Busiest airlines, November 2023

166,997 flights, American Airlines (AA)

The busiest airline in November 2023 was American Airlines (AA), with 166,997 flights.

November 2023 (1–30 November 2023) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2023-11/

Period: 1–30 November 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, November 2023: top 15, flights1–30 November 2023. Source: Airportia.1. American Airlines (AA): 166,997 (166,997 flights)1. American Airlines (AA)166,9972. Delta Air Lines (DL): 133,528 (133,528 flights)2. Delta Air Lines (DL)133,5283. Southwest Airlines (WN): 124,107 (124,107 flights)3. Southwest Airlines (WN)124,1074. United Airlines (UA): 122,433 (122,433 flights)4. United Airlines (UA)122,4335. Ryanair (FR): 64,925 (64,925 flights)5. Ryanair (FR)64,9256. China Eastern Airlines (MU): 64,885 (64,885 flights)6. China Eastern Airlines (MU)64,8857. China Southern Airlines (CZ): 62,300 (62,300 flights)7. China Southern Airlines (CZ)62,3008. IndiGo Airlines (6E): 58,839 (58,839 flights)8. IndiGo Airlines (6E)58,8399. Air China (CA): 47,246 (47,246 flights)9. Air China (CA)47,24610. LATAM Airlines (LA): 43,744 (43,744 flights)10. LATAM Airlines (LA)43,74411. Turkish Airlines (TK): 39,178 (39,178 flights)11. Turkish Airlines (TK)39,17812. All Nippon Airways (NH): 35,441 (35,441 flights)12. All Nippon Airways (NH)35,44113. Lufthansa (LH): 35,233 (35,233 flights)13. Lufthansa (LH)35,23314. easyJet (U2): 34,849 (34,849 flights)14. easyJet (U2)34,84915. Alaska Airlines (AS): 33,379 (33,379 flights)15. Alaska Airlines (AS)33,379

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

Full ranking: 757 airlines

The first 100 are shown here; the CSV has all 757.

