All active airlines
A directory of every active airline with a two-letter IATA code, ranked by the number of routes filed under that code in the source dataset. Click an airline to see its country of registration, callsign, and a route sample.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Callsign | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR | Ryanair | Ireland | RYANAIR | 2,484 |
| AA | American Airlines | United States | AMERICAN | 2,354 |
| UA | United Airlines | United States | UNITED | 2,178 |
| DL | Delta Air Lines | United States | DELTA | 1,981 |
| US | US Airways | United States | U S AIR | 1,960 |
| CZ | China Southern Airlines | China | CHINA SOUTHERN | 1,430 |
| MU | China Eastern Airlines | China | CHINA EASTERN | 1,239 |
| CA | Air China | China | AIR CHINA | 1,223 |
| WN | Southwest Airlines | United States | SOUTHWEST | 1,146 |
| U2 | easyJet | United Kingdom | EASY | 1,130 |
| AF | Air France | France | AIRFRANS | 1,069 |
| LH | Lufthansa Cargo | Germany | LUFTHANSA CARGO | 923 |
| AZ | Alitalia | Italy | ALITALIA | 877 |
| IB | Iberia Airlines | Spain | IBERIA | 831 |
| KL | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Netherlands | KLM | 830 |
| AB | Air Berlin | Germany | AIR BERLIN | 798 |
| ZH | Shenzhen Airlines | China | SHENZHEN AIR | 785 |
| FL | AirTran Airways | United States | CITRUS | 726 |
| AC | Air Canada | Canada | AIR CANADA | 705 |
| TK | Turkish Airlines | Turkey | TURKAIR | 656 |
| DY | Norwegian Air Shuttle | Norway | NOR SHUTTLE | 576 |
| HU | Hainan Airlines | China | HAINAN | 550 |
| BA | British Airways | United Kingdom | SPEEDBIRD | 549 |
| NH | All Nippon Airways | Japan | ALL NIPPON | 541 |
| AS | Alaska Airlines | ALASKA | Inc. | 530 |
| SK | Scandinavian Airlines System | Sweden | SCANDINAVIAN | 504 |
| TO | Transavia France | France | FRENCH SUN | 488 |
| SU | Aeroflot Russian Airlines | Russia | AEROFLOT | 473 |
| 4U | Germanwings | Germany | GERMAN WINGS | 470 |
| W6 | Wizz Air | Hungary | WIZZ AIR | 457 |
| AM | AeroMéxico | Mexico | AEROMEXICO | 431 |
| QF | Qantas | Australia | QANTAS | 430 |
| B6 | JetBlue Airways | United States | JETBLUE | 399 |
| AD | Azul | Brazil | – | 397 |
| AI | Air India Limited | India | AIRINDIA | 393 |
| JL | Japan Airlines Domestic | Japan | J-BIRD | 386 |
| VY | Vueling Airlines | Spain | VUELING | 384 |
| SV | Saudi Arabian Airlines | Saudi Arabia | SAUDIA | 383 |
| 3U | Sichuan Airlines | China | SI CHUAN | 380 |
| MF | Xiamen Airlines | China | XIAMEN AIR | 380 |
| G4 | Allegiant Air | United States | ALLEGIANT | 378 |
| GS | Air Foyle | United Kingdom | FOYLE | 348 |
| WS | WestJet | Canada | WESTJET | 341 |
| DE | Condor Flugdienst | Germany | CONDOR | 334 |
| G3 | Sky Express | Greece | AIR CRETE | 332 |
| MH | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia | MALAYSIAN | 332 |
| JJ | TAM Brazilian Airlines | Brazil | TAM | 332 |
| ET | Ethiopian Airlines | Ethiopia | ETHIOPIAN | 331 |
| AY | Finnair | Finland | FINNAIR | 328 |
| LS | Jet2.com | United Kingdom | CHANNEX | 302 |
| SC | Shandong Airlines | China | SHANDONG | 302 |
| UN | Transaero Airlines | Russia | TRANSOVIET | 300 |
| 9W | Jet Airways | India | JET AIRWAYS | 292 |
