Busiest airlines, August 2024

196,057 flights, American Airlines (AA)

The busiest airline in August 2024 was American Airlines (AA), with 196,057 flights.

August 2024 (1–31 August 2024) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2024-08/

Period: 1–31 August 2024 (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, August 2024: top 15, flights1–31 August 2024. Source: Airportia.1. American Airlines (AA): 196,057 (189,689 flights)1. American Airlines (AA)196,0572. Delta Air Lines (DL): 152,893 (147,957 flights)2. Delta Air Lines (DL)152,8933. United Airlines (UA): 144,069 (139,508 flights)3. United Airlines (UA)144,0694. Southwest Airlines (WN): 120,523 (117,049 flights)4. Southwest Airlines (WN)120,5235. Ryanair (FR): 107,265 (103,799 flights)5. Ryanair (FR)107,2656. China Eastern Airlines (MU): 77,858 (75,365 flights)6. China Eastern Airlines (MU)77,8587. China Southern Airlines (CZ): 73,619 (71,239 flights)7. China Southern Airlines (CZ)73,6198. IndiGo Airlines (6E): 63,890 (61,834 flights)8. IndiGo Airlines (6E)63,8909. easyJet (U2): 57,049 (55,234 flights)9. easyJet (U2)57,04910. Air China (CA): 55,368 (53,571 flights)10. Air China (CA)55,36811. LATAM Airlines (LA): 46,931 (45,412 flights)11. LATAM Airlines (LA)46,93112. Alaska Airlines (AS): 40,168 (39,009 flights)12. Alaska Airlines (AS)40,16813. Lufthansa (LH): 38,159 (36,945 flights)13. Lufthansa (LH)38,15914. All Nippon Airways (NH): 37,837 (36,623 flights)14. All Nippon Airways (NH)37,83715. Turkish Airlines (TK): 37,001 (35,836 flights)15. Turkish Airlines (TK)37,001

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

Full ranking: 759 airlines

The first 100 are shown here; the CSV has all 759.

