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methods to measure size of An airline, so different lists of the World's Largest airlines are available. This list Ranks airlines, is based Market Capitalization as of 07/20/2009.
This method identifies Air China, Singapore Airlines and Ryanair as the top three airlines listed on stock market.

Top 30 Airlines 2009 by market capitalization

Rank / Company / Capitalization in billions € / PER / ROE / Net debt to Shareholder equity / EPS
Bloomberg 07-20-2009

1/ AIR CHINA / 8.79B / NA / -36.09% / 252.49 / -0.08

2/ SINGAPORE AIRLINES / 7.82B / 15.46 / 7.31% / -18.50 / 0.43
3/ RYANAIR / 4.72B / NA / -3.37% / 18.37 / -0.06
4/ LUFTANSA / 4.27B / 14.90 / 4.37% / 5.16 / 0.63
5/ CATHAY / 4.04B / NA / -19.26% / 92.82 / -0.20
6/ ANA* / 3.96B / NA / -1.10% / 231.15 / -0.04
7/ CHINA EAST AIRWAYS / 3.71B / NA / NA / NA / -0.33
8/ SOUTHWEST AIRLINES / 3.68B / 23.40 / 0.89% / 29.95 / 0.02
9/ JAPAN AIRLINES / 3.43B / NA / -44.09% / 323.72 / -0.23
10/ DELTA AIRLINES / 3.32B / NA / -148.81% / 2.33k / -4.11
11/ CHINA SOUTHERN / 3.19B / NA / -50.06% / 527.95 / -0.06
12/ LAN AIRLINES / 2.99B / 13.66 / 31.94% / 271.62 / 0.66
13/ QANTAS AIRWAYS / 2.96B / 7.23 / 10% / 59.77 / 0.17
14/ AIR FRANCE KLM / 2.63B / NA / -10.49% / 99.68 / -2.76
15 / Hainan Airlines / 2.05b / MS / -20.78% / 374.34 / -0.04
16 / British Airways / 1.81B / MS / -15.93% / 129.04 / -0.38
17 / Korea Airlines / 1:55 P / IN / -53.95% / 337.22 / -18.06
18 / IBERIA / 1.50B / 47.28 / 1.79% / -83.63 / 0.03
19 / Easyjet / 1.42B / 29.58 / 3.68% / 21.60 / 0.15
20 / COPA Holding / 1.27B / 10:57 / 26.17% / 82.91 / 3.11
21 / TAM Airlines / 1.22B / MS / -120.07% / -13.77 / -2.94
22 / GOL Airlines / 1.20B / MS / -63.04% / 240.30 / - 2:05
23 / Malaysia Airlines / 1.06B / AN / AN / AN / -0.07
24 / JetBlue Airways / 0.96B / MS / -4.24% / 235.67 / -0.18
25/ TURK HAVA YOLLAR / 0.90B / 0.33 / 44.34% / 44.81 / 0.68
26/ AMR CORP / 0.86B / NA / NA / NA / -2.87
27/ CONTINENTAL AIRLINES / 0.85B / NA / -78.94% / 2.15k / -4.06
28/ WESTJET AIRLINES / 0.81B / 7.90 / 15.23% / 41.96 / 0.80
29/ SHANGAI AIRLINES / 0.79B / NA / -127.74% / 2.22k / -0.12
30/ SAS / 0.79B / NA / -41.99% / 112.32 / -0.10
31/ EVA AIRWAYS / 0.74B / NA / -48.30% / 262.27 / -0.09
32/ ALLEGIANT TRAVEL / 0.65B / 17.47 / 23.30% / -68.85 / 1.99


*All Nippon Airways
PER : Price earnings ratio
ROE : Return on equityEPS : Earnings per share annualised

EPS : Earnings per share annualised