Busiest airlines, November 2024

176,163 flights, American Airlines (AA)

The busiest airline in November 2024 was American Airlines (AA), with 176,163 flights.

November 2024 (1–30 November 2024) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2024-11/

Period: 1–30 November 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, November 2024: top 15, flights1–30 November 2024. Source: Airportia.1. American Airlines (AA): 176,163 (176,163 flights)1. American Airlines (AA)176,1632. Delta Air Lines (DL): 139,193 (139,193 flights)2. Delta Air Lines (DL)139,1933. United Airlines (UA): 137,059 (137,059 flights)3. United Airlines (UA)137,0594. Southwest Airlines (WN): 113,911 (113,911 flights)4. Southwest Airlines (WN)113,9115. Ryanair (FR): 71,264 (71,264 flights)5. Ryanair (FR)71,2646. China Eastern Airlines (MU): 65,970 (65,970 flights)6. China Eastern Airlines (MU)65,9707. IndiGo Airlines (6E): 64,439 (64,439 flights)7. IndiGo Airlines (6E)64,4398. China Southern Airlines (CZ): 60,919 (60,919 flights)8. China Southern Airlines (CZ)60,9199. Air China (CA): 47,286 (47,286 flights)9. Air China (CA)47,28610. LATAM Airlines (LA): 45,825 (45,825 flights)10. LATAM Airlines (LA)45,82511. easyJet (U2): 35,935 (35,935 flights)11. easyJet (U2)35,93512. Alaska Airlines (AS): 35,619 (35,619 flights)12. Alaska Airlines (AS)35,61913. All Nippon Airways (NH): 35,549 (35,549 flights)13. All Nippon Airways (NH)35,54914. Lufthansa (LH): 32,051 (32,051 flights)14. Lufthansa (LH)32,05115. Turkish Airlines (TK): 30,108 (30,108 flights)15. Turkish Airlines (TK)30,108

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

Full ranking: 751 airlines

The first 100 are shown here; the CSV has all 751.

