By scheduled passengers

Scheduled passengers carried

Southwest B737

Rank	Airline	2007 (thousands)[1]	2006 (thousands)[2]	2005 (thousands)
1	Southwest Airlines	101,911	96,277	88,380	[3]
2	American Airlines	98,162	99,835	98,038	[4]
3	Air France-KLM2	74,795	73,484	70,015	[5]
4	Delta Air Lines3	72,900	73,584	86,007
5	United Airlines	68,400	69,265	66,717
6	Lufthansa1	62,900	53,400	51,300	[6]
7	China Southern Airlines	56,900	48,512	43,228
8	Continental Airlines	53,700	55,925	57,547
9	Japan Airlines	50,442	48,911	50,884	[7]
10	All Nippon Airways	50,384	49,226	48,315	[8]

Notes

• Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
• Note 1: Excludes figures for Germanwings and includes Swiss International Air Lines from 7/2007.
• Note 2: Includes figures for Air France and KLM; Air France-KLM's business year ends on March 31st.
• Note 3: Delta will become the world's largest carrier once Delta and Northwest have combined into one airline, which will be called "Delta".