Posts under ‘Analysis’

Some time yesterday, OpenFlights passed the quarter million mark of user-entered flights.  Let’s see how the current statistics compare to what we had at 100,000…
Top 10 Airlines

 
Airline
100k rank
World rank

1
Lufthansa
2 (+1)
6

2
United Airlines
1 (-1)
2

3
American Airlines
4 (+1)
1

4
Continental Airlines
3 (-1)
5

5
Delta Air Lines
5
3

6
British Airways
6
8

7
Air France
10 (+3)
4

8
Northwest Airlines
7 (-1)
9

9
US Airways
8 (-1)
?

10
Ryanair
new
?

United and Lufthansa once again duking it out for the top […]

One hundred thousand!  (100,588 as I type this, to be quite precise.)  That’s how many flights have now been entered into OpenFlights.  Let’s see how the current statistics compare to what we had at 50,000 just a few short months back, shall we?
Top 10 Airlines

Airline
50k rank
World rank

1
United Airlines
1
2

2
Lufthansa
2
6

3
Continental Airlines
4 (+1)
4

4
American Airlines
3 (-1)
1

5
Delta Air Lines
5
2

6
British Airways
7 […]

A few days ago, OpenFlights reached 50,000 flights, so it’s a good time to take a look at how that mass of data is shaping up.
Top 10 Airlines

 
Airline
World rank

1
United Airlines
2

2
Lufthansa
6

3
American Airlines
1

4
Continental Airlines
4

5
Delta Air Lines
3

6
US Airways
?

7
British Airways
9

8
Northwest Airlines
7

9
JetBlue Airways
?

10
Qantas
?

The top 4 airlines by passenger-km according to IATA all make it to the OpenFlights top 5 as […]