Airlines

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)