# Airline Country Flights Avg departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 American Airlines (AA) United States United States 166,997 25.7 min 0.3% 166,997
2 Delta Air Lines (DL) United States United States 133,528 20.9 min 0.1% 133,528
3 Southwest Airlines (WN) United States United States 124,107 19.9 min 0.2% 124,107
4 United Airlines (UA) United States United States 122,433 24.3 min 0.2% 122,433
5 Ryanair (FR) Ireland Ireland 64,925 22.1 min 0.4% 64,925
6 China Eastern Airlines (MU) China China 64,885 14.8 min 5.3% 64,885
7 China Southern Airlines (CZ) China China 62,300 16.6 min 0.3% 62,300
8 IndiGo Airlines (6E) India India 58,839 22.9 min 0.2% 58,839
9 Air China (CA) China China 47,246 15.1 min 1.0% 47,246
10 LATAM Airlines (LA) Chile Chile 43,744 17.1 min 0.5% 43,744
11 Turkish Airlines (TK) Turkey Turkey 39,178 18.7 min 2.4% 39,178
12 All Nippon Airways (NH) Japan Japan 35,441 14.4 min 0.4% 35,441
13 Lufthansa (LH) Germany Germany 35,233 22.5 min 2.0% 35,233
14 easyJet (U2) United Kingdom United Kingdom 34,849 21.1 min 0.8% 34,849
15 Alaska Airlines (AS) United States United States 33,379 23.5 min 0.5% 33,379
16 Air Canada (AC) Canada Canada 29,933 32.6 min 1.1% 29,933
17 JetBlue Airways (B6) United States United States 28,009 33.0 min 0.2% 28,009
18 Spirit Airlines (NK) United States United States 25,982 30.8 min 0.4% 25,982
19 Japan Airlines (JL) Japan Japan 25,360 21.0 min 0.8% 25,360
20 British Airways (BA) United Kingdom United Kingdom 25,200 31.3 min 1.5% 25,200
21 Azul Brazilian Airlines (AD) Brazil Brazil 25,092 18.1 min 2.9% 25,092
22 Qantas (QF) Australia Australia 23,172 24.3 min 2.5% 23,172
23 Air France (AF) France France 22,313 28.2 min 1.5% 22,313
24 KLM (KL) Netherlands Netherlands 21,054 26.3 min 6.9% 21,054
25 Avianca (AV) Colombia Colombia 20,550 21.3 min 2.3% 20,550
26 Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) China China 19,622 18.5 min 4.6% 19,622
27 Xiamen Airlines (MF) China China 18,304 14.6 min 0.3% 18,304
28 Sichuan Airlines (3U) China China 17,965 12.9 min 0.4% 17,965
29 SAS (SK) Norway Norway 17,773 23.0 min 0.8% 17,773
30 Aeroflot (SU) Russia Russia 17,627 17.5 min 0.1% 17,627
31 Iberia (IB) Spain Spain 17,626 22.5 min 0.1% 17,626
32 Hainan Airlines (HU) China China 17,490 15.5 min 0.6% 17,490
33 Frontier Airlines (F9) United States United States 17,094 29.9 min 0.2% 17,094
34 GOL Transportes Aeros (G3) Brazil Brazil 16,832 24.7 min 0.8% 16,832
35 Qatar Airways (QR) Qatar Qatar 16,682 21.4 min 0.1% 16,682
36 Aeroméxico (AM) Mexico Mexico 16,600 33.2 min 1.3% 16,600
37 Vueling (VY) Spain Spain 15,748 17.8 min 0.5% 15,748
38 Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 14,981 21.9 min 0.7% 14,981
39 Air New Zealand (NZ) New Zealand New Zealand 14,793 18.5 min 3.6% 14,793
40 Volaris (Y4) Mexico Mexico 14,577 29.0 min 1.3% 14,577
41 WestJet (WS) Canada Canada 14,461 26.0 min 2.3% 14,461
42 Pegasus Airlines (PC) Turkey Turkey 14,378 33.5 min 0.2% 14,378
43 Lion Airlines (JT) Indonesia Indonesia 14,173 16.2 min 10.1% 14,173
44 Emirates (EK) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 13,993 30.1 min 0.0% 13,993
45 Virgin Australia (VA) Australia Australia 13,624 32.5 min 5.8% 13,624
46 Shandong Airlines (SC) China China 13,587 11.5 min 0.4% 13,587
47 AirAsia (AK) Malaysia Malaysia 12,558 13.7 min 0.0% 12,558
48 VivaAerobus (VB) Mexico Mexico 12,218 32.2 min 0.2% 12,218
49 Air India (AI) India India 12,170 30.8 min 0.0% 12,170
50 Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Ethiopia Ethiopia 11,786 8.0 min 0.2% 11,786
51 Spring Airlines (9C) China China 11,259 16.5 min 1.7% 11,259
