Thinking about which airline to book? Here’s my personal list of airlines I’ve flown—short reviews, service highlights, fleet quirks, and routes worth chasing
| Adria Airways (JP/ADR) |
| Aegean Airlines (A3/AEE) |
| Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) |
| Aeroflot (SU/AFL) |
| Aeromexico (AM/AMX) |
| Air Arabia Jordan (9P/JAD) |
| Air Astana (KC/KZR) |
| Air Belgium (KF/ABB) |
| Air Canada (AC/ACA) |
| Air China (CA/CCA) |
| Air Europa (UX/AEA) |
| Air France (AF/AFR) |
| Air India (AI/AIC) |
| Air India Express (IX/AXB) |
| Air Koryo (JS/KOR) Air Koryo (JS) |
| Air Macau (NX/AMU) |
| Air Malta (KM/AMC) |
| Air Manas (ZM/MBB) |
| Air Nostrum (YW/ANE) |
| Air Serbia (JU/ASL) |
| Air Tanzania (TC/ATC) |
| Air Transat (TS/TSC) |
| Air Zimbabwe (UM/AZW) |
| AirBaltic (BT/BTI) |
| AirBlue (PA/ABQ) |
| AirTran Airways (FL/TRS) |
| AJet Airlines (VF/TKJ) |
| Alitalia (AZ/AZA) |
| Alitalia CityLiner (CT/CYL) |
| American Airlines (AA/AAL) |
| Austrian Airlines (OS/AUA) |
| Avianca (AV/AVA) |
| Avies (U3/AIA) |
| AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines (J2/AHY) |
| BA CityFlyer (CJ/CFE) |
| Bek Air (Z9/BEK) |
| Belavia (B2/BRU) |
| Berjaya Air (J8/BVT) |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG/BBC) |
| Blue Air (0B/JOR) |
| Blue1 (KF/BLF) |
| BRA (DC/BRX) |
| British Airways (BA/BAW) British Airways (BA) |
| British Midland (bmi) (BD/BMA) |
| Brussels Airlines (SN/BEL) Brussels Airlines (SN) |
| Bulgaria Air (FB/LZB) |
| Buzz (RR/RYS) |
| Cathay Pacific (CX/CPA) |
| Cebu Pacific (5J/CEB) |
| China Airlines (CI/CAL) |
| China Southern Airlines (CZ/CSN) |
| Condor Flugdienst (DE/CFG) |
| Czech Airlines (OK/CSA) |
| Danish Air Transport (DX/DTR) |
| DDA Classic Airlines (N0/NA0) |
| Delta Air Lines (DL/DAL) |
| Dragon Airlines (KA/HDA) |
| Easyjet (U2/EZY) |
| easyJet Europe (/EJU) |
| Edelweiss Air (WK/EDW) |
| Egyptair (MS/MSR) |
| Emirates (EK/UAE) |
| Ethiopian Airlines (ET/ETH) |
| Etihad Airways (EY/ETD) |
| Eurowings (EW/EWG) |
| EVA Airways (BR/EVA) |
| Executive Aerospace (/EAS) |
| Far Eastern Air Transport (EF/FEA) |
| Finnair (AY/FIN) |
| Fly Hellas (VQ/VKH) |
| Flybe (BE/BEE) |
| Flydubai (FZ/FDB) |
| FlyOne (5F/FIA) |
| FlySafair (FA/SFR) |
| Garuda Indonesia (GA/GIA) |
| GOL (G3/GLO) |
| Golden Air (DC/GAO) |
| Gulf Air (GF/GFA) |
| Hainan Airlines (HU/CHH) |
| Heli Air Monaco (YO/MCM) |
| Hong Kong Airlines (HX/CRK) |
| Iberia (IB/IBE) |
| IndiGo (6E/IGO) |
| Iran Air (IR/IRA) |
| Iran Aseman Airlines (EP/IRC) |
| Iraqi Airways (IA/IAW) |
| Island Air (WP/MKU) |
| Izhavia (I8/IZA) |
| Japan Air System (JD/JAS) |
| Japan Airlines (JL/JAL) |
| Jet Airways (9W/JAI) |
| Jet2.com (LS/EXS) |
| Jetairfly (TB/JAF) |
| JetBlue Airways (B6/JBU) |
| Joon (JN/JON) |
| Jota Aviation (/ENZ) |
| JoyAir (JR/JOY) |
| KLM Cityhopper (WA/KLC) |
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL/KLM) |
| Korean Air Lines (KE/KAL) |
| Kuwait Airways (KU/KAC) |
| LAN Airlines (LA/LAN) |
| LATAM Brasil (JJ/TAM) |
| Laudamotion (OE/LDM) |
| Livingston (JN/NLV) |
| LOT (LO/LOT) |
| Lufthansa (LH/DLH) Lufthansa (LH) |
| Luxair (LG/LGL) |
| Malaysia Airlines (MH/MAS) |
| Malta Air (AL/MAY) |
| Mandarin Airlines (AE/MDA) |
| MIAT Mongolian Airlines (OM/MGL) |
| Middle East Airlines (ME/MEA) |
| Motor-Sich (M9/MSI) |
| Nolinor Aviation (N5/NRL) |
| Norwegian Air International (D8/IBK) |
| Nouvelair Tunisia (BJ/LBT) |
| Novoair (VQ/NVQ) |
| Pakistan International Airlines (PK/PIA) |
| Pegasus Airlines (PC/PGT) |
| Philippine Airlines (PR/PAL) |
| Porter Airlines (PD/POE) |
| Pouya Cargo Air (N0/PYA) |
| Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) |
| Regent Airways (RX/RGE) |
| Regional Air Lines (FN/RGL) |
| Royal Air Maroc (AT/RAM) |
| Royal Brunei Airlines (BI/RBA) |
| Royal Jordanian (RJ/RJA) |
| Ryanair (FR/RYR) Ryanair (FR) |
| Ryanair Sun (RR/RYS) |
| SalamAir (OV/OMS) |
| SATA International (S4/RZO) |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV/SVA) |
| Scandinavian Airlines (SK/SAS) |
| SeaPort Airlines (K5/SQH) |
| Shanghai Airlines (FM/CSH) |
| Singapore Airlines (SQ/SIA) |
| SkyUp Airlines (/KUP) |
| SNCF (2C/TGV) |
| Southwest Airlines (WN/SWA) |
| SriLankan Airlines (UL/ALK) |
| Star1 Airlines (V9/HCW) |
| Stobart Air (RE/STK) |
| Sun Air of Scandinavia (EZ/SUS) |
| SunExpress (XQ/SXS) |
| Swiss International Airlines (LX/SWR) |
| TAP Air Portugal (TP/TAP) |
| TAROM (RO/ROT) |
| TezJet (K9/TEZ) |
| Thai Airways (TG/THA) |
| Transasia Airways Corporation (GE/TNA) |
| Travel Service (QS/TVS) |
| Tunisair (TU/TAR) |
| Turkish Airlines (TK/THY) |
| Ukraine International Airlines (PS/AUI) |
| UNI Airways (B7/UIA) |
| United Airlines (UA/UAL) |
| United Airways (4H/UBD) |
| US Air (US/USA) |
| US Airways (US/AWE) |
| Vietnam Airlines (VN/HVN) |
| Virgin Express (TV/VEX) |
| Vueling Airlines (VY/VLG) |
| Wizz Air (W6/WZZ) |
| Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (5W/WAZ) |
| Yemenia (IY/IYE) |