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Twitter is becoming an important communications and marketing channel between global airlines and their customers.

In this post we have started to build the definitive list of airlines on Twitter ranked in order of their follower count recorded on 9th July 2012.

For each airline we have hand checked to ensure we are recording the correct airline, ensuring no ‘spoof’ accounts are indexed and all Twitter accounts reflect the current official channel from each airline.

Some airlines, like British Airways operate 2 Twitter accounts to cover different markets or Lufthansa which has an active account for most territories.

No doubt there are airlines we have missed and we will keep adding to this list. If you spot an airline we have missed please Tweet us @BirdSongDTT

Updated 25th July to include Turkish Airlines and two accounts for Air Canada.

JetBlue Airways ( 1677149 )
Southwest Airlines ( 1356935 )
Air Asia ( 428320 )
American Airlines ( 390274 )
Philippine Airlines ( 372374 )
TAM Airlines ( 355562 )
Delta ( 343243 )
Virgin America ( 334086 )
Royal Dutch Airlines ( 286128 )
Turkish Airlines ( 232657 )
British Airways N.A. ( 225105 )
US Airways ( 215347 )
British Airways ( 184955 )
WestJet ( 157455 )
Malaysia Airlines ( 137332 )
United ( 123547 )
Balta Air Lines ( 123517 )
Lufthansa (DE) ( 102104 )
Virgin Atlantic ( 79670 )
Virgin Australia ( 65429 )
Alaska Airlines ( 58758 )
Delta ( 55900 )
Air Canada ( 44411 )
easyJet ( 37865 )
Vueling ( 37060 )
Spirit Airlines ( 36850 )
Jetstar Airways ( 34001 )
Lufthansa (USA) ( 31613 )
Swiss Intl Air Lines ( 30646 )
Cathay Pacfic ( 28966 )
Kenya Airways ( 28478 )
Qatar Airways ( 28466 )
Air Canada WebSaver ( 28244 )
Emirates ( 26386 )
Pegasus Airlines ( 24400 )
Air Baltic ( 21704 )
Frontier Airrlines ( 20100 )
Alitalia ( 18642 )
Qantas Airways ( 17153 )
Garuda Indonesia ( 15549 )
South African Airlines (USA) ( 14159 )
Asiana Airlines ( 14051 )
Gulf Air ( 13324 )
Iceland Air ( 13286 )
Korean Air ( 13240 )
aeroflot ( 13069 )
Tiger Airways ( 12553 )
SAS ( 12188 )
German Wings ( 11697 )
KLM ( 10811 )
ElAl (USA) ( 10743 )
SpanAir ( 10147 )
TAP ( 9910 )
Frontier Airlines ( 9844 )
Air France UK ( 9758 )
Qantas Travelinsider ( 9576 )
Thai Airways (AUS) ( 9246 )
Flybe ( 9066 )
Etihad (deals) ( 8748 )
Czech Airlines ( 8424 )
Lufthansa (Brazil) ( 8132 )
Air New Zealand ( 7826 )
Horizon Air ( 7008 )
Etihad ( 6924 )
LOT Polish Airlines ( 6856 )
BMI Baby ( 6649 )
El Al ( 5838 )
Iceland Express ( 5831 )
Lufthansa (Latina) ( 5735 )
Estonian Air ( 5725 )
Monarch ( 5534 )
South African Airlines ( 5173 )
Pacific Blue ( 5150 )
Eastern Airways ( 4492 )
flyseair ( 4385 )
AirTran Airways ( 4365 )
Skywest Airlines ( 3965 )
SeaPort Airlines ( 3721 )
Meridiana – Air Italy ( 3707 )
fly NIKI ( 3468 )
Air North ( 3384 )
Cathay Pacific (UK) ( 3326 )
Atlantic Airlines ( 3283 )
Mokulele Airlines ( 3148 )
Air Southwest ( 3090 )
Air Southwest ( 3089 )
Air France (Ireland) ( 3059 )
Hainan Airlines ( 2733 )
Meridinia ( 2644 )
Austrian Airlines ( 2561 )
Cathay Pacific (USA) ( 2430 )
easyJet (Spain) ( 1702 )
Cirrus Airlines ( 1608 )
Cathay Pacific (AUS) ( 1545 )
Hawaiian Airlines ( 1536 )
Air France (Singapore) ( 1438 )
Anubis Airlines ( 1420 )
Sri Lankan Airlines ( 1211 )
Air France ( 1188 )
Click Air ( 1053 )
Aerosvit Airlines ( 955 )
Jet4You ( 805 )
Vision Airlines ( 718 )
Etihad (Help) ( 655 )
Caribbean Airlines ( 570 )
Cathay Pacfici (India) ( 412 )
China Airlines ( 396 )
Cathay Pacific (SA) ( 314 )
Air Mauritius ( 253 )
Lan Colombia ( Protected )

Do let us know what else we can add. Tweet us @birdsongdtt