52 Vietnam Airlines (VN) Vietnam Vietnam 11,058 19.5 min 0.0% 11,058
53 Korean Air (KE) South Korea South Korea 10,745 27.0 min 0.2% 10,745
54 Batik Air (ID) Indonesia Indonesia 10,655 20.1 min 14.5% 10,655
55 ITA Airways (AZ) Italy Italy 10,640 23.1 min 0.0% 10,640
56 Wizz Air (W6) Hungary Hungary 10,593 22.4 min 0.3% 10,593
57 Wizz Air Malta (W4) Malta Malta 10,339 17.8 min 0.3% 10,339
58 Swiss (LX) Switzerland Switzerland 10,306 23.5 min 1.2% 10,306
59 VietJet Air (VJ) Vietnam Vietnam 10,174 23.6 min 0.0% 10,174
60 Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) Argentina Argentina 10,117 24.7 min 1.1% 10,117
61 Malaysia Airlines (MH) Malaysia Malaysia 9,920 27.1 min 1.2% 9,920
62 Widerøe (WF) Norway Norway 9,899 6.2 min 1.2% 9,899
63 Copa Airlines (CM) Panama Panama 9,890 24.7 min 0.1% 9,890
64 Thai AirAsia (FD) Thailand Thailand 9,815 17.6 min 0.0% 9,815
65 Philippine Airlines (PR) Philippines Philippines 9,546 17.4 min 1.0% 9,546
66 Allegiant Air (G4) United States United States 9,392 23.5 min 0.0% 9,392
67 Shanghai Airlines (FM) China China 9,336 16.3 min 0.7% 9,336
68 TAP Portugal (TP) Portugal Portugal 9,299 32.7 min 0.8% 9,299
69 Juneyao Airlines (HO) China China 9,249 15.4 min 0.4% 9,249
70 Jetstar Airways (JQ) Australia Australia 9,205 26.7 min 2.1% 9,205
71 Vistara (UK) India India 9,182 27.5 min 0.1% 9,182
72 Singapore Airlines (SQ) Singapore Singapore 9,157 15.5 min 0.0% 9,157
73 flydubai (FZ) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 8,942 12.7 min 0.9% 8,942
74 China Express Airlines (G5) China China 8,910 14.0 min 1.7% 8,910
75 Flex Flight (W2) Denmark Denmark 8,813 0.0 min 0.0% 8,813
76 Eurowings (EW) Germany Germany 8,805 16.2 min 1.0% 8,805
77 CEBU Pacific Air (5J) Philippines Philippines 8,718 21.4 min 0.0% 8,718
78 Austrian Airlines (OS) Austria Austria 8,578 14.3 min 1.1% 8,578
79 Finnair (AY) Finland Finland 8,404 19.4 min 0.1% 8,404
80 Aer Lingus (EI) Ireland Ireland 8,319 20.2 min 0.5% 8,319
81 Loong Airlines (GJ) China China 8,127 14.7 min 0.3% 8,127
82 Tianjin Airlines (GS) China China 7,964 14.7 min 2.7% 7,964
83 Grant Aviation (GV) United States United States 7,795 2.7 min 0.0% 7,795
84 LOT (LO) Poland Poland 7,725 21.1 min 0.3% 7,725
85 S7 Airlines (S7) Russia Russia 7,722 8.1 min 0.0% 7,722
86 Southern Airways Express (9X) United States United States 7,721 28.3 min 0.0% 7,721
87 Chengdu Airlines (EU) China China 7,594 11.3 min 1.3% 7,594
88 Citilink (QG) Indonesia Indonesia 7,486 26.0 min 0.0% 7,486
89 flynas (XY) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 7,481 18.2 min 0.1% 7,481
90 Aegean Airlines (A3) Greece Greece 7,359 21.6 min 0.6% 7,359
91 Cathay Pacific (CX) Hong Kong Hong Kong 7,300 32.0 min 0.1% 7,300
92 Airlink (4Z) South Africa South Africa 7,216 10.5 min 0.1% 7,216
93 Hawaiian Airlines (HA) United States United States 6,998 17.6 min 0.8% 6,998
94 China United Airlines (KN) China China 6,928 15.5 min 1.0% 6,928
95 SpiceJet (SG) India India 6,907 84.2 min 1.7% 6,907
96 Binter Canarias (NT) Spain Spain 6,868 12.7 min 0.0% 6,868
97 Air Algérie (AH) Algeria Algeria 6,437 11.4 min 0.3% 6,437
98 EgyptAir (MS) Egypt Egypt 6,401 13.6 min 0.1% 6,401
99 Asiana Airlines (OZ) South Korea South Korea 6,390 27.3 min 0.1% 6,390
100 Capital Airlines (JD) China China 6,354 14.8 min 0.5% 6,354

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The busiest airline in November 2023 was American Airlines (AA), with 166,997 flights. Source: Airportia, "Busiest airlines, November 2023" (1–30 November 2023), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2023-11/, 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.