Busiest airline for domestic passengers
- Who
- Southwest Airlines
- What
- 110587000 people
- Where
- United States
- When
- 14 May 2012
Southwest Airlines carried 110.587 million passengers within the USA in the year up to 14 May 2012, making it the world's busiest airline for domestic passengers, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Reflecting the size of the internal US aviation industry, its nearest rival is Delta Airlines (92.023 million).
Recent growth in the Chinese economy is reflected in the fact that China Southern Airlines lies in third place, with 74.648 million passengers in the same period.