by the parent company, and these may not be comprehensive;

groups often omit smaller operations from the annual report.

There are 70+ pages in this Big Book and two features are designed to help keep users on

track through the many tables. Each data section will use a consistent highlight color for the

traffic and revenue data. In addition, tables offer “line” numbers for individual results. For

tables offering high to low results, the individual results appear as a “rank.”

Passenger traffic typically represents one way passengers with connections between flights

counted as a single trip. Some airlines, such as low cost carriers, count passengers on a

segment basis; a connection passenger would represent two trips. Revenue is often

described by airlines as “operating revenue” which includes a variety of sources such as

passenger fares, ancillary revenue, air cargo, and services sold to other airlines such as

catering and ground handling. Data collection attempted to identify operating revenue for

inclusion in the Big Book. Some disclosures were very scant and the revenue type could not

be determined.


The reporting period focuses on 2020. For the majority of airlines, this is the calendar year

of January through December. Some airlines use fiscal years with quarters ending on 31

March, 30 June, and 30 September. The most recent reporting period was selected for this

Big Book. Unfortunately, some listings have periods ending 31 March 2020, which is prior

to the pandemic. The source for information was almost always an annual report found at

the investor relations page of an airline website. There are a variety of sources identified in

the tables with official financial documents being preferred. The source data for all

disclosures is noted in the Appendix section at the end of the document.

About Special Reporting Periods

The 2020 pandemic created the need for special treatment of fiscal years ending on 31

March 2020, 30 June 2020, and 30 September 2020. This is because the 2021 Big Book

provides year-over-year comparisons of traffic and revenue. For airlines using calendar year

2020 or the 31 March 2021 fiscal year, these periods include the significant decreases

expected for the pandemic period. As would be expected, decreases of 50 to 80 percent are common. But carriers that listed 31 March 2020, 30 June 2020, 30 September 2020

reporting periods may display traffic and revenue increases (or minor decreases). These

carriers are highlighted with a green box ■ following the carrier name and the reporting

period description appears in green font; the following carriers are designated in this

manner:

Carrier Name Reporting Period (most recent)

Air India Express ■ FY ended 31 March 2020

Air New Zealand ■ FY ended 30 June 2020

Eastern Airways UK ■ FY ended 31 March 2020

EasyJet ■ FY ended 30 September 2020

Ethiopian Airlines ■ Period ended July 2020

Loganair ■ FY ended 31 March 2020

REX - Regional Express ■ FY ended 31 March 2020

SriLankan Airlines ■ FY ended 31 March 2020

Tigerair Australia ■ FY ended 30 June 2020

TUI Group (Markets & Airlines) ■ FY ended 30 September 2020

Virgin Australia Group ■ FY ended 30 June 2020

Airlines may post traffic and financial results six months or more after the close of a fiscal

period. More recent results for the above carriers are not included in this Big Book.

Qantas reports half-yearly results with its fiscal year ending on 30 June. The half yearly

results were combined to provide a later 31 December 2020 ending period to capture

more of the pandemic. Similar treatment was given to Jetstar (the wholly owned subsidiary

of Qantas). This special reporting period for Qantas and Jetstar is disclosed but not

highlighted in green.


Care should be taken by the reader when comparing the results of these carriers with those

that disclose traffic and revenue that has endured more of a pandemic period. Airlines

which are privately owned (no public shares ownership) or government owned offer very

little disclosure beyond a simple traffic or revenue reference made at the website, in a press

release, or in the statistics published by civil aviation authorities.

The tables offer the most robust information for primary airlines, as these carriers and

groups can be effectively ranked in terms of passenger traffic and revenue. All airlines are

listed in alphabetical order with passenger traffic, revenue, reporting period, data source,

and global region listed. Primary airlines are listed in rank by passenger traffic and revenue.

In addition, primary airlines are ranked within their global regions. There are sections which

collate results for the three primary alliances: Oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star.

Every effort is made to provide accurate data. However, the quantity of data presented will

inevitably incorporate errors and omissions. Users are kindly requested to advise

IdeaWorksCompany using the contact form provided on the website:

https://ideaworkscompany.com/contact/

Year over Year Comparisons are Introduced this Year

This is the 2nd edition of the Big Book which allows the introduction of 2020 period results

compared to the prior year period. The same calendar or fiscal year period (unless

otherwise noted) is compared to the prior period. The following tables present the top ten

airlines ranked by the largest 2020 traffic and revenue decrease compared to the

corresponding 2019 period.

Top Ten Percentage Drop in Traffic

Rank Airlines

Annual Passengers 2020

Traffic

Change

Reporting Period 2019 2020

1 Scoot 10,454,000 82,000 -99.2% FY ended 31 March 2021

2 SilkAir 4,440,000 57,000 -98.7% FY ended 31 March 2021

3 Singapore Airlines 20,906,000 457,000 -97.8% FY ended 31 March 2021

4 Jet2.com 12,820,000 1,320,000 -91.0% FY ended 31 March 2021

5 Emirates Airline 56,200,000 6,600,000 -88.3% Calendar 2020

6 Tigerair Taiwan 2,783,726 344,602 -87.6% Calendar 2020

7 Cathay Pacific/Cathay

Dragon 35,233,000 4,631,000 -86.9% Calendar 2020

8 Air Macau 3,663,500 545,900 -85.1% Calendar 2020

9 China Airlines 15,628,114 2,390,313 -84.7% Calendar 2020

10 El Al 15,628,114 905,000 -84.5% Calendar 2020

2020 fiscal period compared to 2019, individual airlines, excludes airline groups

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Top Ten Percentage Drop in Revenue

Rank Airlines

Annual Revenue 2020

Traffic

Change

Reporting Period 2019 2020

1 SilkAir $667,768,902 $25,041,527 -96.2% FY ended 31 March 2021

2 Scoot $1,238,689,201 $152,329,975 -87.7% FY ended 31 March 2021

3 Air Macau $537,209,209 $94,043,156 -82.5% Calendar 2020

4 Norwegian $5,075,340,237 $955,618,497 -81.2% Calendar 2020

5 Ryanair Group $9,604,744,857 $1,841,916,284 -80.8% FY ended 31 March 2021

6 CSA Czech Airlines $383,859,641 $76,568,228 -80.1% Calendar 2020

7 Etihad Airways $5,600,000,000 $1,200,000,000 -78.6% Calendar 2020

8 Austrian $2,383,434,826 $517,961,542 -78.3% Calendar 2020

9 Aer Lingus $2,402,656,074 $529,221,576 -78.0% Calendar 2020

10 AirAsia Indonesia $477,005,639 $107,672,082 -77.4% Calendar 2020

2020 fiscal period compared to 2019, individual airlines, excludes airline groups

2020 Was Bad – But There Were a Few Bright Spots

It was a historically difficult year for the airline industry. The above tables demonstrate the

dire financial situation experienced by airlines during the pandemic. Airlines survived 2020

through extreme cost-cutting, boosting revenue from non-passenger operations, securing

government grants and loans, and increasing capital from asset sales and new loans. Cost-

cutting initiatives included parking aircraft, renegotiating aircraft leases, delaying payments to

suppliers, and the layoff or furlough of millions of employees worldwide. Revenue initiatives

included government funded repatriation flights, adding cargo flights, converting passenger

aircraft to cargo operations, and encouraging frequent flyer program members to use their

co-branded credit cards.

How can one see much good in all this? First of all, virtually all the airlines from last year's

Big Book are still in business – even a few, such as Cathay Pacific and Scoot, that saw

catastrophic declines in traffic. Second, the very scale of the year's trouble also revealed the

resilience of the industry. Humankind values travel highly and does not want to see it

disappear: Witness the huge resurgence in air travel demand in the US in the summer of

2021.

Recovery from the pandemic will be uneven and largely determined by the size of domestic

markets, frequency of border closures, and the return of business travelers. Large domestic

markets, with better access to vaccines, such as China, Russia, and the US, have been

enjoying a healthy return of leisure travel during 2021. Elsewhere in the world, travel

restrictions continue to wreak havoc with cross-border travel in Asia, Europe, and South

America. Business travel remains very weak across the globe with a mild recovey beginning

to appear in the latter portion of 2021 and throughout 2022.


The airline industry has been forever changed by this event. Every airline will adapt through

changes made to route networks, onboard products, pricing methods, retailing, and

marketing strategies. The 2022 Big Book will hopefully reveal a much improved economic

picture for the global airline industry.

As famed physicist Stephen Hawking put it: "However bad life may seem, there is always

something you can do and succeed at. Where there's life, there's hope."


C. Airline Traffic for the 2020 Period

Primary Airlines in Alphabetical Order

This section provides annual passenger traffic information for 125 primary airlines in

alphabetical order from Aegean Airlines to Wizz Air. Primary airlines include individual

airlines, such as Air Greenland and Allegiant, not affiliated with a corporate group structure.

Group airlines are also included. These groups feature multiple carriers under a single

corporate ownership structure. Examples of groups include Air China and Lufthansa. Using

the example of Lufthansa Group, this structure includes Austrian, Brussels, Eurowings,

Lufthansa Airlines, and SWISS as subsidiary airlines under the group. Traffic detail for

subsidiary airlines is provided in the section which follows the primary airlines listing. Please

refer to section B of the Big Book (Introduction to the Data) for information describing data

collection, reporting periods, and data sources. The 2020 versus 2019 traffic decrease

among all primary airlines was 52.5% (using weighted averages).

Traffic – Primary Airlines – Alphabetical

Line Airlines Annual

Passengers

Traffic Change (from prior

annual period) Reporting Period World Region

1 Aegean Airlines 5,155,000 -65.6% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

2 Aeroflot Group 30,300,000 -50.2% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

3 Aerolineas

Argentinas 2,226,000 -77.8% Calendar 2020 Latin America

4 Aeromexico 9,484,000 -54.2% Calendar 2020 Latin America

5 Air Arabia 4,400,000 -63.3% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

6 Air Astana 3,700,000 -27.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

7 Air Canada Group 13,760,000 -73.3% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

8 Air China Group 68,687,070 -40.3% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

9 Air Europa 3,900,000 -66.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

10 Air France/KLM

Group 34,065,000 -67.3% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

11 Air Greenland 246,000 -43.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

12 Air India 6,280,837 -71.2% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

13 Air India Express ■ 4,840,000 11.0% FY ended 31

March 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

14 Air New Zealand ■ 13,525,000 -23.8% FY ended 30 June

2020

Asia & South

Pacific

15 AirAsia Group (exc.

AirAsia X) 13,309,353 -74.2% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

■ Refer to page 7 for details. * Estimates by IdeaWorks. Table continues next page.



