There are over 175 airlines with ICAO codes. The world’s largest airline by fleet size and passengers carried is American Airlines, operating from the United States.
List of Airlines:
- Aegean Airlines
- Aer Lingus
- Aeroflot
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- Aeromexico
- Air Arabia
- Air Astana
- Air Austral
- Air Baltic
- Air Belgium
- Air Canada
- Air Caraibes
- Air China
- Air Corsica
- Air Dolomiti
- Air Europa
- Air France
- Air India
- Air India Express
- Air Macau
- Air Malta
- Air Mauritius
- Air Namibia
- Air New Zealand
- Air North
- Air Seoul
- Air Serbia
- Air Tahiti Nui
- Air Transat
- Air Vanuatu
- AirAsia
- AirAsia X
- Aircalin
- Alaska Airlines
- Alitalia
- Allegiant
- American Airlines
- ANA
- Asiana
- Austrian
- Avianca
- Azerbaijan Hava Yollary
- Azores Airlines
- Azul
- Bamboo Airways
- Bangkok Airways
- British Airways
- Brussels Airlines
- Caribbean Airlines
- Cathay Dragon
- Cathay Pacific
- Cayman Airways
- CEBU Pacific Air
- China Airlines
- China Eastern
- China Southern
- Condor
- Copa Airlines
- Croatia Airlines
- Czech Airlines
- Delta
- easyJet
- Edelweiss Air
- Egyptair
- EL AL
- Emirates
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Etihad
- Eurowings
- EVA Air
- Fiji Airways
- Finnair
- flydubai
- FlyOne
- French bee
- Frontier
- Garuda Indonesia
- Gol
- Gulf Air
- Hainan Airlines
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Helvetic Airways
- HK Express
- Hong Kong Airlines
- Iberia
- Icelandair
- IndiGo Airlines
- InterJet
- Japan Airlines
- Jeju Air
- Jet2
- JetBlue
- Jetstar
- Jin Air
- Kenya Airways
- KLM
- Korean Air
- Kulula
- La Compagnie
- LATAM
- Lion Airlines
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Luxair
- Malaysia Airlines
- Mango
- Middle East Airlines
- Nok Air
- Nordwind Airlines
- Norwegian Air International
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Norwegian Air Sweden
- Norwegian Air UK
- Oman Air
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Peach
- Pegasus Airlines
- Philippine Airlines
- Porter
- Qantas
- Qatar Airways
- Regional Express
- Rossiya – Russian Airlines
- Royal Air Maroc
- Royal Brunei
- Royal Jordanian
- RwandAir
- Ryanair
- S7 Airlines
- SAS
- Saudia
- Scoot Airlines
- Shanghai Airlines
- Silkair
- Silver
- Singapore Airlines
- Skylanes
- South African Airways
- Southwest
- SpiceJet
- Spirit
- Spring Airlines
- Spring Japan
- SriLankan Airlines
- Sun Country
- Sunclass Airlines
- Sunwing
- SWISS
- Swoop
- TAAG
- TACA
- TAP Portugal
- THAI Airways
- tigerair Australia
- Transavia Airlines
- TUI UK
- TUIfly
- Tunis Air
- Turkish Airlines
- Ukraine International
- United
- Ural Airlines
- UTair Aviation
- Uzbekistan Airways
- Vietnam Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
- Virgin Australia
- Vistara
- Viva Aerobus
- Volaris
- Volotea
- Vueling Airlines
- WestJet
- Wizzair
- Xiamen Airlines
Which is the oldest airline in the world?
KLM, officially known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, holds the prestigious title of being the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. Founded on October 7th, 1919, by a visionary group led by Dutch pilot Albert Plesman (1889–1953), KLM has a rich history that spans over a century.
KLM’s maiden route connected Amsterdam and London in 1919, followed by a Copenhagen route via Hamburg the same year. In 1923, KLM expanded further by adding a route to Brussels. Notably, KLM established the world’s first airline reservations and ticket office in Amsterdam in 1921.
In 1928, Plesman’s pioneering spirit led to the establishment of the Royal Netherlands-East Indies Airlines (KNILM), later merged with KLM in 1945. KNILM inaugurated regular flights from the Netherlands to Batavia (now Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies, covering an astonishing distance of 8,700 miles (14,000 km). This route held the distinction of being the world’s longest scheduled air route until 1940.
During World War II, KLM’s operations were significantly curtailed, with minimal activity except for rapid growth in the West Indies. However, in 1945, KLM resumed its European services, and on May 21st, 1946, it achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first European airline to introduce scheduled service across the North Atlantic to New York.
In 2004, KLM joined SkyTeam, a prominent international airline alliance. In the same year, the airline entered a strategic merger with Air France, creating Air France–KLM, one of the world’s largest air carriers. Interestingly, despite the merger, KLM and Air France have continued to operate as separate entities, retaining their respective hubs, flights, and logos. source: modernairliners
