The carriers we book — ranked, with reasons.

All Nippon Airways

NH · Star Alliance

★Favorite

Hub: Tokyo Haneda

Cathay Pacific

CX · Oneworld

★Favorite

Hub: Hong Kong International

Delta Air Lines

DL · SkyTeam

★Favorite

Hub: Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson

Emirates

EK · Independent

★Favorite

Hub: Dubai International

Etihad Airways

EY · Independent

★Favorite

Hub: Abu Dhabi

Japan Airlines

JL · Oneworld

★Favorite

Hub: Tokyo Haneda

Qatar Airways

QR · Oneworld

★Favorite

Hub: Doha Hamad International

Singapore Airlines

SQ · Star Alliance

★Favorite

Hub: Singapore Changi

Turkish Airlines

TK · Star Alliance

★Favorite

Hub: Istanbul

Air France

AF · SkyTeam

✓Trusted

Hub: Paris Charles de Gaulle

Air New Zealand

NZ · Star Alliance

✓Trusted

Hub: Auckland

Asiana Airlines

OZ · Star Alliance

✓Trusted

Hub: Seoul Incheon

Austrian Airlines

OS · Star Alliance

✓Trusted

Hub: Vienna

British Airways

BA · Oneworld

✓Trusted

Hub: London Heathrow

China Airlines

CI · SkyTeam

✓Trusted

Hub: Taipei Taoyuan

EVA Air

BR · Star Alliance

✓Trusted

Hub: Taipei Taoyuan

Hawaiian Airlines

HA · Independent

✓Trusted

Hub: Honolulu

Iberia

IB · Oneworld

✓Trusted

Hub: Madrid Barajas

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

KL · SkyTeam

✓Trusted

Hub: Amsterdam Schiphol

Korean Air

KE · SkyTeam

✓Trusted

Hub: Seoul Incheon

LATAM Airlines

LA · Independent

✓Trusted

Hub: Santiago

Lufthansa

LH · Star Alliance

✓Trusted

Hub: Frankfurt

Qantas Airways

QF · Oneworld

✓Trusted

Hub: Sydney

Thai Airways

TG · Star Alliance

✓Trusted

Hub: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi

Vietnam Airlines

VN · SkyTeam

✓Trusted

Hub: Hanoi Noi Bai

Virgin Australia

VA · Independent

✓Trusted

Hub: Brisbane

Aegean Airlines

A3 · Star Alliance

~OK

Hub: Athens

Aerolíneas Argentinas

AR · SkyTeam

~OK

Hub: Buenos Aires Ezeiza

Aeroméxico

AM · SkyTeam

~OK

Hub: Mexico City

Air Canada

AC · Star Alliance

~OK

Hub: Toronto Pearson

Air Tahiti Nui

TN · Independent

~OK

Hub: Papeete

Alaska Airlines

AS · Oneworld

~OK

Hub: Seattle-Tacoma

American Airlines

AA · Oneworld

~OK

Hub: Dallas/Fort Worth

Bangkok Airways

PG · Independent

~OK

Hub: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi

Brussels Airlines

SN · Star Alliance

~OK

Hub: Brussels

Copa Airlines

CM · Star Alliance

~OK

Hub: Panama City Tocumen

Croatia Airlines

OU · Star Alliance

~OK

Hub: Zagreb

Fiji Airways

FJ · Independent

~OK

Hub: Nadi

Finnair

AY · Oneworld

~OK

Hub: Helsinki

Flydubai

FZ · Independent

~OK

Hub: Dubai International

ITA Airways

AZ · SkyTeam

~OK

Hub: Rome Fiumicino

JetSMART Airlines

JA · Independent

~OK

Hub: Santiago

MIAT Mongolian Airlines

OM · Independent

~OK

Hub: Ulaanbaatar

Malaysia Airlines

MH · Oneworld

~OK

Hub: Kuala Lumpur

SWISS International Air Lines

LX · Star Alliance

~OK

Hub: Zurich

Scandinavian Airlines

SK · SkyTeam

~OK

Hub: Copenhagen

Sky Airline

H2 · Independent

~OK

Hub: Santiago

United Airlines

UA · Star Alliance

~OK

Hub: Chicago O’Hare

Air Algérie

AH · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Algiers Houari Boumediene

Air China

CA · Star Alliance

↓Limited

Hub: Beijing Capital

Air Greenland

GL · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Nuuk

Air India

AI · Star Alliance

↓Limited

Hub: Delhi Indira Gandhi

Air Tanzania

TC · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Dar es Salaam

Air Transat

TS · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Montreal

Airlink

4Z · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Johannesburg O. R. Tambo

Avianca

AV · Star Alliance

↓Limited

Hub: Bogotá El Dorado

Batik Air Malaysia

OD · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Kuala Lumpur

China Eastern Airlines

MU · SkyTeam

↓Limited

Hub: Shanghai Pudong

China Southern Airlines

CZ · SkyTeam

↓Limited

Hub: Guangzhou

Condor Airlines

DE · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Frankfurt

Discover Airlines

4Y · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Frankfurt

EgyptAir

MS · Star Alliance

↓Limited

Hub: Cairo

El Al Israel Airlines

LY · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Tel Aviv Ben Gurion

Ethiopian Airlines

ET · Star Alliance

↓Limited

Hub: Addis Ababa Bole

Eurowings

EW · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Düsseldorf

Frontier Airlines

F9 · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Denver

Gulf Air

GF · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Bahrain International

Jetstar Airways

JQ · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Melbourne

Kenya Airways

KQ · SkyTeam

↓Limited

Hub: Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta

LOT Polish Airlines

LO · Star Alliance

↓Limited

Hub: Warsaw Chopin

Middle East Airlines

ME · SkyTeam

↓Limited

Hub: Beirut Rafic Hariri

Myanmar Airways International

8M · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Yangon

Philippine Airlines

PR · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Manila

Royal Air Maroc

AT · Oneworld

↓Limited

Hub: Casablanca Mohammed V

Royal Brunei Airlines

BI · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Bandar Seri Begawan

Royal Jordanian

RJ · Oneworld

↓Limited

Hub: Amman Queen Alia

Ryanair

FR · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Dublin

SATA Azores Airlines

S4 · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Ponta Delgada

Saudia

SV · SkyTeam

↓Limited

Hub: Jeddah King Abdulaziz

Sichuan Airlines

3U · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Chengdu

South African Airways

SA · Star Alliance

↓Limited

Hub: Johannesburg O. R. Tambo

Southwest Airlines

WN · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Dallas Love Field, Not a Hub oriented airline

TAP Air Portugal

TP · Star Alliance

↓Limited

Hub: Lisbon

VietJet Air

VJ · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat

easyJet

U2 · Independent

↓Limited

Hub: London Luton