Continued


Passengers



16 AirAsia X 1,144,004 -81.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

17 airBaltic 1,340,000 -73.5% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

18 AIRDO 579,631 -71.6% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

19 Alaska Air Group 17,927,000 -61.6% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

20 Allegiant Air 8,623,984 -42.6% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

21 Alliance India 792,436 -52.3% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

22 American 95,324,000 -55.7% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

23 ANA All Nippon

Airways 13,088,042 -70.9%

FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

24 Asiana Airlines

Group 39,400,000 -68.1% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

25 Atlantic Airways 148,717 -56.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

26 Avianca 7,647,943 -75.0% Calendar 2020 Latin America

27 Azimuth Airlines 1,221,638 -2.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

28 Azul 14,796,000 -46.5% Calendar 2020 Latin America

29 Azur Air 1,930,037 -66.7% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

30 Bangkok Airways 1,884,600 -67.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific


Dragon 4,631,000 -86.9% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

32 Cebu Pacific Air 5,026,000 -77.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

33 China Airlines 2,390,313 -84.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

34 China Eastern Group 74,621,210 -42.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

35 China Southern

Group 96,856,040 -36.1% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

36 Copa Airlines 2,852,000 -81.5% Calendar 2020 Latin America

37 Croatia Airlines 618,000 -71.6% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

38 CSA Czech Airlines 500,000 -80.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

39 Daily Air (Taiwan) 106,588 12.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

40 Delta 70,145,000 -64.9% Calendar 2020 US & Canada




Continued


Passengers



41 easyJet ■ 48,100,000 -49.9% FY ended 30

September 2020

Europe &

Russia

42 Edelweiss Air 870,000 -67.4% Calendar 2020 Europe &

Russia

43 El Al 905,000 -84.5% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

44 Emirates Airline 6,600,000 -88.3% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

45 Etihad Airways 4,200,000 -76.0% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

46 EVA Air 2,330,025 -81.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

47 Finnair 3,485,600 -76.2% Calendar 2020 Europe &

Russia

48 Flybondi (Argentina) 304,000 -78.9% Calendar 2020 Latin America

49 flydubai 3,200,000 -66.7% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

50 Frontier Airlines 11,238,000 -50.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

51 Garuda Indonesia 5,313,600 -73.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

52 GoAir 5,437,792 -64.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

53 GOL Linhas Aereas 16,775,000 -54.0% Calendar 2020 Latin America

54 Hainan Airlines Group 37,032,000 -54.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

55 Hawaiian Holdings 3,362,000 -71.4% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

56 HK Express 572,000 -69.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

57 Icelandair 891,000 -79.8% Calendar 2020 Europe &

Russia

58 IndiGo 29,336,170 -60.9% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

59 Int'l Airlines Group

IAG 31,275,000 -73.6% Calendar 2020

Europe &

Russia

60 Japan Airlines Group 12,569,650 -70.1% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific




Continued


Passengers



61 Jazeera Airways 696,093 -71.0% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

62 Jeju Air 5,519,000 -59.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

63 Jet2.com 1,880,000 -91.0% FY ended 31

March 2021 Europe & Russia

64 JetBlue Airways 14,274,000 -66.6% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

65 JetSMART Chile 1,235,387 -45.9% Calendar 2020 Latin America

66 Jetstar Group 7,308,000 -70.8%

Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

Asia & South

Pacific

67 Jin Air 4,372,377 -49.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

68 Juneyao Air 15,716,850 -28.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

69 Kenya Airways Group 1,800,000 -65.1% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

70 Korean Air 7,312,000 -73.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

71 LATAM Group 28,299,000 -61.9% Calendar 2020 Latin America

72 Loganair ■ 1,047,281 33.2% FY ended 31


73 LOT - Polish Aviation


74 Lufthansa Group 36,354,000 -75.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

75 Luxair 658,873 -69.3% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

76 Mandarin Airlines 1,854,366 -33.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

77 Nordwind Airlines 2,939,000 -46.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

78 Norwegian 6,870,000 -81.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

79 Pegasus 14,710,000 -51.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

80 Philippine Airlines

Group 3,620,438 -77.8% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific




Continued


Passengers



81 PIA Pakistan 2,541,000 -52.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

82 Qantas Airways

(includes Loyalty) 9,206,000 -70.1%

Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

Asia & South

Pacific

83 Qatar Airways * 8,800,000 -70.2% FY ended 31

March 2021

Middle East &

Africa

84 Red Wings 1,536,902 -49.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

85 REX - Regional

Express ■ 892,000 -29.8%

FY ended 30 June

2020

Asia & South

Pacific

86 Royal Jordanian 751,000 -77.2% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

87 Ryanair Group 27,500,000 -81.5% FY ended 31


88 S7 Airlines 12,300,000 -31.3% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

89 SAS Group 12,610,000 -57.6% FY ended 31

October 2020 Europe & Russia

90 SATA Air Acores 361,297 -52.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

91 SATA International 304,640 -67.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

92 Saudi Arabian

Airlines * 12,600,000 -65.0% Calendar 2020

Middle East &

Africa

93 Scoot 82,000 -99.2% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

94 SIA Group

(Singapore) 457,000 -98.7%

FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

95 SKY Airline (Chile) 1,800,604 -61.1% Calendar 2020 Latin America

96 Smartwings Group 1,800,000 -81.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

97 Solaseed Air 659,609 -63.3% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

98 Southwest Airlines 54,088,000 -59.7% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

99 SpiceJet 10,015,139 -58.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

100 Spirit Airlines 18,444,000 -46.6% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

101 Spring Airlines 18,591,900 -17.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

102 SriLankan Airlines ■ 5,256,040 -7.2% FY ended 31

March 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

103 Starflyer 457,000 -72.7% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific




Continued


Passengers



104 Starlux (Taiwan) 34,784 n/a Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

105 Sun Country Airlines 1,679,242 -58.9% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

106 TAP Portugal 4,657,200 -72.7% Calendar 2020 Europe &

Russia

107 Thai Airways Int’l. 5,870,000 -69.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

108 TUI Group (Markets

& Airlines) ■ 8,057,000 -61.8%

FY ended 30

September 2020

Europe &

Russia

109 Tunisair 997,451 -71.1% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

110 Turkish Airlines

Group 27,950,200 -62.4% Calendar 2020

Europe &

Russia

111 T'way Air 4,631,000 -43.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

112 UNI Air (Taiwan) 3,296,368 -16.4% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

113 United 57,761,000 -64.4% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

114 Ural Airlines 5,632,000 -41.4% Calendar 2020 Europe &

Russia

115 Utair (excludes

helicopter) 4,800,000 -38.7% Calendar 2020

Europe &

Russia

116 VietJet Air 15,000,000 -39.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

117 Vietnam Airlines 16,400,000 -28.4% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

118 Virgin Atlantic

Airways 1,192,999 -79.7% Calendar 2020

Europe &

Russia

119 Virgin Australia

Group ■ 18,500,000 -25.4%

FY ended 30 June

2020

Asia & South

Pacific

120 Vistara 3,938,711 -47.1% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

121 Viva Aerobus 8,123,000 -32.4% Calendar 2020 Latin America

122 Volaris 13,153,000 -37.1% Calendar 2020 Latin America

123 Volotea 3,800,000 -50.0% Calendar 2020 Europe &

Russia

124 Wideroe 1,767,471 -41.1% Calendar 2020 Europe &

Russia

125 Wizz Air 10,186,077 -74.6% FY ended 31

March 2021

Europe &

Russia

■ Refer to page 7 for details. * Estimates by IdeaWorks. End of Table.


Subsidiary Airlines in Alphabetical Order

This section provides traffic information for 55 subsidiary airlines in alphabetical order by

group (parent) name from Aeroflot Group to Virgin Australia Group.

Subsidiary airlines are identified first by the group name (corporate parent) and presented in

alphabetical order under the group. The list of subsidiary airlines is based upon public

disclosures and does not necessarily represent all the airlines within a group – Air Canada

Group for example, does not report traffic for its subsidiary Rouge, nor for the primary

carrier. Please refer to section B of the Big Book (Introduction to the Data) for information

describing data collection, reporting periods, and data sources.

Traffic – Subsidiary Airlines – Alphabetical (by Group)

Line Group (Parent) Subsidiary Airlines Annual Passengers Traffic Change

(from prior

annual period) Reporting Period

1

Aeroflot Group

Aeroflot Airlines

(not Group) 14,600,000 -60.8% Calendar 2020

2 Aurora 800,000 -52.9% Calendar 2020

3 Pobeda 9,087,000 -11.8% Calendar 2020

4 Rossiya 5,700,000 -50.9% Calendar 2020

5 Air Astana FlyArystan 1,617,000 110.0% Calendar 2020

6

Air China Group

Air China (not

Group) 21,000,000 -69.1% Calendar 2020

7 Air China Inner

Mongolia 1,570,900 -26.7% Calendar 2020

8 Air Macau 545,900 -85.1% Calendar 2020

9 Dalian Airlines 1,578,200 -38.2% Calendar 2020

10 Shandong Airlines 18,194,900 -29.6% Calendar 2020

11 Shenzhen Airlines 25,481,000 -32.7% Calendar 2020

12 Air France/KLM

Group

Air France 17,652,000 -66.4% Calendar 2020

13 KLM 11,231,000 -68.0% Calendar 2020

14 Transavia Airlines 5,182,000 -68.7% Calendar 2020

15

AirAsia Group

AirAsia India 4,387,132 -52.6% Calendar 2020

16 AirAsia Indonesia 2,186,180 -72.6% Calendar 2020

17 AirAsia Malaysia 9,116,250 -74.0% Calendar 2020

18 AirAsia Philippines 2,006,465 -76.5% Calendar 2020

19 AirAsia Thailand 9,491,524 -57.1% Calendar 2020

20 ANA Peach 2,080,000 -71.4% FY ended 31

March 2021





(from prior


21

China Eastern

Group

China Eastern (not

Group) 40,357,110 -48.8% Calendar 2020

22 China United Airlines 5,199,900 -43.3% Calendar 2020

23 Eastern Air Jiangsu 7,993,600 -41.4% Calendar 2020

24 Eastern Air Wuhan 3,201,500 -52.8% Calendar 2020

25 Eastern Air Yunnan 9,555,600 -35.1% Calendar 2020

26 Shanghai Airlines 8,313,500 -48.9% Calendar 2020

27

China Southern

Group

Chongqing Airlines 3,326,800 -24.3% Calendar 2020

28 Guizhou Airlines 2,799,700 -29.4% Calendar 2020

29 Henan Airlines 4,342,000 -28.3% Calendar 2020

30 Shantou Airlines 2,113,700 -36.5% Calendar 2020

31 Xiamen Airlines 26,908,800 -32.5% Calendar 2020

32 Zhuhai Airlines 1,737,500 -30.4% Calendar 2020

33 EVA Air Tigerair Taiwan 344,602 -87.6% Calendar 2020

34 Garuda Garuda Citilink 5,494,679 -55.0% Calendar 2020

35

Int'l Airlines

Group IAG

Aer Lingus 2,118,000 -81.8% Calendar 2020

36 British Airways 12,285,000 -74.3% Calendar 2020

37 Iberia 6,796,000 -69.7% Calendar 2020

38 LEVEL 445,000 -76.3% Calendar 2020

39 Vueling Airlines 9,631,000 -72.1% Calendar 2020

40 Kenya Airways

Group Jambojet 250,000 n/a Calendar 2020

41

LATAM Group

LATAM Brasil 14,400,000 -54.3% Calendar 2020

42 LATAM Chile 3,600,000 -59.1% Calendar 2020

43 LATAM Colombia 2,200,000 -56.9% Calendar 2020

44 LATAM Ecuador 500,000 -58.3% Calendar 2020

45 LATAM Peru 3,100,000 -64.0% Calendar 2020

46

Lufthansa Group

Austrian 3,114,000 -78.7% Calendar 2020

47 Brussels 2,362,000 -76.4% Calendar 2020

48 Eurowings 7,235,000 -74.2% Calendar 2020

49 Lufthansa Airlines 17,996,000 -74.8% Calendar 2020

50 SWISS 5,677,000 -73.7% Calendar 2020





(from prior Reporting Period

51 SIA Group

(Singapore)

SilkAir 57,000 -98.7% FY ended 31

March 2021

52 Singapore Airlines 457,000 -97.8% FY ended 31

March 2021

53 Turkish Airlines

Group

Anadolujet 6,969,000 -52.0% Calendar 2020

54 SunExpress 3,668,654 -63.8% Calendar 2020

55 Virgin Australia

Group Tigerair Australia ■ 3,000,000 -25.0%

FY ended 30 June

2020



Primary Airlines by Traffic

This section provides traffic information for 125 primary airlines in order of descending

passenger loads. The top of the list is dominated by three China and three US airlines:

China Southern Group, American, China Eastern Group, Delta, Air China Group, and

United. The strength of China’s domestic market during the pandemic unseated the

dominance of the big three US carriers. While the top of the list certainly contains the

world’s largest carriers, the last entries on the list do not represent the world’s smallest

airlines. This Big Book contains airlines which have disclosed revenue and traffic statistics;

the smallest airlines of the world often make no such disclosures.

Primary airlines include individual airlines, such as Air Greenland and Allegiant, not affiliated

with a corporate group structure. Group airlines are also included. These groups feature

multiple carriers under a single corporate ownership structure. Examples of groups include

Air China and Lufthansa. Using the example of Lufthansa Group, this structure includes

Austrian, Brussels, Eurowings, Lufthansa Airlines, and SWISS as subsidiary airlines under the

group. Traffic detail for subsidiary airlines, where available, is provided in the section which

follows the primary airlines alphabetical listing. Please refer to section B of the Big Book

(Introduction to the Data) for information describing data collection, reporting periods, and

data sources.


