Top 10: The World's Largest State-Owned Airlines

While most airlines in the United States and Europe are privately owned, many of the world's largest global carriers are owned at least in part by their respective governments. These carriers often operate differently, as they attempt to fulfill governments' strategic initiatives rather than simply return the highest profits to their shareholders. In today’s video, we'll take a deep dive into the ten largest airlines that are fully or partially state-owned, with rankings based on the number of destinations served.
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[@monkeybusinessasusuall5467]

But air koryo is most glorious and free airline in world.

[@austinli8891]

frfr

[@antr7493]

and scary as fuck

[@ilmarilah1195]

But they dont serve a lot of destinations

[@austinli8891]

@@ilmarilah1195 who needs destinations when you can have Kim Jong un

[@ilmarilah1195]

@@austinli8891fair enough

[@CheapBastard1988]

You forgot the share ownership of the Dutch government in Air France - KLM.

[@TCSGaming-qj2sw]

Air Canada used to be state-owned, until the Brian Mulroney government privatised it.

[@temp0rand]

Singapore Airlines not even in the top 10? Rather surprising

[@JeanClaudeCOCO]

I guess it isn’t bigger than the others in the top 10.

[@antr7493]

I would have thought Emirates and Qatar would have been 1 and 2.

[@Plab1402]

Emirates is from the Dubai royal family, NOT from the United Arab government

[@antr7493]

@@Plab1402 There is no difference.

[@Plab1402]

@@antr7493 do you even know the capital of the UAE?

[@antr7493]

@@Plab1402 Isn't the Dubai royal family part of the GOV? Aren't they a Islamic absolute monarchy and part of Emirates which have a elective monarchy ? Do really think that is all separate? That's like saying the salt in the ocean is not part of the water.

[@Three_Random_Words]

@@Plab1402 Abu Dhabi

[@KensoranAV]

Great video!

[@jackieseeto3836]

For those wondering sia serves less than a 100 destination, which is why they did not make the list

[@sean_king]

This seems more like a random list of 10 airlines owned by some government, in part or by whole

[@mmelata]

ET is also a government owned company, it is probably bigger than Vueling Airlines

[@edutaimentcartoys]

Thank you for adding to my knowledge about airplanes, the video is really informative

[@catpillowws]

Nice

[@user-it2se6lw1m]

good video

[@skylineXpert]

Looking at Sas i wish they do a swissair soon because they cannot really be saved...

[@darwinqpenaflorida3797]

Philippine Airlines was formerly owned by government from 1946 until 1995 including Martial Law when the airline under government monopolization program which is now privatized by rich businessman while Garuda Indonesia was semi owned by the Government which is 60% stake while the rest is owned by PT Trans Group

[@heesingsia4634]

Aren't most state carriers owned by their governments in part or fully outside of the "Western" world? Perhaps a video of a Top 10 list or airlines not owned by the government at all in Africa, Asia, South America would be more interesting

[@antr7493]

[@mikebarnes2294]

I can see why it's done given the importance of air travel to a country's economy and that fact that when push comes to shove governments end up "bailing out" airlines.

[@walkrwalkr3622]

How about Singapore Airlines?

[@marcuspethurst2939]

You included Vueling but ignored the other carriers in the same group eg. Iberia, British Airways etc

[@IrishSchaller]

If Vueling is on the list because its owned by AIG group, what about British Airways that is also partof AIG?

[@ariainlondon]

9:40 I am OK with it as long as the airline makes a profit.

[@kingsharkoon]

A state-owned enterprise is owned by the state. 25% share in Vueling by Qatar doesnt make it state-owned. What is this video??

[@potatiochiple]

dude how the hell is veiwling bigger than aeroflot

[@bilal9445]

I'm surprised Emirates isn't in the top 5

[@Mrslapper95]

Looks at SAS.

[@4evertrue830]

I wonder why British Airways, Lufthansa, ANA as well as Singapore Airlines didn't make the cut. I thought they were big enough 🤔.

[@heidirabenau511]

BA and LH aren't state owned...

[@me288]

The German government bought Lufthansa shares as a form of bailout but has since sold them.

[@sean_king]

@@heidirabenau511 The fact that the qatari govt owns 25% of iag was literally mentioned in the video. Just quite puzzling how they chose to mention vuelling over ba or iberia

[@nautilusshell4969]

Not sure I understand this ranking

[@abdelkadermehiz9407]

Air Algérie 💪😎🇩🇿

[@arbrechene3644]

Eclatax

[@kingsharkoon]

too bad AH is a self-service shop for corrupt officials and their relatives. glad tho that the current Algerian president is a stand-up guy with decent principles.

[@ZRHTrainspotter]

❤️ turkish airlines ✈️

[@murattanyel1029]

Government ownership was the norm in the 20th century.

[@user-ls5gb5xr1l]

Simple flying keep it up and the best airlines in my Ope is qantas

[@Dave_Sisson]

You have to be joking. Either that or you have been living under a rock for the past year. Courts of all levels have ruled against them, their CEO resigned in disgrace and they have just been caught selling tickets for flights which had already been cancelled.

[@user-ls5gb5xr1l]

@@Dave_Sisson yes Ik but my past experience ok…
Get a life
I fly a qantas 747 and best flight of my life so it’s my favvvv

[@Dave_Sisson]

@@user-ls5gb5xr1l Qanats has not flown 747s for many years. So your good experiences must be from some time ago. The world is always changing and sadly Qantas has changed for the worse.

[@user-ls5gb5xr1l]

@@Dave_Sisson lol u can’t reply since ur crazy lolol

[@Dave_Sisson]

@@user-ls5gb5xr1l I'm a bit confused by your post. In my career I've always dealt in hard facts rather than vague emotions. Are you saying that I'm crazy because I think in tangible facts rather than emotions?

[@dosdeyamaguchi9675]

"Viewling"? seriously?
this channel has lost all its creditability just for that!

[@heidirabenau511]

Doesn't say Viewling anywhere...

[@markmitchell2658]

​@heidirabenau511 stupid I understand what he saying. Total clown 🤡

[@arbrechene3644]

3:50 because they buy Boeing aircrafts, if they only were buying Airbus it would have been a different story for Emirates !

[@heidirabenau511]

Pathetic fanboyism, you can leave that at the door.

[@maxsaviation9512]

What does that even mean? 😂

[@Dave_Sisson]

Emirates famously has an A380 fetish. Last time I checked A380s were NOT made by Boeing.

[@themask2087]

What about Air India? Until recently this was a flagship carrier owned by the govt of india.. But.. As debt rises out of capacity.. They have sold it to Tatas

[@hamzou1772]

Air France best airlines

[@oboealto]

While not very large, El Al, Israel's flag carrier airline, is partially owned by the Israeli government (currently 4.89% ownership). The airline serves 57 destinations with a fleet of 45 aircrafts.

[@michaelalek6490]

Apartheid of the skies

[@greatwolf5372]

​@@michaelalek6490I wish😔

[@d.b.cooper1]

Awww how cute of the genocidal maniacs, then again I guess you do need direct links to native homes of their citizens.

[@reymanayan81]

Great video!