Busiest airlines, October 2023

175,206 flights, American Airlines (AA)

The busiest airline in October 2023 was American Airlines (AA), with 175,206 flights.

October 2023 (1–31 October 2023) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2023-10/

Period: 1–31 October 2023 (UTC). Data calculated on 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC. In the average departure delay, early and cancelled flights count as 0. How we calculate this

Top 15 airlines by flights
Busiest airlines, October 2023: top 15, flights1–31 October 2023. Source: Airportia.1. American Airlines (AA): 175,206 (169,658 flights)1. American Airlines (AA)175,2062. Delta Air Lines (DL): 142,693 (138,414 flights)2. Delta Air Lines (DL)142,6933. United Airlines (UA): 134,010 (129,748 flights)3. United Airlines (UA)134,0104. Southwest Airlines (WN): 129,588 (125,526 flights)4. Southwest Airlines (WN)129,5885. Ryanair (FR): 94,307 (91,239 flights)5. Ryanair (FR)94,3076. China Eastern Airlines (MU): 70,828 (68,565 flights)6. China Eastern Airlines (MU)70,8287. China Southern Airlines (CZ): 67,002 (64,944 flights)7. China Southern Airlines (CZ)67,0028. IndiGo Airlines (6E): 59,976 (58,042 flights)8. IndiGo Airlines (6E)59,9769. easyJet (U2): 52,895 (51,285 flights)9. easyJet (U2)52,89510. Air China (CA): 50,408 (48,796 flights)10. Air China (CA)50,40811. Turkish Airlines (TK): 45,230 (43,747 flights)11. Turkish Airlines (TK)45,23012. LATAM Airlines (LA): 43,487 (42,153 flights)12. LATAM Airlines (LA)43,48713. Lufthansa (LH): 39,989 (38,732 flights)13. Lufthansa (LH)39,98914. All Nippon Airways (NH): 36,510 (35,334 flights)14. All Nippon Airways (NH)36,51015. Alaska Airlines (AS): 34,283 (33,211 flights)15. Alaska Airlines (AS)34,283

Every airline with at least one flight in the period and reported departure times is included.

Full ranking: 706 airlines

The first 100 are shown here; the CSV has all 706.

