Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Airlines in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest airlines in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 201 airlines tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. South African Airways, Emirates and Qatar Airways lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 56k, and the largest, South African Airways, reaches around 884k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each airline, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 South African Airways 884k 39.4 54.9% Airline
2 Emirates 605k 39.5 53.2% Airline
3 Qatar Airways 495k 39.5 47.5% Airline
4 British Airways 386k 41.0 54.1% Airline
5 Ethiopian Airlines 243k 36.1 32.3% Airline
6 Turkish Airlines 212k 39.5 43.9% Airline
7 Singapore Airlines 186k 39.1 50.0% Airline
8 KLM 166k 41.9 53.6% Airline
9 Lufthansa 159k 38.6 47.7% Airline
10 Air France 153k 40.8 50.1% Airline
11 Indian (airline) 133k 25.7 31.5% Airline
12 Air India 118k 42.8 63.1% Airline
13 Etihad Airways 108k 38.4 47.2% Airline
14 United Airlines 103k 37.6 39.6% Airline
15 NetJets 100k 25.8 46.2% Airline
16 Mango Airlines 98k 37.6 65.8% Airline
17 Air Mauritius 81k 39.9 62.7% Airline
18 Cathay Pacific 80k 34.8 51.8% Airline
19 American Airlines 61k 41.4 45.2% Airline
20 Virgin Atlantic 61k 42.3 56.4% Airline
21 Malaysia Airlines 60k 37.7 52.4% Airline
22 EasyJet 57k 39.0 62.4% Airline
23 Philippine Airlines 49k 36.1 56.2% Airline
24 Iberia (airline) 49k 40.9 45.6% Airline
25 Philippines Airlines 48k 34.1 62.7% Airline

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular airlines compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each airline by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest airline in South Africa?

South African Airways currently leads with an estimated audience of 884k people in South Africa.

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