Rank Airlines Annual

Passengers



1 China Southern

Group 96,856,040 -36.1% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

2 American 95,324,000 -55.7% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

3 China Eastern Group 74,621,210 -42.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

4 Delta 70,145,000 -64.9% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

5 Air China Group 68,687,070 -40.3% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

6 United 57,761,000 -64.4% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

7 Southwest Airlines 54,088,000 -59.7% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

8 easyJet ■ 48,100,000 -49.9% FY ended 30

September 2020 Europe & Russia

9 Asiana Airlines

Group 39,400,000 -68.1% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

10 Hainan Airlines

Group 37,032,000 -54.7% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

11 Lufthansa Group 36,354,000 -75.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

12 Air France/KLM





Continued


Passengers




IAG 31,275,000 -73.6% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

14 Aeroflot Group 30,300,000 -50.2% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

15 IndiGo 29,336,170 -60.9% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

16 LATAM Group 28,299,000 -61.9% Calendar 2020 Latin America

17 Turkish Airlines




19 Spring Airlines 18,591,900 -17.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

20 Virgin Australia

Group ■ 18,500,000 -25.4%

FY ended 30

June 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

21 Spirit Airlines 18,444,000 -46.6% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

22 Alaska Air Group 17,927,000 -61.6% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

23 GOL Linhas Aereas 16,775,000 -54.0% Calendar 2020 Latin America

24 Vietnam Airlines 16,400,000 -28.4% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

25 Juneyao Air 15,716,850 -28.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

26 VietJet Air 15,000,000 -39.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

27 Azul 14,796,000 -46.5% Calendar 2020 Latin America

28 Pegasus 14,710,000 -51.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

29 JetBlue Airways 14,274,000 -66.6% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

30 Air Canada Group 13,760,000 -73.3% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

31 Air New Zealand ■ 13,525,000 -23.8% FY ended 30

June 2020

Asia & South

Pacific



Asia & South

Pacific

33 Volaris 13,153,000 -37.1% Calendar 2020 Latin America

34 ANA All Nippon

Airways 13,088,042 -70.9%

FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific



36 Saudi Arabian


Middle East &

Africa




Continued


Passengers




March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

38 S7 Airlines 12,300,000 -31.3% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

39 Frontier Airlines 11,238,000 -50.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

40 Wizz Air 10,186,077 -74.6% FY ended 31


41 SpiceJet 10,015,139 -58.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

42 Aeromexico 9,484,000 -54.2% Calendar 2020 Latin America

43 Qantas Airways


Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

Asia & South

Pacific


March 2021

Middle East &

Africa

45 Allegiant Air 8,623,984 -42.6% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

46 Viva Aerobus 8,123,000 -32.4% Calendar 2020 Latin America


& Airlines) ■ 8,057,000 -61.8%

FY ended 30


48 Avianca 7,647,943 -75.0% Calendar 2020 Latin America

49 Korean Air 7,312,000 -73.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

50 Jetstar Group 7,308,000 -70.8%

Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

Asia & South

Pacific

51 Norwegian 6,870,000 -81.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

52 Emirates Airline 6,600,000 -88.3% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

53 Air India 6,280,837 -71.2% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

54 Thai Airways Int’l. 5,870,000 -69.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

55 Ural Airlines 5,632,000 -41.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

56 Jeju Air 5,519,000 -59.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

57 GoAir 5,437,792 -64.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific




Continued


Passengers



58 Garuda Indonesia 5,313,600 -73.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific


March 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

60 Aegean Airlines 5,155,000 -65.6% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

61 Cebu Pacific Air 5,026,000 -77.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific


March 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

63 Utair (excludes

helicopter) 4,800,000 -38.7% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

64 TAP Portugal 4,657,200 -72.7% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia


Dragon 4,631,000 -86.9% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

66 T'way Air 4,631,000 -43.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

67 Air Arabia 4,400,000 -63.3% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

68 Jin Air 4,372,377 -49.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

69 Etihad Airways 4,200,000 -76.0% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

70 Vistara 3,938,711 -47.1% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

71 Air Europa 3,900,000 -66.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

72 Volotea 3,800,000 -50.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

73 Air Astana 3,700,000 -27.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific


Group 3,620,438 -77.8% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

75 Finnair 3,485,600 -76.2% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

76 Hawaiian Holdings 3,362,000 -71.4% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

77 UNI Air (Taiwan) 3,296,368 -16.4% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

78 flydubai 3,200,000 -66.7% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

79 LOT - Polish

Aviation Group 3,000,000 -70.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia




Continued


Passengers



80 Nordwind Airlines 2,939,000 -46.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

81 Copa Airlines 2,852,000 -81.5% Calendar 2020 Latin America

82 PIA Pakistan 2,541,000 -52.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

83 China Airlines 2,390,313 -84.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

84 EVA Air 2,330,025 -81.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

85 Aerolineas

Argentinas 2,226,000 -77.8% Calendar 2020 Latin America

86 Azur Air 1,930,037 -66.7% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

87 Bangkok Airways 1,884,600 -67.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

88 Jet2.com 1,880,000 -91.0% FY ended 31


89 Mandarin Airlines 1,854,366 -33.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

90 SKY Airline (Chile) 1,800,604 -61.1% Calendar 2020 Latin America

91 Kenya Airways

Group 1,800,000 -65.1% Calendar 2020

Middle East &

Africa

92 Smartwings Group 1,800,000 -81.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

93 Wideroe 1,767,471 -41.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

94 Sun Country Airlines 1,679,242 -58.9% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

95 Red Wings 1,536,902 -49.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

96 airBaltic 1,340,000 -73.5% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

97 JetSMART Chile 1,235,387 -45.9% Calendar 2020 Latin America

98 Azimuth Airlines 1,221,638 -2.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

99 Virgin Atlantic

Airways 1,192,999 -79.7% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

100 AirAsia X 1,144,004 -81.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific



102 Tunisair 997,451 -71.1% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

103 El Al 905,000 -84.5% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa




Continued


Passengers



104 REX - Regional

Express ■ 892,000 -29.8%

FY ended 30 June

2020

Asia & South

Pacific

105 Icelandair 891,000 -79.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

106 Edelweiss Air 870,000 -67.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

107 Alliance India 792,436 -52.3% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

108 Royal Jordanian 751,000 -77.2% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

109 Jazeera Airways 696,093 -71.0% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa


March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

111 Luxair 658,873 -69.3% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

112 Croatia Airlines 618,000 -71.6% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

113 AIRDO 579,631 -71.6% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

114 HK Express 572,000 -69.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

115 CSA Czech Airlines 500,000 -80.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

116 SIA Group

(Singapore) 457,000 -98.7%

FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific


March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

118 SATA Air Acores 361,297 -52.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

119 SATA International 304,640 -67.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

120 Flybondi (Argentina) 304,000 -78.9% Calendar 2020 Latin America

121 Air Greenland 246,000 -43.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

122 Atlantic Airways 148,717 -56.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

123 Daily Air (Taiwan) 106,588 12.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

124 Scoot 82,000 -99.2% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

125 Starlux (Taiwan) 34,784 n/a Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific



Primary Airlines Traffic by World Region

This section provides traffic information for 125 primary airlines in order of descending

passenger numbers. The largest traffic-producing airline in each region is: Asia & South

Pacific – China Southern Group; Europe & Russia – easyJet; Latin America – LATAM; Middle

East & Africa – Saudi Arabian Airlines (among calendar year 2020 results); and US & Canada

– American. The home office location determines a carrier’s assigned world region.






group. Traffic detail for subsidiary airlines is provided in the section which follows the

primary airlines alphabetical listing. Please refer to section B of the Big Book (Introduction

to the Data) for information describing data collection, reporting periods, and data sources. The weighted average for each world region was calculated using the traffic change for

individual airlines weighted by the traffic for the airline.