# Airline Country Flights Avg departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 American Airlines (AA) United States United States 175,206 27.5 min 0.7% 169,658
2 Delta Air Lines (DL) United States United States 142,693 21.3 min 0.1% 138,414
3 United Airlines (UA) United States United States 134,010 25.8 min 0.5% 129,748
4 Southwest Airlines (WN) United States United States 129,588 23.9 min 0.2% 125,526
5 Ryanair (FR) Ireland Ireland 94,307 26.7 min 0.5% 91,239
6 China Eastern Airlines (MU) China China 70,828 15.0 min 5.4% 68,565
7 China Southern Airlines (CZ) China China 67,002 17.7 min 0.3% 64,944
8 IndiGo Airlines (6E) India India 59,976 14.9 min 0.1% 58,042
9 easyJet (U2) United Kingdom United Kingdom 52,895 30.8 min 2.2% 51,285
10 Air China (CA) China China 50,408 16.6 min 1.0% 48,796
11 Turkish Airlines (TK) Turkey Turkey 45,230 21.9 min 1.4% 43,747
12 LATAM Airlines (LA) Chile Chile 43,487 16.1 min 0.9% 42,153
13 Lufthansa (LH) Germany Germany 39,989 26.2 min 1.1% 38,732
14 All Nippon Airways (NH) Japan Japan 36,510 14.1 min 0.4% 35,334
15 Alaska Airlines (AS) United States United States 34,283 22.2 min 0.3% 33,211
16 Air Canada (AC) Canada Canada 31,847 31.2 min 1.5% 30,847
17 JetBlue Airways (B6) United States United States 28,132 36.5 min 0.2% 27,260
18 British Airways (BA) United Kingdom United Kingdom 27,083 35.6 min 2.9% 26,316
19 Azul Brazilian Airlines (AD) Brazil Brazil 26,415 17.1 min 3.6% 25,632
20 Japan Airlines (JL) Japan Japan 26,270 18.7 min 0.5% 25,429
21 Spirit Airlines (NK) United States United States 26,228 27.0 min 1.2% 25,360
22 Air France (AF) France France 24,904 30.4 min 2.2% 24,153
23 Qantas (QF) Australia Australia 23,746 25.3 min 3.2% 23,260
24 KLM (KL) Netherlands Netherlands 22,744 31.6 min 3.4% 22,031
25 Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) China China 21,905 21.8 min 2.9% 21,225
26 Aeroflot (SU) Russia Russia 21,407 12.7 min 0.1% 20,706
27 SAS (SK) Norway Norway 20,780 19.8 min 1.4% 20,337
28 Hainan Airlines (HU) China China 20,582 18.6 min 0.2% 19,958
29 Vueling (VY) Spain Spain 19,472 23.2 min 0.2% 18,850
30 Xiamen Airlines (MF) China China 19,380 14.8 min 0.3% 18,777
31 Sichuan Airlines (3U) China China 19,268 14.0 min 0.4% 18,672
32 Iberia (IB) Spain Spain 18,628 21.6 min 0.0% 18,083
33 GOL Transportes Aeros (G3) Brazil Brazil 18,476 26.3 min 1.8% 17,946
34 Frontier Airlines (F9) United States United States 18,142 34.9 min 0.6% 17,557
35 Avianca (AV) Colombia Colombia 17,925 13.7 min 0.4% 17,373
36 Qatar Airways (QR) Qatar Qatar 17,048 20.5 min 0.1% 16,494
37 Aeroméxico (AM) Mexico Mexico 16,991 28.3 min 0.8% 16,462
38 Pegasus Airlines (PC) Turkey Turkey 16,764 33.2 min 0.0% 16,217
39 Eurowings (EW) Germany Germany 16,306 23.6 min 0.7% 15,834
40 Volaris (Y4) Mexico Mexico 16,153 27.6 min 6.9% 15,663
41 Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 15,294 18.9 min 0.4% 14,776
42 WestJet (WS) Canada Canada 15,285 27.6 min 2.6% 14,828
43 Air New Zealand (NZ) New Zealand New Zealand 14,939 18.9 min 4.4% 14,571
44 Emirates (EK) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 14,576 28.0 min 0.1% 14,099
45 Shandong Airlines (SC) China China 14,520 13.0 min 0.3% 14,065
46 Lion Airlines (JT) Indonesia Indonesia 14,269 17.9 min 13.4% 13,829
47 Wizz Air (W6) Hungary Hungary 14,139 26.8 min 1.3% 13,694
48 Virgin Australia (VA) Australia Australia 14,089 25.6 min 3.7% 13,791
49 AirAsia (AK) Malaysia Malaysia 13,001 16.6 min 0.1% 12,603
50 Air India (AI) India India 12,706 24.1 min 0.5% 12,298
51 VivaAerobus (VB) Mexico Mexico 12,580 26.5 min 0.2% 12,169
52 Swiss (LX) Switzerland Switzerland 12,561 27.1 min 0.9% 12,164
53 Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Ethiopia Ethiopia 12,231 10.3 min 0.0% 11,836
54 ITA Airways (AZ) Italy Italy 11,755 23.8 min 0.1% 11,407
55 Batik Air (ID) Indonesia Indonesia 11,202 17.0 min 13.8% 10,855
56 TAP Portugal (TP) Portugal Portugal 10,965 37.7 min 1.2% 10,592
57 Austrian Airlines (OS) Austria Austria 10,832 16.4 min 2.0% 10,495
58 Widerøe (WF) Norway Norway 10,614 5.0 min 1.3% 10,489
59 Vietnam Airlines (VN) Vietnam Vietnam 10,594 20.1 min 0.0% 10,275
60 Jet2.com (LS) United Kingdom United Kingdom 10,581 26.5 min 0.1% 10,193
61 Allegiant Air (G4) United States United States 10,306 25.4 min 0.3% 10,014
62 Jetstar Airways (JQ) Australia Australia 10,297 27.5 min 3.2% 9,994
63 Korean Air (KE) South Korea South Korea 10,216 25.5 min 0.1% 9,889
64 Juneyao Airlines (HO) China China 10,175 16.3 min 0.3% 9,865
65 Copa Airlines (CM) Panama Panama 10,092 26.6 min 0.4% 9,771
66 Thai AirAsia (FD) Thailand Thailand 10,090 18.3 min 0.0% 9,766
67 Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) Argentina Argentina 9,940 23.6 min 0.9% 9,621
68 Malaysia Airlines (MH) Malaysia Malaysia 9,905 24.1 min 0.5% 9,588
69 Aer Lingus (EI) Ireland Ireland 9,846 24.7 min 1.2% 9,561
70 Flex Flight (W2) Denmark Denmark 9,773 0.0 min 0.0% 9,548
71 Tianjin Airlines (GS) China China 9,633 16.8 min 0.4% 9,330
72 Philippine Airlines (PR) Philippines Philippines 9,594 20.2 min 1.9% 9,284
73 VietJet Air (VJ) Vietnam Vietnam 9,419 24.6 min 0.0% 9,123
74 Wizz Air Malta (W4) Malta Malta 9,415 21.5 min 0.7% 9,129
75 Vistara (UK) India India 9,285 21.6 min 0.1% 8,981
76 flydubai (FZ) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 9,239 13.9 min 0.7% 8,948
77 SunExpress (XQ) Turkey Turkey 9,113 32.1 min 0.5% 8,809
78 China Express Airlines (G5) China China 8,985 9.9 min 0.8% 8,692
79 Singapore Airlines (SQ) Singapore Singapore 8,946 13.9 min 0.0% 8,654
80 CEBU Pacific Air (5J) Philippines Philippines 8,919 20.5 min 0.1% 8,625
81 Shanghai Airlines (FM) China China 8,853 14.8 min 0.2% 8,572
82 LOT (LO) Poland Poland 8,719 21.3 min 0.5% 8,470
83 Finnair (AY) Finland Finland 8,634 16.7 min 0.1% 8,369
84 S7 Airlines (S7) Russia Russia 8,578 5.9 min 0.0% 8,300
85 Loong Airlines (GJ) China China 8,463 12.4 min 0.1% 8,188
86 Aegean Airlines (A3) Greece Greece 8,424 22.2 min 0.4% 8,160
87 Chengdu Airlines (EU) China China 8,230 12.3 min 0.5% 7,979
88 Transavia France (TO) France France 8,186 22.2 min 0.6% 7,909
89 Southern Airways Express (9X) United States United States 8,070 30.3 min 0.0% 7,834
90 Norwegian (DY) Norway Norway 8,013 13.8 min 0.3% 7,854
91 Capital Airlines (JD) China China 7,857 14.6 min 0.2% 7,619
92 Grant Aviation (GV) United States United States 7,728 1.5 min 0.0% 7,486
93 Spring Airlines (9C) China China 7,596 15.8 min 1.4% 7,262
94 Citilink (QG) Indonesia Indonesia 7,536 25.7 min 0.0% 7,291
95 EgyptAir (MS) Egypt Egypt 7,391 13.7 min 0.1% 7,141
96 Airlink (4Z) South Africa South Africa 7,351 10.9 min 0.2% 7,177
97 Hawaiian Airlines (HA) United States United States 7,299 21.6 min 1.3% 7,068
98 Binter Canarias (NT) Spain Spain 7,151 12.8 min 0.0% 6,929
99 China United Airlines (KN) China China 7,135 17.9 min 0.5% 6,908
100 Cathay Pacific (CX) Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,070 35.3 min 0.1% 6,839

