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An Airline is a company that provides air transport services or air travel for people and cargo. Millions of people travel via flights every single day. Airlines use aircraft i.e. aeroplanes to provide travel services. Many times airlines form agreements with other airlines primarily for connecting flights i.e. connecting places. DELAG, Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft I was the world's first airline and it was founded on November 16, 1909, with government assistance, and operated airships manufactured by The Zeppelin Corporation. The headquarters were in Frankfurt.
Airlines come in different sizes based on their type. Generally domestic airlines are smaller in size compared to full-service international airlines which also include double-decker airlines. Thus, Airline services can be categorized as: intercontinental, domestic, regional, or internationall. The largest airline currently is American Airlines Group. The article World Major Airlines lists the famous Airlines in the world.

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World Major Airlines listed in alphabetical order:
Airline Main Hub Country
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur International Airport Malaysia
Air China Beijing Capital International Airport China
Air New Zealand Group Auckland Airport New Zealand
ANA - All Nippon Airways Narita International Airport (IATA code: NRT) Japan
Asiana Airlines Incheon International Airport South Korea
Aer Lingus Belfast International United Kingdom
Aeroflot Russian Airlines Sheremetyevo International Airport Russia
Air Berlin Group Berlin-Tegel Airport Germany
Air France KLM Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport France
Alitalia Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport Italy
Austrian Airlines Group Vienna International Airport Austria
Avianca El Dorado International Airport Colombia
Air Canada Toronto Pearson International Airport Canada
AirTran Airways Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport USA
Alaska Airlines Los Angeles International Airport USA
American Airlines Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport USA
American Eagle Airlines Regional affiliate of American Airlines, (AA) Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport USA
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport USA
British Airways London Heathrow Airport United Kingdom
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Airport China
Cebu Pacific Air Ninoy Aquino International Airport Philippines
China Airlines Taiwan Taoyuan International Taiwan
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport China
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport China
Continental Airlines George Bush Intercontinental Airport USA
Delta Air Lines Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport USA
Emirates Airline Dubai International Airport United Arab Emirates
EasyJet London Luton Airport United Kingdom
ExpressJet Airlines LA/Ontario International Airport USA
Frontier Airlines Denver International Airport USA
Garuda Indonesia Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Indonesia
Gol Linhas Aereas Congonhas Airport - CGH Brazil
Hainan Group Haikou Meilan International Airport China
International Airlines Group IAG Madrid-Barajas Airport United Kingdom
JAL Group (Japan Airlines) Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport Japan
Jet Airways Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport India
Jetstar Melbourne Airport Australia
JetBlue Airways John F. Kennedy International Airport USA
Kingfisher Airlines Bengaluru International Airport India
Korean Air Incheon International Airport South Korea
Lion Air Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Indonesia
Lufthansa Flughafen Frankfurt am Main Germany
LAN Airlines Santiago International Airport - SCL Chile
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur International Airport Malaysia
Mesa Airlines Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport USA
Norwegian Air Shuttle Oslo Airport Norway
Pinnacle Airlines Memphis International Airport USA
Qatar Airways Doha International Airport Qatar
Qantas Sydney Airport Australia
Ryanair Dublin Airport Ireland
Saudi Arabian Airlines Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Saudi Arabia
Shenzhen Airlines Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport China
Singapore Airlines Singapore Changi Airport Singapore
SAS Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Sweden
Swiss Zurich Airport Switzerland
SkyWest Airlines Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Atlanta USA
Southwest Airlines (Point-to-point transit) USA
Thai Airways International Suvarnabhumi Airport Thailand
Thomson Airways London Luton Airport United Kingdom
Turkish Airlines (THY) Atatürk International Airport Turkey
TAM Linhas Aereas Guarulhos International Airport Brazil
United Airlines O'Hare International Airport USA
US Airways Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport USA
Vietnam Airlines Noi Bai International Airport Tan Son Nhat International Airport Vietnam
Virgin Blue Airlines Brisbane Airport Australia
Vueling Airlines Barcelona El Prat Airport Spain
WestJet Calgary International Airport Canada