Summary Unsurprisingly, Emirates is the world's largest widebody operator. Only two carriers from the Americas made the top 10 list in August: United Airlines and Delta Air Lines. United has seen a bigger decline in twin-aisle flights year-on-year than any other leading operator.
In August 2024, more than 175 airlines have scheduled passenger flights on widebody aircraft. They have 267,200 roundtrip services, equivalent to one in 12 of the world's flights. Despite the vast quantity – more than 8,600 daily – it is only the third-highest August volume on record.
The top 10 carriers: August 2024 They are summarized below. When flights by the 10 operators are combined, they have 103,862 twin-aisle roundtrip services – about 39% of the world's total. Notably, while all widebody flights are still lower than previously, those by the top 10 carriers have increased and are at a record level.
They are up by about 3% compared to August 2023 and the pre-pandemic 2019. Emirates is number one, just as it has been for years. After all, it only has widebodies (currently 258 of them, plus freighters), no domestic market, and is, of course, a huge global operator .
Want tickets? Find them here! Unsurprisingly, only Turkish Airlines is present from Europe (its Istanbul Airport hub is on the European side of the Bosporus), with some of its flights now on its new 492-seat Boeing 777-300ER . The significance of the domestic market for Chinese and Japanese airlines is clear. While United Airl.