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The busiest airline in October 2023 was American Airlines (AA), with 175,206 flights. Source: Airportia, "Busiest airlines, October 2023" (1–31 October 2023), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2023-10/, retrieved 3 November 2026.

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How we calculate this

Which flights count
Every flight in Airportia's schedule data (from the Aviation Edge feed) that was scheduled to depart in the period, counted once: code-share listings of the same flight are left out. Days are UTC calendar days.
Departure delay
The actual departure time (or the latest reported estimate when no actual time came in) minus the scheduled departure time. A flight that left early or on time counts as 0 minutes. A flight with no reported departure time, cancelled flights included, also counts as 0, so where the feed is patchy the average is lower than the real one.
Average departure delay
The mean of those delays over all counted flights in the period. It is not the share of flights more than 15 minutes late (the usual on-time measure), and it is about departures, not arrivals.
Why there is no "most punctual" ranking
Because flights without a reported departure time count as 0 minutes, a low average can mean missing data rather than punctuality, and the stored figures do not say how many flights had a reported time. So we only rank the most delayed, and the delay rankings leave out every airport, airline or country whose average delay is exactly 0, which almost always means that no times were reported.
Cancellations
Flights with the status Cancelled, as a share of the counted flights in the period.
Airlines
Flights operated by the airline, wherever they depart from. Cargo airlines are not included. They have their own ranking, Busiest cargo airlines.
Period
A month combines three 10-day periods: days 1–10, 11–20 and the last ten days of the month, weighted by departures. In a 31-day month day 21 is not included; in February the second and third periods overlap by a day or two.
Minimum sample
Every airline with at least one flight in the period and reported departure times is included.

Coverage follows the schedule feed: some regional airports and airlines are missing or report few actual times. These are Airportia's own figures, not official statistics from airports, airlines or regulators.