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Airlines


Airlines

Airlines are companies that provide air transportation for people and goods. Most airlines are licensed and in many countries they are owned by the state. Some are on regularly scheduled routes and others are chartered for one-time use or for special events.

About Airlines

There are over 180 airlines in the United States. Some are extremely large and international and some are very small. The top 10 airlines in the United States are Delta Airlines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Continental Airlines, Air Canada, AirTran Airways, JetBlue and Skywest Airlines.

The World’s top airlines include Singapore Airlines, Emirates Air, Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Qantas, Thai Airlines, Lufthansa, British Airway and ANA (All Nippon Airways). Travel Truth.com states, Airlines with truly enviable safety records and near-perfect scores include Quantas and Southwest. The Southwest stats are particularly impressive when one includes the average number of take-offs and landings.

Budget Airlines or cheap airlines are easy to find using internet budget sites such as Priceline, Orbitz or Expedia. One of the cheapest airlines is Spirit Airlines. Spirit Airlines serves over 39 destinations.

The world's top airlines ranked by size:

1 Delta Air Lines
2 Southwest Airlines
3 American Airlines
4 United Airlines
5 Lufthansa
6 Air France-KLM
7 China Southern Airlines
8 Ryanair
9 Continental Airlines
10 US Airways
11 Northwest Airlines
12 Japan Airlines
13 All Nippon Airways

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