Traffic – Primary Airlines – World Regions

Rank Airlines

Based In: Airlines Annual Passengers



1

Asia & South

Pacific

China Southern

Group 96,856,040 -36.1% Calendar 2020

2 China Eastern Group 74,621,210 -42.7% Calendar 2020

3 Air China Group 68,687,070 -40.3% Calendar 2020

4 Asiana Airlines

Group 39,400,000 -68.1% Calendar 2020

5 Hainan Airlines

Group 37,032,000 -54.7% Calendar 2020

6 IndiGo 29,336,170 -60.9% FY ended 31

March 2021

7 Spring Airlines 18,591,900 -17.0% Calendar 2020

8 Virgin Australia

Group ■ 18,500,000 -25.4%

FY ended 30

June 2020

9 Vietnam Airlines 16,400,000 -28.4% Calendar 2020

10 Juneyao Air 15,716,850 -28.6% Calendar 2020

11 VietJet Air 15,000,000 -39.8% Calendar 2020

12 Air New Zealand ■ 13,525,000 -23.8% FY ended 30

June 2020






Continued

Rank Airlines




14

Asia & South

Pacific

ANA All Nippon

Airways 13,088,042 -70.9%

FY ended 31

March 2021


March 2021

16 SpiceJet 10,015,139 -58.8% Calendar 2020

17 Qantas Airways


Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

18 Korean Air 7,312,000 -73.2% Calendar 2020

19 Jetstar Group 7,308,000 -70.8%

Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

20 Air India 6,280,837 -71.2 FY ended 31

March 2021

21 Thai Airways Int’l. 5,870,000 -69.8% Calendar 2020

22 Jeju Air 5,519,000 -59.0% Calendar 2020

23 GoAir 5,437,792 -64.5% Calendar 2020

24 Garuda Indonesia 5,313,600 -73.0% Calendar 2020


March 2020

26 Cebu Pacific Air 5,026,000 -77.6% Calendar 2020


March 2020

28

Cathay

Pacific/Cathay

Dragon

4,631,000 -86.9% Calendar 2020

29 T'way Air 4,631,000 -43.2% Calendar 2020

30 Jin Air 4,372,377 -49.5% Calendar 2020

31 Vistara 3,938,711 -47.1% Calendar 2020

32 Air Astana 3,700,000 -27.7% Calendar 2020


Group 3,620,438 -77.8% Calendar 2020

34 UNI Air (Taiwan) 3,296,368 -16.4% Calendar 2020

35 PIA Pakistan 2,541,000 -52.0% Calendar 2020

36 China Airlines 2,390,313 -84.7% Calendar 2020

37 EVA Air 2,330,025 -81.8% Calendar 2020

38 Bangkok Airways 1,884,600 -67.8% Calendar 2020




Continued

Rank Airlines




39

Asia & South

Pacific

Mandarin Airlines 1,854,366 -33.2% Calendar 2020

40 AirAsia X 1,144,004 -81.2% Calendar 2020

41 REX - Regional

Express ■ 892,000 -29.8%

FY ended 30 June

2020

42 Alliance India 792,436 -52.3% Calendar 2020


March 2021

44 AIRDO 579,631 -71.6% FY ended 31

March 2021

45 HK Express 572,000 -69.7% Calendar 2020

46 SIA Group

(Singapore) 457,000 -98.7%

FY ended 31

March 2021


March 2021

48 Daily Air (Taiwan) 106,588 12.5% Calendar 2020

49 Scoot 82,000 -99.2% FY ended 31

March 2021

50 Starlux (Taiwan) 34,784 n/a Calendar 2020

Total for Asia & South Pacific: 604,984,943 Weighted Change: -47.1%

1

Europe & Russia

easyJet ■ 48,100,000 -49.9% FY ended 30

September 2020

2 Lufthansa Group 36,354,000 -75.0% Calendar 2020

3 Air France/KLM

Group 34,065,000 -67.3% Calendar 2020


IAG 31,275,000 -73.6% Calendar 2020

5 Aeroflot Group 30,300,000 -50.2% Calendar 2020

6 Turkish Airlines

Group 27,950,200 -62.4% Calendar 2020


March 2021

8 Pegasus 14,710,000 -51.8% Calendar 2020


October 2020

10 S7 Airlines 12,300,000 -31.3% Calendar 2020

11 Wizz Air 10,186,077 -74.6% FY ended 31

March 2021




Continued

Rank Airlines




12

Europe & Russia

TUI Group (Markets

& Airlines) ■ 8,057,000 -61.8%

FY ended 30

September 2020

13 Norwegian 6,870,000 -81.0% Calendar 2020

14 Ural Airlines 5,632,000 -41.4% Calendar 2020

15 Aegean Airlines 5,155,000 -65.6% Calendar 2020

16 Utair (excludes

helicopter) 4,800,000 -38.7% Calendar 2020

17 TAP Portugal 4,657,200 -72.7% Calendar 2020

18 Air Europa 3,900,000 -66.9% Calendar 2020

19 Volotea 3,800,000 -50.0% Calendar 2020

20 Finnair 3,485,600 -76.2% Calendar 2020

21 LOT - Polish

Aviation Group 3,000,000 -70.0% Calendar 2020

22 Nordwind Airlines 2,939,000 -46.9% Calendar 2020

23 Azur Air 1,930,037 -66.7% Calendar 2020

24 Jet2.com 1,880,000 -91.0% FY ended 31

March 2021

25 Smartwings Group 1,800,000 -81.4% Calendar 2020

26 Wideroe 1,767,471 -41.1% Calendar 2020

27 Red Wings 1,536,902 -49.9% Calendar 2020

28 airBaltic 1,340,000 -73.5% Calendar 2020

29 Azimuth Airlines 1,221,638 -2.1% Calendar 2020

30 Virgin Atlantic

Airways 1,192,999 -79.7% Calendar 2020


March 2020

32 Icelandair 891,000 -79.8% Calendar 2020

33 Edelweiss Air 870,000 -67.4% Calendar 2020

34 Luxair 658,873 -69.3% Calendar 2020

35 Croatia Airlines 618,000 -71.6% Calendar 2020

36 CSA Czech Airlines 500,000 -80.8% Calendar 2020

37 SATA Air Acores 361,297 -52.9% Calendar 2020

38 SATA International 304,640 -67.8% Calendar 2020

39 Air Greenland 246,000 -43.8% Calendar 2020

40 Atlantic Airways 148,717 -56.0% Calendar 2020

Total for Europe & Russia: 355,960,932 Weighted Change: -62.2%




Continued

Rank Airlines




1

Latin America

LATAM Group 28,299,000 -61.9% Calendar 2020

2 GOL Linhas Aereas 16,775,000 -54.0% Calendar 2020

3 Azul 14,796,000 -46.5% Calendar 2020

4 Volaris 13,153,000 -37.1% Calendar 2020

5 Aeromexico 9,484,000 -54.2% Calendar 2020

6 Viva Aerobus 8,123,000 -32.4% Calendar 2020

7 Avianca 7,647,943 -75.0% Calendar 2020

8 Copa Airlines 2,852,000 -81.5% Calendar 2020

9 Aerolineas

Argentinas 2,226,000 -77.8% Calendar 2020

10 SKY Airline (Chile) 1,800,604 -61.1% Calendar 2020

11 JetSMART Chile 1,235,387 -45.9% Calendar 2020

12 Flybondi (Argentina) 304,000 -78.9% Calendar 2020

Total for Latin America: 106,695,934 Weighted Change: -54.2%

1

Middle East &

Africa

Saudi Arabian



March 2021

3 Emirates Airline 6,600,000 -88.3% Calendar 2020

4 Air Arabia 4,400,000 -63.3% Calendar 2020

5 Etihad Airways 4,200,000 -76.0% Calendar 2020

6 flydubai 3,200,000 -66.7% Calendar 2020

7 Kenya Airways

Group 1,800,000 -65.1% Calendar 2020

8 Tunisair 997,451 -71.1% Calendar 2020

9 El Al 905,000 -84.5% Calendar 2020

10 Royal Jordanian 751,000 -77.2% Calendar 2020

11 Jazeera Airways 696,093 -71.0% Calendar 2020

Total for Middle East & Africa: 44,949,544 Weighted Change: -64.1%




Continued

Rank Airlines




1

US & Canada

American 95,324,000 -55.7% Calendar 2020

2 Delta 70,145,000 -64.9% Calendar 2020

3 United 57,761,000 -64.4% Calendar 2020

4 Southwest Airlines 54,088,000 -59.7% Calendar 2020

5 Spirit Airlines 18,444,000 -46.6% Calendar 2020

6 Alaska Air Group 17,927,000 -61.6% Calendar 2020

7 JetBlue Airways 14,274,000 -66.6% Calendar 2020

8 Air Canada Group 13,760,000 -73.3% Calendar 2020

9 Frontier Airlines 11,238,000 -50.5% Calendar 2020

10 Allegiant Air 8,623,984 -42.6% Calendar 2020

11 Hawaiian Holdings 3,362,000 -71.4% Calendar 2020

12 Sun Country Airlines 1,679,242 -58.9% Calendar 2020

Total for US & Canada: 366,626,226 Weighted Change: -60.0%

Weighted change (from prior annual period) for all 125 airlines: -54.9%



Asia & South

Pacific

40.9%

Europe &

Russia

24.0%Latin America

7.2%

Middle East &

Africa

3.0%

US & Canada

24.8%

Passenger Traffic by World Region2020 Financial Period

World region designated by headquarters location of disclosing airlines.

Percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100%.Carrier data is based upon individual listings from the

2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany.


Traffic Generated by Global Alliances

The airline industry is dominated by three key alliances: Oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star. The

passenger traffic associated with each full member airline in the group has been tallied to

create total passenger numbers for each alliance. Disclosures by airline groups do not

always provide specific airline detail to correspond to alliance participation. For example,

the Asiana Airlines Group includes subsidiary airlines (Air Busan and Air Seoul) which are

not full members of the Star Alliance. These are far smaller airlines, but disclosures could

not be found for mainline Asiana operations. Therefore, the results described are

approximations. Traffic generated by alliances represents approximately 44 percent of

global traffic.

Traffic Generated by Global Alliances

2020 Reporting Period – Full Member Airlines

Oneworld

Carriers:

American, British Airways, Cathay Pacific/Cathay Dragon, Finnair, Iberia,

Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas Airways, Qatar Airways, Royal

Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines, SriLankan Airlines.

Calculation

Notes:

Malaysia Airlines, Qatar, and Royal Air Maroc traffic not found for 2020.

IdeaWorks included estimates for these carriers in the alliance total based upon

2019 disclosed traffic adjusted by the average traffic drop for the appropriate

world region.

Traffic: 181,256,154 passengers

Change: -62.7% below 2019 results (total alliance)

SkyTeam

Carriers:

Aeroflot Group, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Air Europa, Air

France, Alitalia, China Airlines, China Eastern, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta,

Garuda Indonesia, Kenya Airways, KLM, Korean Air, Middle East Airlines,

Saudi Arabian Airlines, TAROM, Vietnam Airlines, Xiamen Airlines.

Calculation

Notes:

Alitalia, Middle East Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines, and TAROM traffic not

found for 2020. IdeaWorks included estimates for these carriers in the alliance

total based upon 2019 disclosed traffic adjusted by the average traffic drop for

the appropriate world region.



Star

Carriers:

Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA

All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Brussels, Copa

Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT,

Lufthansa Airlines, SAS, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South

African Airways, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines,

United

Calculation

Notes:

EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, and South African Airways traffic not found for

2020. IdeaWorks included estimates for these carriers in the alliance total

based upon 2019 disclosed traffic adjusted by the average traffic drop for the

appropriate world region.



All Alliances: 760,959,127 passengers

Alliance carrier listing as of June 2021. Carrier data is based upon individual listings from this Big Book.

Airline groups may include airlines which are not direct participants in an alliance.


Oneworld

Alliance

23.8%

SkyTeam

Alliance

36.7%

Star Alliance

39.4%

Passenger Traffic Generated by Global Alliances2020 Financial Period – Full Member Airlines

Carrier data is based upon individual listings from the 2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany.

Percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100%. Airline groups may include airlines which are not direct participants in an alliance.


Traffic by Airline Category

IdeaWorksCompany uses four airline categories for ancillary revenue, revenue, and traffic

analysis: traditional, major US, high performing LCCs, and low cost carriers. The largest of

these (in number and traffic) is the traditional airlines category which covers a wide swath of

airlines all over the world such as regional, global network, start-up, and national airlines.

These are usually typified by hub-and-spoke route systems and somewhat lesser reliance on

a la carte fees. Low cost carriers are separated into two categories. The definition relies

upon the practice of charging for a la carte services such as baggage, seat assignments, and

food/beverage, along with an emphasis on leisure travel. If the two low cost categories

were combined, the traffic would total 369,617,731 passengers.

Traffic by Airline Category

2020 Reporting Period

Traditional

Airlines

Description:

This represents a general category for the largest

number of carriers. Examples include Aeroflot,

Aeromexico, China Eastern Group, and SAS

Scandinavian. There are 76 airlines in this

category.


Major US

Airlines

Description:

This category consists of Alaska Air Group,

American, Delta, Hawaiian Holdings, Southwest

Airlines, and United.


High Performing

LCCs

Description:

These carriers generate the highest ancillary

revenue as a percentage of operating revenue.

Examples include AirAsia Group, Jet2.com,

Pegasus, Ryanair, Viva Aerobus, and Volaris.

There are 20 airlines in this category.


Low Cost

Carriers

Description:

Low cost carriers include Cebu Pacific Air,

Pobeda, SpiceJet, Sun Country Airlines, and VietJet

Air. Ancillary revenue, as a percentage of total

revenue, is below 16%. There are 23 airlines in

this category.


Carrier data is based upon individual listings from this Big Book.

Airline groups may include airlines which don't align with the category designated.


High

Performing

LCCs

16.3%

Traditional

Airlines

54.8%

Low Cost

Carriers

8.7%

US Major

Airlines

20.2%

Passenger Traffic by Airline Category2020 Financial Period

Carrier data is based upon individual listings from the 2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany.

Percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100%. Airline groups may include airlines which don't align with the category designated.


D. Airline Revenue for the 2020 Period

Primary Airlines in Alphabetical Order

This section provides revenue information for 109 primary airlines in alphabetical order

from Aegean Airlines to Wizz Air. Primary airlines include individual airlines, such as Air

Greenland and Allegiant, not affiliated with a corporate group structure. Group airlines are

also included. These groups feature multiple carriers under a single corporate ownership

structure. Examples of groups include Air China and Lufthansa. Using the example of

Lufthansa Group, this structure includes Austrian, Brussels, Eurowings, Lufthansa Airlines,

and SWISS as subsidiary airlines under the group. Revenue detail for subsidiary airlines is

provided in the section which follows the primary airlines listing. Please refer to section B

of the Big Book (Introduction to the Data) for information describing data collection,

reporting periods, and data sources. The 2020 versus 2019 revenue decrease among all

primary airlines was 52.4% (using weighted averages).

Revenue – Primary Airlines – Alphabetical

Line Airlines Annual Revenue Revenue Change

(from prior


1 Aegean Airlines $467,403,991 -68.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

2 Aeroflot Group $4,268,356,015 -60.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

3 Aeromexico $1,249,228,420 -65.3% Calendar 2020 Latin America

4 Air Arabia $504,007,080 -61.1% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

5 Air Astana $400,264,000 -55.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

6 Air Canada Group $4,295,138,642 -70.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

7 Air China Group $9,829,100,637 -50.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

8 Air Europa $591,151,760 -75.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

9 Air France/KLM

Group $12,485,125,169 -59.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

10 Air Greenland $170,653,842 -19.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

11 Air India * $973,040,392 -74.7% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

12 Air India Express ■ $676,094,636 13.8% FY ended 31

March 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

13 Air New Zealand ■ $3,130,720,058 -18.9% FY ended 30 June

2020

Asia & South

Pacific


AirAsia X) $730,533,074 -74.1% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

15 AirAsia X $263,676,242 -76.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific




Continued


(from prior


16 airBaltic $155,292,752 -72.7% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

17 AIRDO $161,987,267 -61.4% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

18 Alaska Air Group $3,566,000,000 -59.4% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

19 Allegiant Air $990,073,000 -46.2% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

20 American $17,337,000,000 -62.1% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

21 ANA All Nippon

Airways $6,778,692,237 -61.2%

FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

22 Asiana Airlines

Group $3,241,127,176 -45.9% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

23 Atlantic Airways $44,241,272 -48.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

24 Avianca $1,711,600,000 -63.0% Calendar 2020 Latin America

25 Azul $1,082,443,405 -63.8% Calendar 2020 Latin America

26 Bangkok Airways $329,197,415 -64.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific


Dragon $5,512,738,471 -57.6% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

28 Cebu Pacific Air $454,054,408 -72.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

29 China Airlines $3,610,558,975 -23.4% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

30 China Eastern Group $8,305,071,330 -53.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

31 China Southern

Group $13,089,817,415 -41.9% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

