DUBLIN (Alliance News) - Irish no-frills airline Ryanair Holdings PLC beat all other airlines around the globe in international traffic. World Airline Transport Statistics from the International Air Transport Association listed Ryanair as the number one airline that carried 86.3 million international passengers last year.
FTSE 100-listed easyJet PLC came in the second position with 56.3 million passengers, while Deutsche Lufthansa carried 48.2 million passengers.
The global trade association of airlines said Emirates was ranked fifth in the list with 47.28 million passengers. British Airways, Air France, Turkish Airlines, KLM, United Airlines, and Delta Airlines are the other airlines found their place in the top ten list.
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