# Airline Country Flights Avg departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 American Airlines (AA) United States United States 176,163 27.7 min 0.7% 176,163
2 Delta Air Lines (DL) United States United States 139,193 21.8 min 0.1% 139,193
3 United Airlines (UA) United States United States 137,059 29.7 min 0.8% 137,059
4 Southwest Airlines (WN) United States United States 113,911 19.8 min 0.3% 113,911
5 Ryanair (FR) Ireland Ireland 71,264 22.8 min 0.0% 71,264
6 China Eastern Airlines (MU) China China 65,970 17.9 min 1.8% 65,970
7 IndiGo Airlines (6E) India India 64,439 22.8 min 0.0% 64,439
8 China Southern Airlines (CZ) China China 60,919 21.1 min 0.0% 60,919
9 Air China (CA) China China 47,286 18.5 min 2.3% 47,286
10 LATAM Airlines (LA) Chile Chile 45,825 25.6 min 1.8% 45,825
11 easyJet (U2) United Kingdom United Kingdom 35,935 27.0 min 0.1% 35,935
12 Alaska Airlines (AS) United States United States 35,619 23.7 min 0.8% 35,619
13 All Nippon Airways (NH) Japan Japan 35,549 15.7 min 0.8% 35,549
14 Lufthansa (LH) Germany Germany 32,051 14.6 min 1.1% 32,051
15 Turkish Airlines (TK) Turkey Turkey 30,108 13.9 min 0.0% 30,108
16 Air Canada (AC) Canada Canada 29,958 28.8 min 1.3% 29,958
17 Azul Brazilian Airlines (AD) Brazil Brazil 26,106 20.2 min 3.7% 26,106
18 JetBlue Airways (B6) United States United States 25,758 24.8 min 0.2% 25,758
19 Japan Airlines (JL) Japan Japan 25,747 21.9 min 0.9% 25,747
20 British Airways (BA) United Kingdom United Kingdom 24,901 29.9 min 2.0% 24,901
21 Qantas (QF) Australia Australia 22,330 27.8 min 3.0% 22,330
22 Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) China China 21,870 21.6 min 0.4% 21,870
23 Air France (AF) France France 21,807 32.8 min 2.1% 21,807
24 Avianca (AV) Colombia Colombia 21,692 23.6 min 2.4% 21,692
25 Spirit Airlines (NK) United States United States 21,363 20.6 min 0.4% 21,363
26 Aeroflot (SU) Russia Russia 21,062 15.1 min 0.1% 21,062
27 KLM (KL) Netherlands Netherlands 20,946 26.1 min 2.0% 20,946
28 Hainan Airlines (HU) China China 20,543 20.7 min 0.5% 20,543
29 Air India (AI) India India 19,478 36.6 min 0.2% 19,478
30 Xiamen Airlines (MF) China China 19,362 15.9 min 0.3% 19,362
31 Iberia (IB) Spain Spain 18,328 26.2 min 0.0% 18,328
32 Frontier Airlines (F9) United States United States 18,280 30.3 min 0.7% 18,280
33 Sichuan Airlines (3U) China China 18,110 15.3 min 0.4% 18,110
34 GOL Transportes Aeros (G3) Brazil Brazil 17,261 26.0 min 0.0% 17,261
35 SAS (SK) Norway Norway 16,978 17.0 min 0.9% 16,978
36 Vueling (VY) Spain Spain 16,633 23.3 min 1.5% 16,633
37 Pegasus Airlines (PC) Turkey Turkey 16,439 22.4 min 0.0% 16,439
38 Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 16,434 19.1 min 0.4% 16,434
39 Qatar Airways (QR) Qatar Qatar 15,860 21.3 min 0.1% 15,860
40 Aeroméxico (AM) Mexico Mexico 15,518 28.4 min 0.5% 15,518
41 Shandong Airlines (SC) China China 15,459 13.5 min 0.1% 15,459
42 WestJet (WS) Canada Canada 14,908 34.4 min 2.6% 14,908
43 Air New Zealand (NZ) New Zealand New Zealand 14,813 19.9 min 3.3% 14,813
44 AirAsia (AK) Malaysia Malaysia 14,739 28.1 min 0.2% 14,739
45 Emirates (EK) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 14,603 30.6 min 0.0% 14,603
46 Volaris (Y4) Mexico Mexico 14,293 22.8 min 0.7% 14,293
47 Virgin Australia (VA) Australia Australia 13,683 31.4 min 1.8% 13,683
48 VivaAerobus (VB) Mexico Mexico 13,672 25.2 min 0.0% 13,672
49 Spring Airlines (9C) China China 13,206 20.6 min 0.5% 13,206
50 Lion Airlines (JT) Indonesia Indonesia 13,031 19.9 min 0.0% 13,031
51 Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Ethiopia Ethiopia 12,641 11.8 min 0.0% 12,641
52 Air India Express (IX) India India 12,160 40.8 min 0.0% 12,160
