QF 10th largest airline in the world in 2010

[markis10]

Based on pax km:

The world's largest airline companies

THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIRLINE COMPANIES

Including merger-created mega-airlines. Based on the number of miles their passengers flew in 2010, according to AP calculations of International Air Transport Association data:

1. United Continental
2. Delta Air Lines
3. American Airlines
10. Qantas Airways

 

[docjames]

There are so many ways to measure this. I wonder if this one is Qantas Group, or Qantas mainline?

Pax/km
Pax (total)
Market Value
Fleet Size
RPK
ASK

QF will always fare better in a measure that calculates RPK due to the large chunk of long haul they do (vs say Southwest or Ryanair).

 

[medhead]

It'd have to be qantas mainline only as JQ isn't consider part of the numbers for passenger leaving Australia.

 

[The Rok]

It's certainly not based on fleet numbers as I'm pretty sure FedEx have the largest fleet in the world.

 

[AdMEL]

There are so many ways to measure this. I wonder if this one is Qantas Group, or Qantas mainline?

Pax/km
Pax (total)
Market Value
Fleet Size
RPK
ASK

QF will always fare better in a measure that calculates RPK due to the large chunk of long haul they do (vs say Southwest or Ryanair).

Agree there are many ways to measure.

My understanding is that based on profitability, QF would be close to number 1.