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There are many airlines in the world, some fly both domestic as well as international routes, while many concentrate only on domestic sector.
Let's take a look at some of the biggest airlines in the world based on capacity per week.
NOTE: Courtesy, Wikipedia and Centre for Aviation
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Photographs: Tami Chappell/Reuters
Delta Air Lines
Capacity per week: 6,881,159,610
Global rank: 1
Delta Air Lines is a major airline based in the United States and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline operates an extensive domestic and international network serving all continents except Antarctica.
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Photographs: Tim Sharp/Reuters
American Airlines
Capacity per week: 5,037,480,928
Global rank: 2
American Airlines is the world's fifth-largest airline in passenger miles transported and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
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Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
United Air Lines
Capacity per week: 3,909,730,788
Global rank: 3
United Air Lines is an American airline, one of the world's largest airlines with 86,852 employees and operating the second-largest fleet with 702 aircraft.
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Photographs: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Emirates
Capacity per week: 3,893,288,968
Global rank: 4
Emirates is an airline based at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the largest airline in the Middle East, operating over 2,500 flights per week, from its hub at Terminal 3, to 120 cities in 70 countries across six continents.
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Photographs: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters
Lufthansa
Capacity per week: 3,499,360,635
Global rank: 5
Lufthansa is the flag carrier of Germany and the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size.
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Photographs: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
Southwest Airlines
Capacity per week: 3,486,483,553
Global rank: 6
Southwest Airlines is an American low-cost airline based in Dallas, Texas. The airline was established in 1967, adopting its current name in 1971, and as of June 5, 2011 is the largest airline in the United States based upon domestic passengers carried.
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Photographs: Julien Muguet/Reuters
Air France
Capacity per week: 3,027,323,742
Global rank: 7
Air France is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, (north of Paris), and is one of the world's largest airlines.
It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance.
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Photographs: Robert Sorbo/Reuters
British Airways
Capacity per week: 3,023,334,201
Global rank: 8
British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport.
British Airways is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations and second largest measured by passengers carried, behind easyJet.
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Photographs: David Moir/Reuters
Ryanair
Capacity per week: 2,533,834,313
Global rank: 9
Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its headquarters is located at Dublin Airport with its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted Airports.
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Photographs: Jeff Zelevansky/Reuters
US Airways
Capacity per week: 2,513,984,006
Global rank: 10
US Airways is a major airline based in the US city of Tempe, Arizona. The airline is an operating unit of US Airways Group and is the sixth-largest airline by traffic and eighth largest by market value in the country.
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Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
Cathay Pacific Airways
Capacity per week: 2,299,155,495
Global rank: 11
Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport, although the airline's registered office is on the 33rd floor of One Pacific Place.
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Photographs: Jean-Philippe Arles/Reuters
China Southern Airlines
Capacity per week: 2,202,096,153
Global rank: 12
China Southern Airlines is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
It is the world's sixth-largest airline measured by passengers carried, and Asia's largest airline in terms of both fleet size and passengers carried.
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Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
Singapore Airlines
Capacity per week: 2,134,408,171
Global rank: 13
Singapore Airlines Limited is the flag carrier airline of Singapore. Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and "Kangaroo Route" markets.
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Photographs: David Gray/Reuters
Air China
Capacity per week: 2,012,211,145
Global rank: 14
Air China is the flag carrier and one of the major airlines of the People's Republic of China, with its headquarters in Shunyi District, Beijing.
The airline's flight operations are based from out of Beijing Capital International Airport and is the world's 10th largest airline by fleet size.
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Photographs: Mike Cassese/Reuters
Air Canada
Capacity per week: 1,952,670,127
Global rank: 15
Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide.
It is the world's 10th largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, an alliance of 26 member airlines formed in 1997.
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Photographs: Daniel Munoz/Reuters
Qantas Airways
Capacity per week: 1,874,870,877
Global rank: 16
Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "Qantas", an acronym for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services".
Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport.
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Photographs: Ferran Paredes/Reuters
KLM
Capacity per week: 1,834,682,886
Global rank: 17
KLM is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands and is part of Air France-KLM. KLM's headquarters is in Amstelveen near its hub at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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Photographs: Claro Cortes/Reuters
China Eastern Airlines
Capacity per week: 1,755,463,531
Global rank: 18
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited is an airline headquartered on the grounds of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Changning District, Shanghai, China.
It is a major Chinese airline operating international, domestic and regional routes. Its main hubs are at Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.
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Photographs: Yun Suk Bong/Reuters
Korean Air Lines
Capacity per week: 1,741,330,714
Global rank: 19
Korean Air Lines is both the flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea, with global headquarters located in Seoul, South Korea.
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Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
Turkish Airlines
Capacity per week: 1,576,538,097
Global rank: 20
Turkish Airlines is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey, headquartered in the Turkish Airlines General Management Building on the grounds of Ataturk Airport in Yesilkoy, Bakirkoy district, Istanbul.
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