53 CEBU Pacific Air (5J) Philippines Philippines 11,676 23.6 min 0.0% 11,676
54 VietJet Air (VJ) Vietnam Vietnam 11,347 43.6 min 0.0% 11,347
55 Korean Air (KE) South Korea South Korea 11,344 36.6 min 2.2% 11,344
56 Vietnam Airlines (VN) Vietnam Vietnam 11,021 27.8 min 0.0% 11,021
57 Swiss (LX) Switzerland Switzerland 10,948 22.9 min 1.9% 10,948
58 Thai AirAsia (FD) Thailand Thailand 10,879 22.1 min 0.0% 10,879
59 China Express Airlines (G5) China China 10,786 15.7 min 1.5% 10,786
60 Copa Airlines (CM) Panama Panama 10,488 26.0 min 0.3% 10,488
61 Wizz Air Malta (W4) Malta Malta 10,322 18.7 min 0.0% 10,322
62 Singapore Airlines (SQ) Singapore Singapore 10,299 22.0 min 0.0% 10,299
63 ITA Airways (AZ) Italy Italy 10,272 23.1 min 0.3% 10,272
64 Wizz Air (W6) Hungary Hungary 10,081 20.5 min 0.0% 10,081
65 Widerøe (WF) Norway Norway 10,041 8.0 min 0.0% 10,041
66 Chengdu Airlines (EU) China China 9,983 12.2 min 1.7% 9,983
67 Jetstar Airways (JQ) Australia Australia 9,934 28.6 min 2.2% 9,934
68 flydubai (FZ) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 9,852 23.4 min 0.5% 9,852
69 Juneyao Airlines (HO) China China 9,734 16.9 min 0.5% 9,734
70 Eurowings (EW) Germany Germany 9,537 18.4 min 0.0% 9,537
71 Tianjin Airlines (GS) China China 9,523 25.3 min 0.3% 9,523
72 Finnair (AY) Finland Finland 9,484 25.1 min 2.3% 9,484
73 Malaysia Airlines (MH) Malaysia Malaysia 9,390 23.2 min 0.5% 9,390
74 Allegiant Air (G4) United States United States 9,319 21.4 min 0.1% 9,319
75 Philippine Airlines (PR) Philippines Philippines 9,197 19.5 min 2.2% 9,197
76 Batik Air (ID) Indonesia Indonesia 9,178 24.1 min 7.6% 9,178
77 Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) Argentina Argentina 9,173 18.9 min 1.2% 9,173
78 Flex Flight (W2) Denmark Denmark 9,135 0.1 min 0.0% 9,135
79 TAP Portugal (TP) Portugal Portugal 9,056 30.7 min 0.4% 9,056
80 Austrian Airlines (OS) Austria Austria 8,787 8.3 min 0.6% 8,787
81 Grant Aviation (GV) United States United States 8,753 1.8 min 0.0% 8,753
82 Shanghai Airlines (FM) China China 8,645 17.8 min 0.4% 8,645
83 flynas (XY) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 8,617 15.4 min 0.1% 8,617
84 Cathay Pacific (CX) Hong Kong Hong Kong 8,376 33.7 min 0.3% 8,376
85 Aer Lingus (EI) Ireland Ireland 8,163 20.6 min 1.0% 8,163
86 LOT (LO) Poland Poland 8,055 21.8 min 0.0% 8,055
87 Aegean Airlines (A3) Greece Greece 8,012 17.4 min 0.1% 8,012
88 Binter Canarias (NT) Spain Spain 7,981 6.3 min 0.0% 7,981
89 Citilink (QG) Indonesia Indonesia 7,904 19.1 min 0.0% 7,904
90 Etihad Airways (EY) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 7,670 25.7 min 1.2% 7,670
91 Pt. Super Air Jet (IU) Indonesia Indonesia 7,413 21.2 min 0.0% 7,413
92 S7 Airlines (S7) Russia Russia 7,288 16.5 min 0.0% 7,288
93 Loong Airlines (GJ) China China 7,272 17.1 min 0.3% 7,272
94 Hawaiian Airlines (HA) United States United States 7,111 15.8 min 0.4% 7,111
95 Thai Airways (TG) Thailand Thailand 7,101 28.4 min 0.0% 7,101
96 EgyptAir (MS) Egypt Egypt 7,057 23.5 min 0.2% 7,057
97 Garuda Indonesia (GA) Indonesia Indonesia 7,024 15.1 min 0.6% 7,024
98 Airlink (4Z) South Africa South Africa 7,006 12.1 min 0.1% 7,006
99 Air Algérie (AH) Algeria Algeria 6,914 16.4 min 1.4% 6,914
100 Southern Airways Express (9X) United States United States 6,903 23.8 min 0.0% 6,903

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The busiest airline in November 2024 was American Airlines (AA), with 176,163 flights. Source: Airportia, "Busiest airlines, November 2024" (1–30 November 2024), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2024-11/, 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.