Emirates is one of the world’s top 10 airlines by passenger volume, carrying over 19 million passengers last year. The Dubai-based airline was ranked seventh when aviation analytics firm Cirium released its 2021 World Airline Passenger Rankings.
Emirates flew his 19.6 million passengers around the world last year. This is a 199% increase compared to 2020, when travel disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic peaked. The ranking is dominated by US airlines, with American Airlines taking the top spot, followed by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines for earnings per kilometer. It is calculated by multiplying the number of paying passengers on board the aircraft by the distance traveled by the aircraft.
Low-cost airline Ryanair ranked fifth in his list, while China Southern dropped him one spot behind Emirates. Tracking more than 600 airlines through Cirium’s airline database, the ranking shows that, despite improving since 2020, global traffic at the end of 2021 is up 57% from its pre-pandemic peak, with global It shows that the number of people decreased by 2.3 billion.
Compared to 2019 passenger numbers, Emirates has seen its 65% decline from its 2019 peak.
