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Old Jun 23, 2012, 5:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Wally Bird
The latest figures (Sept 2011) I can find have Delta as #1.

Airline fleets are in a state of constant flux as new planes are delivered and old ones retired. The top 5 are consistent although DL/UA may swap the lead from time to time for the above reason.

1. Delta 744 plus 121 on order
2. United 712 plus 116
3. Southwest 709 plus 403
4. American 624 plus 571
5. British 487 +134

Some lists place Lufthansa (710+155) and Air France (616+80) higher but these are group totals which include what I consider to be separate airlines; Swiss and Austrian and KLM respectively.
Dont forget FedEx they have 688 aircraft.
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