| KE | Korean Air | Republic of Korea | KOREANAIR | 292 |
| LX | Swiss International Air Lines | Switzerland | SWISS | 290 |
| VA | Virgin Australia | Australia | VIRGIN | 290 |
| EK | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | EMIRATES | 289 |
| AV | Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia | AVIANCA | S.A. | 286 |
| LA | LAN Airlines | Chile | LAN | 285 |
| S7 | S7 Airlines | Russia | SIBERIAN AIRLINES | 281 |
| QR | Qatar Airways | Qatar | QATARI | 278 |
| BE | Flybe | United Kingdom | JERSEY | 268 |
| OZ | Asiana Airlines | Republic of Korea | ASIANA | 260 |
| GA | Garuda Indonesia | Indonesia | INDONESIA | 248 |
| JT | Lion Mentari Airlines | Indonesia | LION INTER | 243 |
| PK | Pakistan International Airlines | Pakistan | PAKISTAN | 242 |
| PC | Pegasus Airlines | Turkey | SUNTURK | 242 |
| NK | Spirit Airlines | United States | SPIRIT WINGS | 242 |
| OS | Austrian Airlines | Austria | AUSTRIAN | 240 |
| AT | Royal Air Maroc | Morocco | ROYALAIR MAROC | 238 |
| NZ | Air New Zealand | New Zealand | NEW ZEALAND | 233 |
| HV | Transavia Holland | Netherlands | TRANSAVIA | 233 |
| AH | Air Algerie | Algeria | AIR ALGERIE | 232 |
| U6 | Ural Airlines | Russia | SVERDLOVSK AIR | 232 |
| TP | TAP Portugal | Portugal | AIR PORTUGAL | 229 |
| EY | Etihad Airways | United Arab Emirates | ETIHAD | 228 |
| 6E | IndiGo Airlines | India | IFLY | 227 |
| EI | Aer Lingus | Ireland | SHAMROCK | 226 |
| X3 | TUIfly | Germany | YELLOW CAB | 226 |
| A3 | Aegean Airlines | Greece | AEGEAN | 222 |
| F9 | Frontier Airlines | United States | FRONTIER FLIGHT | 220 |
| JD | Japan Air System | Japan | Air System | 214 |
| CX | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong SAR of China | CATHAY | 213 |
| SQ | Singapore Airlines Cargo | Singapore | SINGCARGO | 212 |
| ZB | Monarch Airlines | United Kingdom | MONARCH | 210 |
| VN | Vietnam Airlines | Vietnam | VIET NAM AIRLINES | 209 |
| MS | Egyptair | Egypt | EGYPTAIR | 205 |
| WF | Widerøe | Norway | WIDEROE | 205 |
| SA | South African Airways | South Africa | SPRINGBOK | 202 |
| Y4 | Volaris | Mexico | VOLARIS | 197 |
| VS | Virgin Atlantic Airways | United Kingdom | VIRGIN | 195 |
| SG | Spicejet | India | SPICEJET | 194 |
| TG | Thai Airways International | Thailand | THAI | 193 |
| SN | Brussels Airlines | Belgium | BEE-LINE | 190 |
| FM | Shanghai Airlines | China | SHANGHAI AIR | 189 |
| 5J | Cebu Pacific | Philippines | CEBU AIR | 184 |
| CM | Copa Airlines | Panama | COPA | 184 |
| IR | Iran Air | Iran | IRANAIR | 182 |
| EP | Iran Aseman Airlines | Iran | – | 181 |
| S2 | Air Sahara | India | SAHARA | 180 |
About this list
The directory restricts itself to carriers marked active in the OpenFlights airlines table and assigned a valid two-letter IATA code. That filter excludes ICAO-only carriers (typically cargo, charter, and military operators), defunct airlines, and carriers that share an IATA code with another active operator. Where two carriers have used the same code historically, the most recent record wins. Use this list to identify a carrier from a code on a ticket or a flight number, then click through to a profile that includes the airline's home country, callsign, and a sample of routes operated under the code.