Top 10 Airlines on Twitter based on Number of Followers

Singapore-Airlines-Airbus-A380-SydneyIt’s interesting to see the way that Twitter is used by various users. Some use the world’s most popular micro-blogging platform as a place to share their personal lives encircling around the question “What are you doing?”. Some turn it into a celebrity fan page whereby they can connect with their fans on the world wide web. Some promote their blogs, businesses or products on Twitter to reach out to the large community.

Today, I’ve grabbed data from Twitter Search and a few other sources to form a list of ‘Top 10 Airlines on Twitter based on Number of Followers’. Most of these airlines make use of Twitter to introduce new events, offer a limited number of air tickets at discounted prices, and many more. Check them out and you’ll know!


1. JetBlue Airways
– 954,194


2. Southwest Airlines
– 373,343


3. Virgin America
– 24,983


4. Alaska Airlines
– 9,718


5. American Airlines
– 6,630


6. Air New Zealand
– 6,225


7. AirAsia
– 6,159


8. Allegiant Air
– 5,665


9. Deutsche Lufthansa
– 5,579


10. WestJet Airlines
– 5,549