Scheduled international passengers carried

Rank	Airline	2008 (thousands)[1]	2007 (thousands)[2]	2006 (thousands)
1	Ryanair	57,647	49,030	40,532
2	Lufthansa1	42,151	41,322	38,236
3	EasyJet	35,417	30,173	21,917
4	Air France	32,508	31,549	30,417
5	British Airways	29,054	28,302	29,498
6	KLM	23,808	23,165	22,322
7	Emirates Airline	22, 444	20,448	16,748
8	American Airlines	21,154	21,479	21,228
9	Singapore Airlines2	19,142	18,957	18,022
10	Continental Airlines3	18,860	17,695	16,667

Notes

• Based on International Air Transport Association published figures
• Note 1: Excludes figures for Swiss International Air Lines and Germanwings
• Note 2: Excludes figures for SilkAir
• Note 3: Includes figures for flights between Hong Kong and the rest of the People's Republic of China