32 Copa Airlines $801,000,000 -70.4% Calendar 2020 Latin America

33 Croatia Airlines $81,056,477 -67.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

34 CSA Czech Airlines $76,568,228 -80.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

35 Delta $15,297,000,000 -66.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

36 Eastern Airways

UK ■ $54,378,067 -29.6%

FY ended 31


37 easyJet ■ $3,753,954,265 -53.5% FY ended 30


38 Edelweiss Air $264,408,626 -64.2% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

39 El Al $623,000,000 -71.4% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

40 Emirates Airline $8,231,449,966 -66.8% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa




Continued


(from prior


41 Ethiopian Airlines ■ $3,300,000,000 -15.5% Period ended July

2020

Middle East &

Africa

42 Etihad Airways $1,200,000,000 -78.6% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

43 EVA Air $3,023,840,204 -48.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

44 Finnair $933,681,980 -73.3% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

45 flydubai $762,423,417 -53.3% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

46 Frontier Airlines $1,250,000,000 -50.2% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

47 GOL Linhas Aereas $1,190,535,842 -67.2% Calendar 2020 Latin America

48 Hainan Airlines

Group $4,157,842,527 -60.6% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

49 Hawaiian Holdings $844,813,000 -70.2% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

50 HK Express $111,085,654 -54.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

51 Icelandair $433,591,000 -62.6% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

52 IndiGo $2,076,010,186 -61.6% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific


IAG $8,789,582,167 -69.5% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

54 Japan Airlines Group $4,476,673,906 -65.0% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

55 Jazeera Airways $134,455,539 -60.6% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

56 Jeju Air $311,215,486 -73.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

57 Jet2.com $493,291,298 -89.1% FY ended 31


58 JetBlue Airways $2,957,000,000 -63.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

59 Jetstar Group $878,481,018 -68.1%

Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

Asia & South

Pacific

60 Jin Air $226,153,364 -71.1% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

61 Juneyao Air $1,428,544,120 -41.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific




Continued


(from prior


62 Kenya Airways

Group $496,054,885 -60.3% Calendar 2020

Middle East &

Africa

63 Korean Air $6,991,015,000 -38.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

64 LATAM Group $3,923,667,000 -61.0% Calendar 2020 Latin America

65 Loganair ■ $210,886,396 39.2% FY ended 31


66 LOT - Polish

Aviation Group $534,851,592 -75.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

67 Lufthansa Group $10,221,858,431 -64.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

68 Luxair $296,257,618 -57.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

69 Norwegian $955,618,497 -81.2% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

70 Pegasus $709,382,112 -63.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia


Group $1,109,420,984 -63.2% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

72 PIA Pakistan $566,748,398 -40.3% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

73 Qantas Airways

(includes Loyalty) $4,048,621,572 -58.5%

Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

Asia & South

Pacific

74 Qatar Airways * $7,800,000 -33.5% FY ended 31

March 2021

Middle East &

Africa

75 REX - Regional

Express ■ $222,608,473 0.7%

FY ended 30 June

2020

Asia & South

Pacific

76 Royal Jordanian $299,891,396 -67.8% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

77 Ryanair Group $1,841,916,284 -80.8% FY ended 31


78 S7 Airlines $1,280,000,000 -51.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

79 SAS Group $2,207,831,991 -55.9% FY ended 31


80 SATA Air Acores $74,860,081 -21.6% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

81 SATA International $64,097,459 -63.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

82 Saudi Arabian

Airlines * $6,500,000,000 -39.8% Calendar 2020

Middle East &

Africa

83 Scoot $152,329,975 -87.7% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific




Continued


(from prior


84 SIA Group

(Singapore) $2,737,993,182 -76.7%

FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

85 Solaseed Air $188,425,435 -51.2% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

86 Southwest Airlines $9,048,000,000 -59.7% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

87 Spirit Airlines $1,810,022,000 -52.7% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

88 Spring Airlines $1,325,501,962 -38.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

89 SriLankan Airlines ■ $985,127,673 -5.7% FY ended 31

March 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

90 Starflyer $170,192,216 -54.3% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

91 Sun Country Airlines $401,486,000 -42.8% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

92 Sun-Air of

Scandinavia $45,669,925 -38.6%

FY ended 31


93 TAP Portugal $1,193,788,754 -68.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

94 Thai Airways Int’l. $1,567,260,141 -74.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific


& Airlines) ■ $7,517,873,981 -58.4%

FY ended 30


96 Tunisair $169,405,378 -70.1% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

97 Turkish Airlines


98 T'way Air $224,050,837 -67.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

99 United $15,355,000,000 -64.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

100 Ural Airlines $766,383,830 -44.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

101 Utair (excludes

helicopter) $822,846,738 -12.5% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

102 VietJet Air $655,480,386 -63.1% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

103 Vietnam Airlines $1,829,507,282 -57.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

104 Virgin Atlantic

Airways $1,082,895,414 -70.7% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia




Continued


(from prior



Group ■ $3,124,487,210 -23.0%

FY ended 30 June

2020

Asia & South

Pacific

106 Viva Aerobus $360,075,799 -46.6% Calendar 2020 Latin America

107 Volaris $970,559,350 -46.7% Calendar 2020 Latin America

108 Wideroe $427,517,641 -27.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

109 Wizz Air $832,116,477 -73.3% FY ended 31




Subsidiary Airlines in Alphabetical Order

This section provides revenue information for 43 subsidiary airlines in alphabetical order by

group name (corporate parent) from Aeroflot Group to Virgin Australia Group.

Subsidiary airlines are identified first by the group name and presented in alphabetical order

under the group. Financial disclosures provide group level results and sometimes describe

results for subsidiary airlines under the group umbrella. The list of subsidiary airlines is

based upon the disclosures made and does not always represent all of the airlines within a

group. Please refer to section B of the Big Book (Introduction to the Data) for information

describing data collection, reporting periods, and data sources.

Revenue – Subsidiary Airlines – Alphabetical (by Group)


(from prior


1 Aeroflot Group

Pobeda $535,793,927 -36.6% Calendar 2020

2 Rossiya $958,714,046 -52.2% Calendar 2020

3

Air China Group

Air China (not

Group) $5,501,171,092 -56.5% Calendar 2020

4 Air China Inner

Mongolia $138,448,496 -44.7% Calendar 2020

5 Air Macau $94,043,156 -82.5% Calendar 2020

6 Dalian Airlines $149,337,704 -45.0% Calendar 2020

7 Shandong Airlines $1,489,700,162 -46.2% Calendar 2020

8 Shenzhen Airlines $2,459,829,562 -47.1% Calendar 2020

9 Air France/KLM

Group

Air France $7,223,311,504 -61.5% Calendar 2020

10 KLM $5,765,137,163 -54.0% Calendar 2020

11 Transavia Airlines $682,358,031 -65.4% Calendar 2020

12

AirAsia Group

AirAsia India $229,183,461 -52.4% Calendar 2020

13 AirAsia Indonesia $107,672,082 -77.4% Calendar 2020

14 AirAsia Malaysia $474,923,728 -73.9% Calendar 2020

15 AirAsia Philippines $125,492,096 -76.5% Calendar 2020

16 AirAsia Thailand $429,871,933 -67.2% Calendar 2020

17 ANA Peach $204,658,582 -72.9% FY ended 31

March 2021

18 Asiana Airlines

Group

Air Busan $158,007,814 -71.0% Calendar 2020

19 Air Seoul $59,991,382 -70.1% Calendar 2020



Revenue – Subsidiary Airlines – Alphabetical (by Group)

Continued


(from prior


20

China Eastern

Group

China Eastern (not

Group) $8,302,138,173 -30.2% Calendar 2020

21 China United

Airlines $381,122,265 -53.8% Calendar 2020

22 Eastern Air Jiangsu $643,453,174 -54.9% Calendar 2020

23 Eastern Air

Wuhan $233,340,162 -66.3% Calendar 2020

24 Eastern Air

Yunnan $855,297,757 -49.6% Calendar 2020

25 Shanghai Airlines $819,943,187 -57.7% Calendar 2020

26 China Southern

Group Xiamen Airlines $2,923,822,939 -38.6% Calendar 2020

27

Hainan Airline

Holdings

Fuzhou Airlines $142,549,626 -51.4% Calendar 2020

28 Lucky Air

(Yunnan) $556,198,095 -50.0% Calendar 2020

29 Urumqi Air $134,064,529 -55.0% Calendar 2020

30

Int’l Airlines

Group IAG

Aer Lingus $529,221,576 -78.0% Calendar 2020

31 British Airways $4,991,549,024 -70.3% Calendar 2020

32 Iberia $2,543,641,573 -60.2% Calendar 2020

33 Vueling Airlines $646,325,924 -76.7% Calendar 2020

34 Kenya Airways

Group Jambojet $16,965,725 -72.3% Calendar 2020

35

Lufthansa Group

Austrian $517,961,542 -78.3% Calendar 2020

36 Brussels $466,165,388 -70.1% Calendar 2020

37 Eurowings $673,350,005 -75.3% Calendar 2020

38 Lufthansa Airlines $4,621,117,757 -74.6% Calendar 2020

39 SWISS $1,950,237,806 -66.5% Calendar 2020

40 SIA Group

(Singapore)

SilkAir $25,041,527 -96.2% FY ended 31

March 2021

41 Singapore Airlines $2,475,738,797 -74.0% FY ended 31

March 2021

42 Turkish Airlines

Group SunExpress $564,000,000 -64.0% Calendar 2020

43 Virgin Australia

Group Tigerair Australia ■ $289,829,564 -26.1%

FY ended 30 June

2020



Primary Airlines by Revenue

This section provides revenue information for 109 primary airlines in order of descending

revenue. The top of the list is dominated by the three US major airlines: American, Delta,

and United, and is followed by China Southern, which skips ahead of Air France/KLM

Group, Int'l Airlines Group IAG, and Lufthansa Group for 2020. The list ends with Atlantic

Airways which serves the island of Faroe in the North Atlantic. While the top of the list

certainly contains the world’s largest carriers, the last entries on the list do not represent

the world’s smallest airlines. This Big Book contains airlines which have disclosed revenue

and traffic statistics; the smallest airlines of the world often make no such disclosures.






group. Revenue detail for subsidiary airlines is provided in the section which follows the

primary airlines alphabetical listing. Please refer to section B of the Big Book (Introduction

to the Data) for information describing data collection, reporting periods, and data sources.


Rank Airlines Annual Revenue Revenue Change

(from prior


1 American $17,337,000,000 -62.1% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

2 United $15,355,000,000 -64.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

3 Delta $15,297,000,000 -66.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

4 China Southern

Group $13,089,817,415 -41.9% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

5 Air France/KLM


6 Lufthansa Group $10,221,858,431 -64.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

7 Air China Group $9,829,100,637 -50.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

8 Southwest Airlines $9,048,000,000 -59.7% Calendar 2020 US & Canada


IAG $8,789,582,167 -69.5% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

10 China Eastern Group $8,305,071,330 -53.0% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

11 Emirates Airline $8,231,449,966 -66.8% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa


March 2021

Middle East &

Africa




Continued


(from prior



& Airlines) ■ $7,517,873,981 -58.4%

FY ended 30


14 Korean Air $6,991,015,000 -38.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

15 ANA All Nippon

Airways $6,778,692,237 -61.2%

FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

16 Turkish Airlines


17 Saudi Arabian


Middle East &

Africa


Dragon $5,512,738,471 -57.6% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific


March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

20 Air Canada Group $4,295,138,642 -70.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

21 Aeroflot Group $4,268,356,015 -60.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

22 Hainan Airlines

Group $4,157,842,527 -60.6% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

23 Qantas Airways


Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

Asia & South

Pacific

24 LATAM Group $3,923,667,000 -61.0% Calendar 2020 Latin America

25 easyJet ■ $3,753,954,265 -53.5% FY ended 30


26 China Airlines $3,610,558,975 -23.4% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

27 Alaska Air Group $3,566,000,000 -59.4% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

28 Ethiopian Airlines ■ $3,300,000,000 -15.5% Period ended

July 2020

Middle East &

Africa

29 Asiana Airlines

Group $3,241,127,176 -45.9% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

30 Air New Zealand ■ $3,130,720,058 -18.9% FY ended 30

June 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

31 Virgin Australia

Group ■ $3,124,487,210 -23.0%

FY ended 30

June 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

32 EVA Air $3,023,840,204 -48.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific




Continued


(from prior


33 JetBlue Airways $2,957,000,000 -63.5% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

34 SIA Group

(Singapore) $2,737,993,182 -76.7%

FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific



36 IndiGo $2,076,010,186 -61.6% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific



38 Vietnam Airlines $1,829,507,282 -57.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

39 Spirit Airlines $1,810,022,000 -52.7% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

40 Avianca $1,711,600,000 -63.0% Calendar 2020 Latin America

41 Thai Airways Int’l. $1,567,260,141 -74.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

42 Juneyao Air $1,428,544,120 -41.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

43 Spring Airlines $1,325,501,962 -38.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

44 S7 Airlines $1,280,000,000 -51.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

45 Frontier Airlines $1,250,000,000 -50.2% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

46 Aeromexico $1,249,228,420 -65.3% Calendar 2020 Latin America

47 Etihad Airways $1,200,000,000 -78.6% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

48 TAP Portugal $1,193,788,754 -68.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

49 GOL Linhas Aereas $1,190,535,842 -67.2% Calendar 2020 Latin America


Group $1,109,420,984 -63.2% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

51 Virgin Atlantic

Airways $1,082,895,414 -70.7% Calendar 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

52 Azul $1,082,443,405 -63.8% Calendar 2020 Latin America

53 Allegiant Air $990,073,000 -46.2% Calendar 2020 US & Canada


March 2020

Asia & South

Pacific




Continued


(from prior



March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

56 Volaris $970,559,350 -46.7% Calendar 2020 Latin America

57 Norwegian $955,618,497 -81.2% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

58 Finnair $933,681,980 -73.3% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

59 Jetstar Group $878,481,018 -68.1%

Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

Asia & South

Pacific

60 Hawaiian Holdings $844,813,000 -70.2% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

61 Wizz Air $832,116,477 -73.3% FY ended 31


62 Utair (excludes

helicopter) $822,846,738 -12.5% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

63 Copa Airlines $801,000,000 -70.4% Calendar 2020 Latin America

64 Ural Airlines $766,383,830 -44.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

65 flydubai $762,423,417 -53.3% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa



Asia & South

Pacific

67 Pegasus $709,382,112 -63.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia


March 2020

Asia & South

Pacific

69 VietJet Air $655,480,386 -63.1% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

70 El Al $623,000,000 -71.4% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

71 Air Europa $591,151,760 -75.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

72 PIA Pakistan $566,748,398 -40.3% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

73 LOT - Polish

Aviation Group $534,851,592 -75.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

74 Air Arabia $504,007,080 -61.1% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

75 Kenya Airways

Group $496,054,885 -60.3% Calendar 2020

Middle East &

Africa




Continued


(from prior


76 Jet2.com $493,291,298 -89.1% FY ended 31


77 Aegean Airlines $467,403,991 -68.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

78 Cebu Pacific Air $454,054,408 -72.6% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

79 Icelandair $433,591,000 -62.6% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

80 Wideroe $427,517,641 -27.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

81 Sun Country Airlines $401,486,000 -42.8% Calendar 2020 US & Canada

82 Air Astana $400,264,000 -55.5% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

83 Viva Aerobus $360,075,799 -46.6% Calendar 2020 Latin America

84 Bangkok Airways $329,197,415 -64.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

85 Jeju Air $311,215,486 -73.7% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

86 Royal Jordanian $299,891,396 -67.8% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

87 Luxair $296,257,618 -57.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

88 Edelweiss Air $264,408,626 -64.2% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

89 AirAsia X $263,676,242 -76.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

90 Jin Air $226,153,364 -71.1% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

91 T'way Air $224,050,837 -67.8% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

92 REX - Regional

Express ■ $222,608,473 0.7%

FY ended 30

June 2020

Asia & South

Pacific




March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

95 Air Greenland $170,653,842 -19.4% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia


March 2021 96

97 Tunisair $169,405,378 -70.1% Calendar 2020 97




Continued


(from prior


98 AIRDO $161,987,267 -61.4% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

99 airBaltic $155,292,752 -72.7% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

100 Scoot $152,329,975 -87.7% FY ended 31

March 2021

Asia & South

Pacific

101 Jazeera Airways $134,455,539 -60.6% Calendar 2020 Middle East &

Africa

102 HK Express $111,085,654 -54.2% Calendar 2020 Asia & South

Pacific

103 Croatia Airlines $81,056,477 -67.0% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

104 CSA Czech Airlines $76,568,228 -80.1% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

105 SATA Air Acores $74,860,081 -21.6% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

106 SATA International $64,097,459 -63.9% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia

107 Eastern Airways

UK ■ $54,378,067 -29.6%

FY ended 31


108 Sun-Air of

Scandinavia $45,669,925 -38.6%

FY ended 31


109 Atlantic Airways $44,241,272 -48.8% Calendar 2020 Europe & Russia



Primary Airlines Revenue by World Region

This section provides revenue information for 109 primary airlines in order of descending

revenue. The highest revenue-producing airline based in each region is: Asia & South Pacific

– China Southern Group; Europe & Russia – Air France/KLM Group; Latin America –

LATAM; Middle East & Africa – Emirates (among calendar year 2020 results); and US &

Canada – American. The home office location determines a carrier’s assigned world region.






group. Revenue detail for subsidiary airlines is provided in the section which follows the

primary airlines alphabetical listing. Please refer to section B of the Big Book (Introduction to the Data) for information describing data collection, reporting periods, and data sources.

The weighted average for each world region was calculated using the revenue change for

individual airlines weighted by the revenue for the airline.

Revenue – Primary Airlines – World Region

Rank Airlines

Based In: Airlines Annual Revenue

Revenue Change (from prior


1

Asia & South

Pacific

China Southern

Group $13,089,817,415 -41.9% Calendar 2020

2 Air China Group $9,829,100,637 -50.5% Calendar 2020

3 China Eastern Group $8,305,071,330 -53.0% Calendar 2020

4 Korean Air $6,991,015,000 -38.6% Calendar 2020

5 ANA All Nippon

Airways $6,778,692,237 -61.2%

FY ended 31

March 2021

6

Cathay

Pacific/Cathay

Dragon

$5,512,738,471 -57.6% Calendar 2020


March 2021

8 Hainan Airlines

Group $4,157,842,527 -60.6% Calendar 2020

9 Qantas Airways


Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

10 China Airlines $3,610,558,975 -23.4% Calendar 2020

11 Asiana Airlines

Group $3,241,127,176 -45.9% Calendar 2020




Continued

Rank Airlines




12

Asia & South

Pacific

Air New Zealand ■ $3,130,720,058 -18.9% FY ended 30 June

2020

13 Virgin Australia

Group ■ $3,124,487,210 -23.0%

FY ended 30 June

2020

14 EVA Air $3,023,840,204 -48.2% Calendar 2020

15 SIA Group

(Singapore) $2,737,993,182 -76.7%

FY ended 31

March 2021

16 IndiGo $2,076,010,186 -61.6% FY ended 31

March 2021

17 Vietnam Airlines $1,829,507,282 -57.6% Calendar 2020

18 Thai Airways Int’l. $1,567,260,141 -74.6% Calendar 2020

19 Juneyao Air $1,428,544,120 -41.6% Calendar 2020

20 Spring Airlines $1,325,501,962 -38.6% Calendar 2020


Group $1,109,420,984 -63.2% Calendar 2020


March 2020


March 2021

24 Jetstar Group $878,481,018 -68.1%

Calendar 2020

(Not regular

period)