# Airline Country Flights Avg departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 American Airlines (AA) United States United States 196,057 42.3 min 2.5% 189,689
2 Delta Air Lines (DL) United States United States 152,893 32.8 min 1.9% 147,957
3 United Airlines (UA) United States United States 144,069 35.7 min 2.1% 139,508
4 Southwest Airlines (WN) United States United States 120,523 26.0 min 0.9% 117,049
5 Ryanair (FR) Ireland Ireland 107,265 35.9 min 0.2% 103,799
6 China Eastern Airlines (MU) China China 77,858 38.4 min 1.2% 75,365
7 China Southern Airlines (CZ) China China 73,619 46.8 min 0.1% 71,239
8 IndiGo Airlines (6E) India India 63,890 27.2 min 0.3% 61,834
9 easyJet (U2) United Kingdom United Kingdom 57,049 35.6 min 1.3% 55,234
10 Air China (CA) China China 55,368 39.9 min 1.0% 53,571
11 LATAM Airlines (LA) Chile Chile 46,931 21.9 min 1.5% 45,412
12 Alaska Airlines (AS) United States United States 40,168 28.5 min 0.8% 39,009
13 Lufthansa (LH) Germany Germany 38,159 22.8 min 1.6% 36,945
14 All Nippon Airways (NH) Japan Japan 37,837 17.1 min 5.2% 36,623
15 Turkish Airlines (TK) Turkey Turkey 37,001 22.8 min 0.4% 35,836
16 Air Canada (AC) Canada Canada 36,199 44.7 min 4.9% 35,025
17 Aeroflot (SU) Russia Russia 31,690 13.8 min 0.3% 30,672
18 JetBlue Airways (B6) United States United States 29,278 50.2 min 3.6% 28,340
19 British Airways (BA) United Kingdom United Kingdom 28,231 41.6 min 2.2% 27,298
20 Azul Brazilian Airlines (AD) Brazil Brazil 27,840 16.9 min 2.9% 26,908
21 Japan Airlines (JL) Japan Japan 27,293 24.9 min 5.3% 26,418
22 Spirit Airlines (NK) United States United States 27,251 40.1 min 3.7% 26,444
23 Air France (AF) France France 26,440 32.3 min 0.7% 25,606
24 Hainan Airlines (HU) China China 25,918 47.3 min 0.1% 25,068
25 Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) China China 25,347 58.8 min 1.0% 24,521
26 Qantas (QF) Australia Australia 23,630 19.8 min 2.8% 22,802
27 Sichuan Airlines (3U) China China 23,120 34.7 min 0.2% 22,383
28 Avianca (AV) Colombia Colombia 23,044 16.7 min 2.0% 22,310
29 KLM (KL) Netherlands Netherlands 22,873 27.1 min 0.6% 22,138
30 Vueling (VY) Spain Spain 21,964 25.2 min 0.8% 21,259
31 Xiamen Airlines (MF) China China 21,595 36.2 min 0.3% 20,884
32 Shandong Airlines (SC) China China 20,718 34.9 min 0.5% 20,049
33 Iberia (IB) Spain Spain 20,419 26.6 min 0.0% 19,756
34 Frontier Airlines (F9) United States United States 19,947 41.0 min 2.3% 19,488
35 SAS (SK) Norway Norway 19,147 17.7 min 1.4% 18,509
36 Pegasus Airlines (PC) Turkey Turkey 18,923 29.6 min 0.0% 18,314
37 WestJet (WS) Canada Canada 18,590 34.5 min 7.0% 17,991
38 Eurowings (EW) Germany Germany 18,407 33.4 min 2.2% 17,814
39 Qatar Airways (QR) Qatar Qatar 18,378 27.4 min 0.2% 17,804
40 GOL Transportes Aeros (G3) Brazil Brazil 17,674 16.2 min 0.6% 17,102
41 Aeroméxico (AM) Mexico Mexico 17,502 29.4 min 0.1% 16,951
42 Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 17,452 22.4 min 1.0% 16,906
43 Spring Airlines (9C) China China 16,354 36.4 min 1.0% 15,820
44 Lion Airlines (JT) Indonesia Indonesia 15,787 32.2 min 0.0% 15,260
45 AirAsia (AK) Malaysia Malaysia 15,537 23.1 min 0.0% 15,046
46 Emirates (EK) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 15,301 33.5 min 0.0% 14,815
47 Volaris (Y4) Mexico Mexico 14,727 20.7 min 0.6% 14,268
48 Jet2.com (LS) United Kingdom United Kingdom 14,476 42.3 min 0.0% 14,054
49 Air New Zealand (NZ) New Zealand New Zealand 14,335 20.0 min 4.6% 13,872
50 VivaAerobus (VB) Mexico Mexico 14,204 24.2 min 0.1% 13,750
51 Air India (AI) India India 14,069 30.5 min 0.2% 13,623
52 Swiss (LX) Switzerland Switzerland 13,576 34.0 min 2.0% 13,144