25 AirAsia Group (ex.



March 2020

27 VietJet Air $655,480,386 -63.1% Calendar 2020

28 PIA Pakistan $566,748,398 -40.3% Calendar 2020

29 Cebu Pacific Air $454,054,408 -72.6% Calendar 2020

30 Air Astana $400,264,000 -55.5% Calendar 2020

31 Bangkok Airways $329,197,415 -64.7% Calendar 2020

32 Jeju Air $311,215,486 -73.7% Calendar 2020

33 AirAsia X $263,676,242 -76.2% Calendar 2020

34 Jin Air $226,153,364 -71.1% Calendar 2020




Continued

Rank Airlines




35

Asia & South

Pacific

T'way Air $224,050,837 -67.8% Calendar 2020

36 REX - Regional

Express ■ $222,608,473 0.7%

FY ended 30 June

2020


March 2021


March 2021

39 AIRDO $161,987,267 -61.4% FY ended 31

March 2021

40 Scoot $152,329,975 -87.7% FY ended 31

March 2021

41 HK Express $111,085,654 -54.2% Calendar 2020

Total for Asia & South Pacific: $100,075,290,924 Weighted Change: -49.6%

1

Europe & Russia

Air France/KLM

Group $12,485,125,169 -59.4% Calendar 2020

2 Lufthansa Group $10,221,858,431 -64.4% Calendar 2020


IAG $8,789,582,167 -69.5% Calendar 2020


& Airlines) ■ $7,517,873,981 -58.4%

FY ended 30

September 2020

5 Turkish Airlines

Group $6,734,000,000 -49.1% Calendar 2020

6 Aeroflot Group $4,268,356,015 -60.4% Calendar 2020

7 easyJet ■ $3,753,954,265 -53.5% FY ended 30

September 2020


October 2020


March 2021

10 S7 Airlines $1,280,000,000 -51.1% Calendar 2020

11 TAP Portugal $1,193,788,754 -68.0% Calendar 2020

12 Virgin Atlantic

Airways $1,082,895,414 -70.7% Calendar 2020

13 Norwegian $955,618,497 -81.2% Calendar 2020




Continued

Rank Airlines




14

Europe & Russia

Finnair $933,681,980 -73.3% Calendar 2020

15 Wizz Air $832,116,477 -73.3% FY ended 31

March 2021

16 Utair (excludes

helicopter) $822,846,738 -12.5% Calendar 2020

17 Ural Airlines $766,383,830 -44.1% Calendar 2020

18 Pegasus $709,382,112 -63.9% Calendar 2020

19 Air Europa $591,151,760 -75.1% Calendar 2020

20 LOT - Polish

Aviation Group $534,851,592 -75.1% Calendar 2020

21 Jet2.com $493,291,298 -89.1% FY ended 31

March 2021

22 Aegean Airlines $467,403,991 -68.4% Calendar 2020

23 Icelandair $433,591,000 -62.6% Calendar 2020

24 Wideroe $427,517,641 -27.9% Calendar 2020

25 Luxair $296,257,618 -57.4% Calendar 2020

26 Edelweiss Air $264,408,626 -64.2% Calendar 2020


March 2020

28 Air Greenland $170,653,842 -19.4% Calendar 2020

29 airBaltic $155,292,752 -72.7% Calendar 2020

30 Croatia Airlines $81,056,477 -67.0% Calendar 2020

31 CSA Czech Airlines $76,568,228 -80.1% Calendar 2020

32 SATA Air Acores $74,860,081 -21.6% Calendar 2020

33 SATA International $64,097,459 -63.9% Calendar 2020

34 Eastern Airways

UK ■ $54,378,067 -29.6%

FY ended 31

March 2020

35 Sun-Air of

Scandinavia $45,669,925 -38.6%

FY ended 31

October 2020

36 Atlantic Airways $44,241,272 -48.8% Calendar 2020

Total for Europe & Russia: $70,883,390,131 Weighted Change: -60.4%




Continued

Rank Airlines




1

LATAM Group $3,923,667,000 -61.0% Calendar 2020

2 Avianca $1,711,600,000 -63.0% Calendar 2020

3 Aeromexico $1,249,228,420 -65.3% Calendar 2020

4 GOL Linhas Aereas $1,190,535,842 -67.2% Calendar 2020

5 Azul $1,082,443,405 -63.8% Calendar 2020

6 Volaris $970,559,350 -46.7% Calendar 2020

7 Copa Airlines $801,000,000 -70.4% Calendar 2020

8 Viva Aerobus $360,075,799 -46.6% Calendar 2020

Total for Latin America $11,289,109,817 Weighted Change: -61.7%

1

Middle East &

Africa

Emirates Airline $8,231,449,966 -66.8% Calendar 2020


March 2021

3 Saudi Arabian


4 Ethiopian Airlines ■ $3,300,000,000 -15.5% Period ended July

2020

5 Etihad Airways $1,200,000,000 -78.6% Calendar 2020

6 flydubai $762,423,417 -53.3% Calendar 2020

7 El Al $623,000,000 -71.4% Calendar 2020

8 Air Arabia $504,007,080 -61.1% Calendar 2020

9 Kenya Airways

Group $496,054,885 -60.3% Calendar 2020

10 Royal Jordanian $299,891,396 -67.8% Calendar 2020

11 Tunisair $169,405,378 -70.1% Calendar 2020

12 Jazeera Airways $134,455,539 -60.6% Calendar 2020

Total for Middle East & Africa: $31,020,687,661 Weighted Change: -46.3%




Continued

Rank Airlines




1

US & Canada

American $17,337,000,000 -62.1% Calendar 2020

2 United $15,355,000,000 -64.5% Calendar 2020

3 Delta $15,297,000,000 -66.5% Calendar 2020

4 Southwest Airlines $9,048,000,000 -59.7% Calendar 2020

5 Air Canada Group $4,295,138,642 -70.5% Calendar 2020

6 Alaska Air Group $3,566,000,000 -59.4% Calendar 2020

7 JetBlue Airways $2,957,000,000 -63.5% Calendar 2020

8 Spirit Airlines $1,810,022,000 -52.7% Calendar 2020

9 Frontier Airlines $1,250,000,000 -50.2% Calendar 2020

10 Allegiant Air $990,073,000 -46.2% Calendar 2020

11 Hawaiian Holdings $844,813,000 -70.2% Calendar 2020

12 Sun Country

Airlines $401,486,000 -42.8% Calendar 2020

Total for US & Canada: $73,151,532,642 Weighted Change: -63.0%

Weighted change (from prior annual period) for all 109 airlines: -55.8%



Asia & South

Pacific

34.9%Europe &

Russia

24.7%

Latin America

3.9%

Middle East &

Africa

10.8%

US & Canada

25.5%

Airline Revenue by World Region2020 Financial Period

World region designated by headquarters location of disclosing airlines.Percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100%.Carrier data is based upon individual listings from the

2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany.


Revenue Generated by Global Alliances

The airline industry is dominated by three key alliances: Oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star. The

revenue associated with each full member airline in the alliance has been tallied to create

total revenue for each of the three. Disclosures by airline groups do not always provide

specific airline detail to correspond to alliance participation. For example, the Asiana

Airlines Group includes subsidiary airlines (Air Busan and Air Seoul) which are not full

members of the Star Alliance. These are far smaller airlines, but disclosures could not be

found for mainline Asiana operations. Therefore, the results described are approximations.

Global revenue generated by alliances represents approximately 59 percent of global airline

revenue.

Revenue Generated by Global Alliances

2020 Reporting Period – Full Member Airlines

Oneworld

Carriers:

American, British Airways, Cathay Pacific/Cathay Dragon, Finnair, Iberia,

Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas Airways, Qatar Airways, Royal Air

Maroc, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines, SriLankan Airlines.

Calculation

Notes:

Malaysia Airlines, Qatar, and Royal Air Moroc revenue not found for 2020.

IdeaWorks included estimates for these carriers in the alliance total based upon

2019 disclosed revenue adjusted by the average revenue drop for the appropriate

world region.

Revenue: $53,142,955,173


SkyTeam

Carriers:

Aeroflot Group, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Air Europa, Air

France, Alitalia, China Airlines, China Eastern, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta,

Garuda Indonesia, Kenya Airways, KLM, Korean Air, Middle East Airlines,

Saudi Arabian Airlines, TAROM, Vietnam Airlines, Xiamen Airlines.

Calculation

Notes:

Aerolineas Argentinas, Alitalia, Garuda Indonesia, Middle East Airlines, Saudi

Arabia Airlines, and TAROM revenue not found for 2020. IdeaWorks included

estimates for these carriers in the alliance total based upon 2019 disclosed

revenue adjusted by the average revenue drop for the appropriate world region.

Revenue: $69,649,204,255


Star

Carriers:

Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA

All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Brussels, Copa

Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT,

Lufthansa Airlines, SAS, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African

Airways, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, United

Calculation

Notes:

Air India, EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, and South African Airways revenue not

found for 2020. IdeaWorks included estimates for these carriers in the alliance

total based upon 2019 disclosed revenue adjusted by the average revenue drop

for the appropriate world region.

Revenue: $75,204,792,611


All Alliances: $197,996,952,039

Alliance carrier listing as of June 2021. Carrier data is based upon individual listings from this Big Book.

Airline groups may include airlines which are not direct participants in an alliance.


Oneworld

Alliance

26.8%

SkyTeam

Alliance

35.2%

Star Alliance

38.0%

Revenue Generated by Global Alliances2020 Financial Period – Full Member Airlines

Carrier data is based upon individual listings from the2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany.

Percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100%.Airline groups may include airlines which are not direct participants in an alliance.


Revenue by Airline Category

IdeaWorksCompany uses four airline categories for ancillary revenue, revenue, and traffic

analysis: traditional, major US, high performing LCCs, and low cost carriers. The largest of

these (in number and traffic) is the traditional airlines category which covers a wide swath of

airlines all over the world such as regional, global network, start-up, and national airlines.

These are usually typified by hub-and-spoke route systems and somewhat lesser reliance on

a la carte fees. Low cost carriers are separated into two categories. The definition relies

upon the practice of charging for a la carte services such as baggage, seat assignments, and

food/beverage, along with an emphasis on leisure travel. If the two categories were

combined, the revenue total would be $37,549,402,977.

Revenue by Airline Category

2020 Reporting Period

Traditional

Airlines

Description:

This represents a general category for the largest

number of carriers. Examples include Aeroflot,

Aeromexico, China Eastern, and SAS Scandinavian.

There are 67 airlines in this category.

Revenue: $187,422,795,197

Major US

Airlines

Description:

This category consists of Alaska Air Group,

American, Delta, Hawaiian Holdings, Southwest

Airlines, and United.

Revenue: $61,447,813,000

High Performing

LCCs

Description:

These carriers generate the highest ancillary

revenue activity as a percentage of operating

revenue. Examples include AirAsia Group,

Jet2.com, Pegasus, Ryanair, Viva Aerobus, and

Volaris. There are 19 airlines in this category.

Revenue: $19,031,574,678

Low Cost

Carriers

Description:

Low cost carriers include Jambojet, Pobeda,

SpiceJet, Sun Country Airlines, and VietJet Air.

Ancillary revenue, as a % of total revenue, is below

16%. There are 17 airlines in this category.

Revenue: $18,517,828,300

Carrier data is based upon individual listings from this Big Book.

Airline groups may include airlines which don't align with the category designated.


High

Performing

LCCs

6.6%

Traditional

Airlines

65.4%

Low Cost

Carriers

6.5%

US Major

Airlines

21.5%

Revenue by Airline Category2020 Financial Period

Carrier data is based upon individual listings from the 2021 Datalex Big Book of Airline Data IdeaWorksCompany.

Percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100%. Airline groups may include airlines which don't align with the category designated.


E. Frequent Flyer Membership by Program

Airlines may disclose the membership size of frequent flyer programs in their financial

reports, corporate press releases, and websites. This was found for 42 of the airlines in the

Big Book. For most, a total membership number was referenced. Others described “active

membership” which traditionally is defined by accounts that have accrual or redemption

activity in a 12-month period. The active portion of a membership base can represent 25 to

40 percent of total membership. Some airlines make modest disclosures. United Airlines

disclosed “100+ million” members; their true membership is likely 25 percent higher. It

would be inappropriate to rank these results because the list of programs is incomplete and

limited by disclosure. Results are from the most recent reporting period for each airline,

unless noted in parenthesis.

Frequent Flyer Membership by Program – Alphabetical

Line Airlines Program Name Source and Notes FFP Membership

1 Aeroflot Group Aeroflot Bonus Annual report (2019) 9,800,000

2 Aerolineas Argentinas Aerolineas Plus Annual report (2019) 3,000,000

3 Aeromexico Club Premier Annual report 7,000,000

4 Air Astana Nomad Club Annual report (2019) 370,000

5 Air Canada Group Aeroplan (active

members) Annual report (2019) 5,000,000

6 Air China Group Phoenix Miles Annual report 68,176,600

7 Air France/KLM

Group

Flying Blue (active

members) Annual report 15,000,000

8 Air India Flying Returns Annual report 2,723,185

9 Air New Zealand Airpoints Annual report 3,200,000

10 AirAsia Group (ex.

AirAsia X) BIG Loyalty Annual report 25,000,000

11 airBaltic airBaltic Club Annual report 2,360,000

12 Alaska Air Group Mileage Plan Annual report and

IdeaWorks estimate 9,500,000

13 American AAdvantage Annual report 115,000,000

14 ANA All Nippon

Airways ANA Mileage Club Annual report 37,440,000

15 Avianca LifeMiles Annual report 10,100,000

16 Azul TudoAzul Annual report 12,600,000


Dragon Asia Miles Annual report 13,000,000

18 China Eastern Group Eastern Miles Annual report 45,220,000

19 China Southern Group Sky Pearl Annual report 49,000,000

Table continues next page.


Frequent Flyer Membership by Program - Alphabetical

Continued

Line Airlines Program Name Source and Notes FFP Membership

20 Delta SkyMiles

Annual report and

IdeaWorks estimate 131,000,000

21 El Al Matmid Annual report (2019) 2,100,000

22 Emirates Airline Skywards Annual report 27,000,000

23 Etihad Airways Etihad Guest Company press release

04 March 2021 7,000,000

24 Finnair Finnair Plus Annual report 3,400,000

25 Garuda Indonesia GarudaMiles Annual report 1,860,000

26 GOL Linhas Aereas SMILES Annual report 18,200,000

27 Hawaiian Holdings HawaiianMiles Annual report 10,000,000


IAG

Avios (active

members) Annual report (2019) 9,000,000

29 Japan Airlines Group Mileage Bank Annual report 33,000,000

30 JetBlue Airways TrueBlue Annual report (2018) 12,000,000

31 LATAM Group LATAM Pass Annual report 38,000,000

32 Lufthansa Group Miles & More Annual report 26,000,000

33 Norwegian Norwegian Reward Annual report 10,000,000

34 Pegasus Pegasus BolBol Annual report 5,800,000

35 Qantas Airways Qantas Frequent Flyer Annual report 13,500,000

36 Royal Jordanian Royal Club Annual report (2019) 430,000

37 SAS Group Eurobonus Annual report 6,700,000

38 SIA Group (Singapore) KrisFlyer Annual report 4,600,000

39 SriLankan Airlines FlySmiLes Annual report 615,000

40 United MileagePlus Annual report 100,000,000

41 Vietnam Airlines Lotus Miles Annual report 3,400,000

42 Virgin Australia Group Velocity Independent Expert's

Report 10,300,000

End of table.


Currency Exchange Rates Used for this Big Book

Airlines usually disclose revenue in local currency. The overall reporting currency for this

guide is the US dollar. The following exchange rates were used to convert amounts from

local currencies to the US dollar.

Currency Exchange Rates Used for this Big Book

Currency Code Convert to $1 Currency Code Convert to $1

Argentine Peso ARS 0.01418

Mexican Peso MXN 0.04380

Australian

Dollar AUD 0.69172

New Zealand

Dollar NZD 0.64738

Brazilian Real BRL 0.18684 Norwegian

Krone NOK 0.10506

British Pound GBP 1.24758 Pakistani

Rupee PKR 0.00597

Canadian

Dollar CAD 0.73635 Philippine Peso PHP 0.02007

Chinese Yuan

Renminbi CNY 0.14142 Qatari Riyal QAR 0.27473

Danish Krone DKK 0.15109 Russian Ruble RUB 0.01413

Emirati Dirham AED 0.27229 Saudi Arabian

Riyal SAR 0.26667

Euro EUR 1.12600 Singapore

Dollar SGD 0.71752

Fijian Dollar FJD 0.46006 South African

Rand ZAR 0.05853

Hong Kong

Dollar HKD 0.12902

South Korean

Won KRW 0.00083

Indian Rupee INR 0.01324 Sri Lankan

Rupee LKR 0.00537

Indonesian

Rupiah IDR 0.00007 Swedish Krona SEK 0.10763

Japanese Yen JPY 0.00930 Swiss Franc CHF 1.05763

Jordanian

Dinar JOD 1.41044

Taiwan New

Dollar TWD 0.03396

Kenyan Shilling KES 0.00939 Thai Baht THB 0.03222

Kuwaiti Dinar KWD 3.25004 Tunisian Dinar TND 0.35293

Lebanese

Pound LBP 0.00066 Turkish Lira TRY 0.14601

Malaysian

Ringgit MYR 0.23332

Vietnamese

Dong VND 0.00004

Currency exchange rates are from XE.com, the Universal Exchange Converter.

As effective on 01 July 2020 (a mid-year measurement).


Appendix: Airlines Included in this Big Book


Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline

noted for subsidiary

airlines)

1 Aegean Airlines ■ ■ Annual report

2 Aer Lingus ■ ■ ■ Annual report - IAG

3 Aeroflot Airlines ■ ■ Annual report -

Aeroflot

4 Aeroflot Group ■ ■ ■ Annual report

5 Aerolineas

Argentinas ■ ■

Aviacion Civil

Argentina ANAC

Report (traffic)

Annual Report

(revenue)

6 Aeromexico ■ ■ ■ Annual report

7 Air Arabia ■ ■ Annual report

8 Air Astana ■ ■ ■ Annual report

9 Air Busan ■ ■ Annual report -

Asiana

10 Air Canada

Group ■ ■ ■ Annual report

11 Air China (not

Group) ■ ■ ■

Estimate by

IdeaWorks

12 Air China Group ■ ■ ■ Annual report

13 Air China Inner

Mongolia ■ ■ ■

Annual report - Air

China

14 Air Europa ■ ■

IAG press release 19

January 2021 (traffic)

IdeaWorks estimate

(revenue)

15 Air France ■ ■ ■ Annual report - Air

France/KLM

16 Air France/KLM


17 Air Greenland ■ ■ Annual report

18 Air India ■ ■ ■

Traffic: Directorate

General of Civil

Aviation data,

Revenue: IdeaWorks

estimate

19 Air India Express ■ ■ Annual report




Continued

Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline


airlines)

20 Air Macau ■ ■ ■ Annual report - Air

China

21 Air New Zealand ■ ■ ■ Annual report

22 Air Seoul ■ ■ Annual report -

Asiana

23 AirAsia Group

(ex. AirAsia X) ■ ■ ■ Annual report

24 AirAsia India ■ ■ ■ Directorate General

of Civil Aviation data

25 AirAsia Indonesia ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

AirAsia Group

26 AirAsia Malaysia ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

AirAsia Group

27 AirAsia Philippines ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

AirAsia Group

28 AirAsia Thailand ■ ■ ■ Annual report - Thai

AirAsia

29 AirAsia X ■ ■ Annual report

30 airBaltic ■ ■ ■ Annual report

31 AIRDO ■ ■ Company press

release 31 May 2021

32 Alaska Air Group ■ ■ ■ Annual report

33 Allegiant Air ■ ■ Annual report

34 Alliance India ■ Directorate General


35 American ■ ■ ■ Annual report

36 ANA All Nippon

Airways ■ ■ ■ Annual report

37 Anadolujet ■ ■ Annual report -

Turkish

38 Asiana Airlines

Group ■ ■ Annual report

39 Atlantic Airways ■ ■ Annual report

40 Aurora ■ ■ Annual report -

Aeroflot

41 Austrian ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Lufthansa Group




Continued

Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline


airlines)

42 Avianca ■ ■ ■ Annual report

43 Azimuth Airlines ■

Federal Agency for

Air Transport -

Russia

44 Azul ■ ■ ■ Annual report

45 Azur Air ■

Federal Agency for

Air Transport -

Russia

46 Bangkok Airways ■ ■ Annual report

47 British Airways ■ ■ ■ Annual report - IAG

48 Brussels ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Lufthansa Group

49

Cathay

Pacific/Cathay

Dragon

■ ■ ■ Annual report

50 Cebu Pacific Air ■ ■ Annual report

51 China Airlines ■ ■ Annual report

52 China Eastern

(not Group) ■ ■ ■

Annual report -

China Eastern

53 China Eastern


54 China Southern


55 China United

Airlines ■ ■ ■

Annual report -

China Eastern

56 Chongqing

Airlines ■ ■

Annual report -

China Southern

57 Copa Airlines ■ ■ Annual report

58 Croatia Airlines ■ ■ Annual report

(Croatian language)

59 CSA Czech

Airlines ■ ■

Company press

release 26 February

2021 and estimates

60 Daily Air (Taiwan) ■

Civil Aviation

Statistics Taiwan

annual report

61 Dalian Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report - Air

China




Continued

Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline


airlines)

62 Delta ■ ■ ■

Annual report (FFP

estimate by

IdeaWorks)

63 Eastern Air

Jiangsu ■ ■ ■

Annual report -

China Eastern

64 Eastern Air

Wuhan ■ ■ ■

Annual report -

China Eastern

65 Eastern Air

Yunnan ■ ■ ■

Annual report -

China Eastern

66 Eastern Airways

UK ■

Annual Report/UK

Companies House

67 easyJet ■ ■ Annual report

68 Edelweiss Air ■ ■ Airline website

69 El Al ■ ■ ■ Annual report

70 Emirates Airline ■ ■ ■ Annual report

71 Ethiopian Airlines ■ Further Africa article

01 October 2020

72 Etihad Airways ■ ■ ■

Company press

release 04 March

2021

73 Eurowings ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Lufthansa Group

74 EVA Air ■ ■ Annual report

75 Finnair ■ ■ ■ Annual report

76 FlyArystan ■ ■ Annual Report - Air

Astana

77 Flybondi

(Argentina) ■

Aviacion Civil

Argentina ANAC

Report

78 flydubai ■ ■ Company press

release

79 Frontier Airlines ■ ■ Annual report

80 Fuzhou Airlines ■ ■

Annual report -

Hainan Airline

Holdings

81 Garuda Citilink ■ ■ Traffic report -

Garuda

82 Garuda Indonesia ■ ■ Traffic report




Continued

Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline


airlines)

83 GoAir ■ Directorate General


84 GOL Linhas

Aereas ■ ■ ■

Traffic release &

annual report

85 Guizhou Airlines ■ ■ Annual report -

China Southern

86 Hainan Airlines


87 Hawaiian Holdings ■ ■ ■ Annual report

88 Henan Airlines ■ ■ Annual report -

China Southern

89 HK Express ■ ■ Annual report -

Cathay Pacific

90 Iberia ■ ■ ■ Annual report - IAG

91 Icelandair ■ ■ Annual report

92 IndiGo ■ ■ Annual report

93 Int'l Airlines

Group IAG ■ ■ ■ Annual report

94 Jambojet ■ ■ ■

Annual report -

Kenya Airways

(traffic - estimate)

95 Japan Airlines


96 Jazeera Airways ■ ■ Annual report

97 Jeju Air ■ ■ Annual report

98 Jet2.com ■ ■ Annual report

99 JetBlue Airways ■ ■ ■ Annual report

100 JetSMART Chile ■ Chile Board of Civil

Aeronautics JAC

101 Jetstar Group ■ ■ Annual report -

Qantas

102 Jin Air ■ ■ Annual report

103 Juneyao Air ■ ■ Annual report

104 Kenya Airways





Continued

Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline


airlines)

105 KLM ■ ■ ■ Annual report - Air

France/KLM

106 Korean Air ■ ■ Annual report

107 LATAM Brasil ■ ■ Annual report -

LATAM

108 LATAM Chile ■ ■ Annual report -

LATAM

109 LATAM Colombia ■ ■ Annual report -

LATAM

110 LATAM Ecuador ■ ■ Annual report -

LATAM

111 LATAM Group ■ ■ ■ Annual report

112 LATAM Peru ■ ■ Annual report -

LATAM

113 LEVEL ■ ■ Annual report - IAG

114 Loganair ■ ■ Annual report/UK

Companies House

115 LOT - Polish

Aviation Group ■ ■

Airways Magazine 18

Dec. 2020 (traffic)

IdeaWorks estimate

(revenue)

116 Lucky Air

(Yunnan) ■ ■

Annual report -

Hainan Airline

Holdings

117 Lufthansa Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Lufthansa Group

118 Lufthansa Group ■ ■ ■ Annual report

119 Luxair ■ ■ Annual report

120 Mandarin Airlines ■

Civil Aviation

Statistics Taiwan

annual report

121 Nordwind

Airlines ■

Federal Agency for

Air Transport -

Russia

122 Norwegian ■ ■ ■ Annual report

123 Peach ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

ANA

124 Pegasus ■ ■ ■ Annual report




Continued

Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline


airlines)



126 PIA Pakistan ■ ■ Annual report

127 Pobeda ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Aeroflot

128 Qantas Airways

(includes Loyalty) ■ ■ ■ Annual report

129 Qatar Airways ■ ■ Estimates by

IdeaWorks

130 Red Wings ■

Federal Agency for

Air Transport -

Russia

131 REX - Regional

Express ■ ■ Annual report

132 Rossiya ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Aeroflot

133 Royal Jordanian ■ ■ ■ Annual report

134 Ryanair Group ■ ■ Annual report

135 S7 Airlines ■ ■

Company press

release (pass.) D&B

(revenue)

136 SAS Group ■ ■ ■ Annual report

137 SATA Air Acores ■ ■ Annual report

138 SATA

International ■ ■ Annual report

139 Saudi Arabian

Airlines ■ ■

Estimates by

IdeaWorks (based

upon 2020 Saudi

airports traffic

decrease)

140 Scoot ■ ■ Annual report -

Singapore

141 Shandong Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report - Air

China

142 Shanghai Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

China Eastern

143 Shantou Airlines ■ ■ Annual report -

China Southern




Continued

Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline


airlines)

144 Shenzhen Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report - Air

China

145 SIA Group

(Singapore) ■ ■ ■ Annual report

146 SilkAir ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Singapore

147 Singapore Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Singapore

148 SKY Airline

(Chile) ■

Chile Board of Civil

Aeronautics JAC

149 Smartwings

Group ■

Company press

release dated 12

January 2021

150 Solaseed Air ■ ■ Annual report

151 Southwest

Airlines ■ ■ Annual report

152 SpiceJet ■ Directorate General


153 Spirit Airlines ■ ■ Annual report

154 Spring Airlines ■ ■ Annual report

155 SriLankan Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report

156 Starflyer ■ ■ Annual report

157 Starlux (Taiwan) ■

Civil Aviation

Statistics Taiwan

annual report

158 Sun Country

Airlines ■ ■ IPO Document

159 Sun-Air of

Scandinavia ■ Dun & Bradstreet

160 SunExpress ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Turkish

161 SWISS ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

Lufthansa Group

162 TAP Portugal ■ ■ Annual report

163 Thai Airways Int’l. ■ ■ Annual report

164 Tigerair Australia ■ ■ ■ Clayton UTZ Report




Continued

Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline


airlines)

165 Tigerair Taiwan ■ ■ Annual report (only)

- EVA Airways

166 Transavia Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report - Air

France/KLM

167

TUI Group

(Markets &

Airlines)

■ ■ Annual report

168 Tunisair ■ ■

Traffic (website) and

revenue (Barron's 06

March 2021 article)

169 Turkish Airlines


170 T'way Air ■ ■ Annual report

presentation

171 UNI Air (Taiwan) ■

Civil Aviation

Statistics Taiwan

annual report

172 United ■ ■ ■ Annual report

173 Ural Airlines ■ ■ Company press

release 30 April 2021

174 Urumqi Air ■ ■

Annual report -

Hainan Airline

Holdings

175 Utair (excludes

helicopter) ■ ■ Annual report

176 VietJet Air ■ ■ Company press

release 02 May 2021

177 Vietnam Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report

178 Virgin Atlantic

Airways ■ ■ Annual Report


Group ■ ■ ■ Clayton UTZ Report

180 Vistara ■ Directorate General


181 Viva Aerobus ■ ■ Annual report

182 Volaris ■ ■ Annual report




Continued

Line Airlines

Listed as a

Subsidiary

Airline

Annual

Traffic

Annual

Revenue

Frequent

Flyer

Membership

Data Source Notes

(Primary airline


airlines)

183 Volotea ■

Company press

release 19 January

2021

184 Vueling Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report - IAG

185 Wideroe ■ ■ Annual report

(Norwegian)

186 Wizz Air ■ ■ Annual report

187 Xiamen Airlines ■ ■ ■ Annual report -

China Southern

188 Zhuhai Airlines ■ ■ Annual report -

China Southern

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