53 Virgin Australia (VA) Australia Australia 13,470 26.1 min 1.3% 13,005
54 Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Ethiopia Ethiopia 13,403 18.0 min 0.1% 12,973
55 ITA Airways (AZ) Italy Italy 13,239 37.3 min 0.1% 12,815
56 Wizz Air Malta (W4) Malta Malta 13,047 42.0 min 0.4% 12,636
57 Wizz Air (W6) Hungary Hungary 12,754 40.9 min 0.7% 12,353
58 Vietnam Airlines (VN) Vietnam Vietnam 12,635 20.4 min 0.0% 12,253
59 Juneyao Airlines (HO) China China 12,597 36.5 min 0.6% 12,190
60 China Express Airlines (G5) China China 12,063 21.5 min 3.8% 11,665
61 Korean Air (KE) South Korea South Korea 11,786 31.6 min 0.3% 11,392
62 Austrian Airlines (OS) Austria Austria 11,775 18.8 min 0.9% 11,397
63 VietJet Air (VJ) Vietnam Vietnam 11,604 34.7 min 0.1% 11,231
64 Aegean Airlines (A3) Greece Greece 11,562 30.7 min 1.4% 11,186
65 Tianjin Airlines (GS) China China 11,047 37.4 min 0.0% 10,701
66 TAP Portugal (TP) Portugal Portugal 11,023 30.6 min 0.5% 10,676
67 Malaysia Airlines (MH) Malaysia Malaysia 10,960 33.5 min 2.4% 10,606
68 CEBU Pacific Air (5J) Philippines Philippines 10,732 15.9 min 0.1% 10,383
69 SunExpress (XQ) Turkey Turkey 10,707 38.4 min 0.2% 10,359
70 Copa Airlines (CM) Panama Panama 10,659 19.0 min 0.7% 10,318
71 flydubai (FZ) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 10,658 24.8 min 0.3% 10,315
72 Aer Lingus (EI) Ireland Ireland 10,600 26.4 min 0.7% 10,265
73 Shanghai Airlines (FM) China China 10,580 40.0 min 0.7% 10,248
74 Chengdu Airlines (EU) China China 10,508 24.5 min 0.5% 10,182
75 Vistara (UK) India India 10,487 26.9 min 0.2% 10,153
76 Flex Flight (W2) Denmark Denmark 10,421 0.1 min 0.0% 10,054
77 Thai AirAsia (FD) Thailand Thailand 10,367 12.3 min 0.0% 10,050
78 Batik Air (ID) Indonesia Indonesia 10,313 30.5 min 12.2% 9,973
79 Capital Airlines (JD) China China 10,218 35.5 min 0.4% 9,892
80 Jetstar Airways (JQ) Australia Australia 10,197 23.1 min 1.0% 9,873
81 Finnair (AY) Finland Finland 10,089 19.3 min 0.7% 9,758
82 S7 Airlines (S7) Russia Russia 10,087 12.9 min 0.2% 9,759
83 Singapore Airlines (SQ) Singapore Singapore 9,992 16.6 min 0.1% 9,668
84 Transavia France (TO) France France 9,885 26.1 min 0.5% 9,577
85 Loong Airlines (GJ) China China 9,779 39.4 min 0.2% 9,471
86 Widerøe (WF) Norway Norway 9,760 4.6 min 1.7% 9,372
87 Allegiant Air (G4) United States United States 9,649 31.8 min 2.1% 9,585
88 Volotea (V7) Spain Spain 9,548 24.6 min 0.1% 9,254
89 Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) Argentina Argentina 9,427 18.6 min 0.9% 9,151
90 Philippine Airlines (PR) Philippines Philippines 9,376 19.9 min 0.8% 9,080
91 LOT (LO) Poland Poland 9,144 23.9 min 0.9% 8,842
92 Grant Aviation (GV) United States United States 9,007 2.3 min 0.0% 8,703
93 TUI Airways (BY) United Kingdom United Kingdom 8,977 32.8 min 0.1% 8,705
94 Binter Canarias (NT) Spain Spain 8,748 11.7 min 0.2% 8,479
95 Citilink (QG) Indonesia Indonesia 8,604 25.7 min 0.0% 8,337
96 Cape Air (9K) United States United States 8,565 20.8 min 5.7% 8,299
97 flynas (XY) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 8,540 15.9 min 0.1% 8,270
98 Cathay Pacific (CX) Hong Kong Hong Kong 8,449 41.4 min 0.3% 8,192
99 Pt. Super Air Jet (IU) Indonesia Indonesia 8,415 23.6 min 0.0% 8,135
100 Norwegian (DY) Norway Norway 8,029 18.3 min 0.5% 7,747

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The busiest airline in August 2024 was American Airlines (AA), with 196,057 flights. Source: Airportia, "Busiest airlines, August 2024" (1–31 August 2024), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2024-08/, 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.