AirAsia is catching up. No change at the top – twitter focus is still on the USA.
The low-cost airline AirAsia from Malaysia is catching up tremendously. About a year ago AirAsia was just under the end of top ten and now she’s close to the top three. If this trend continues, the future top will be no longer alone among the U.S. airlines. Despite high follower rates, also their further development is very well.
Since the last posting, twitter ranking has changed a lot. In the actual ranking, we summarized the followers of Lufthansa USA and Lufthansa Germany to get a better comparison. Don’t wonder of the large number differences concerning the airlines followers – we compare this ranking to the last one from May 2011. So you can see the further development and significance of Social Media.
Rank Airline Followers Difference to last ranking Last ranking Country Continent
1 JetBlue Airways 1,667,422 + 42,720 1 USA North America
2 Southwest Airlines 1,222,660 + 100,835 2 USA North America
3 American Airlines 319,509 + 112,025 3 USA North America
4 Virgin America 295,937 + 88,868 4 USA North America
5 AirAsia 294,984 + 145,789 9 Malaysia Asia
6 Philippine Airlines 288,240 + 120,446 8 Philippines Asia
7 Delta Air Lines 286,242 + 102,485 7 USA North America
8 TAM Airlines 283,745 + 79,612 5 Brazil South America
9 KLM 217,845 + 88,515 11 Netherlands Europe
10 British Airways 196,156 + 72,857 13 UK Europe
11 US Airways 191,661 + 63,506 12 USA North America
12 United Airlines 189,253 - 7,455 6 USA North America
13 Lufthansa 185,272 --- --- Germany Europe
14 Volaris 152.043 + 98,525 18 Mexico North America
15 Continental Airlines 141,992 - 4,460 10 USA North America
16 Turkish Airlines 128,775 + 79,706 20 Turkey Europe
17 WestJet 122,410 + 51,309 14 USA North America
18 GOL Lineas Aéreos 107,973 + 50,703 16 Brazil South America
19 Malaysia Airlines 105,745 + 46,947 15 Malaysia Asia
20 Iberia 96,190 --- --- Spain Europe
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As always we do not take any responsibility of the correctness of the data. If an airline has more than one Twitter account we normally only count the followers of the one with the most followers.
23. January 2012
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American Airlines, AirAsia and Volaris this week’s winner. Philippine Airlines continues enormous growth.
American Airlines continues the march to the top of the Airline Twitter ranking. After replacing TAM on the 4th rank two weeks ago AA also left Virgin America behind them and are now ranked 3rd.
With additional ~6.000 followers AirAsia replaced Continental on 9th place, but still ~18.000 followers behind the most successful Asian Twitter airline, Philippine Airline. Philippine Airlines again impressed with an enormous growth. With more than 10.000 followers they are aiming to replace Delta on rank 7 during the next weeks.
Volaris from Mexico left Air France behind them and are now ranked 18th only ~800 followers behind Lufthansa.
Rank Airline Followers Difference to last ranking # Last ranking Country Continent
1 JetBlue Airways 1624722 2631 1 USA North America
2 Southwest Airlines 1121825 3977 2 USA North America
3 American Airlines 207484 6619 4 USA North America
4 Virgin America 207069 4429 3 USA North America
5 TAM 204133 3758 5 Brazil South America
6 United Airlines 196708 3564 6 USA North America
7 Delta Airlines 183757 5096 7 USA North America
8 Philippine Airlines 167794 10992 8 Philippines Asia
9 Air Asia 149195 6230 10 Malaysia Asia
10 Continental Airlines 146452 3006 9 USA North America
11 KLM 129330 4056 11 Netherlands Europe
12 US Airways 128155 3057 12 USA North America
13 British Airways 123299 4264 13 UK Europe
14 WestJet Airlines 71101 2659 14 USA North America
15 Malaysia Airlines 58798 2268 15 Malaysia Asia
16 GOL Linhas Aereas 57270 2747 16 Brazil South America
17 Lufthansa 54359 1364 17 Germany Europe
18 Volaris 53518 1430 19 Mexico North America
19 Air France 51454 -937 18 France Europe
20 Turkish Airlines 49069 49069 20 Turkey Europe
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As always we do not take any responsibility of the correctness of the data. If an airline has more than one Twitter account we only count the followers of the one with the most followers.
18. May 2011
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KLM, Air France and AA this week’s winner. Philippine Airlines continues enormous growth. Turkish Airlines hits Top 20 on 20th place.
Dutch carrier KLM and American Airlines are along the winners of this week’s Airline Twitter Top 20. As expected KLM replaced US Airways on the 11th place and is now aiming for the Top 10. KLM showed an amazing and continuing increase of followers during the last weeks and it is worth mentioning that with ~11.000 tweets KLM is one the most active airlines on Twitter.
AA replaced TAM on the 4th place and has now around 500 followers more than TAM. From our point of view this “battle” is not over and we are looking forward if TAM is able to recapture the 4th place in the next weeks.
With almost 6.000 more followers Air France replaced Volaris on 18th place and is aiming for Lufthansa, currently placed 17th. If Air France will be able to keep up that pace they can leave Lufthansa and also GOL behind them shortly.
Last but not least Philippine Airlines impressed us once again this week. With more than 9.000 new followers they showed the biggest growth rates and are more and more aiming for 7th place.
Rank Airline Followers Difference to last week Last week Country Continent
1 JetBlue Airways 1622091 2341 1 USA North America
2 Southwest Airlines 1117848 3900 2 USA North America
3 Virgin America 202640 3878 3 USA North America
4 American Airlines 200865 4935 5 USA North America
5 TAM 200375 3430 4 Brazil South America
6 United Airlines 193144 3739 6 USA North America
7 Delta Airlines 178661 5265 7 USA North America
8 Philippine Airlines 156802 9014 8 Philippines Asia
9 Continental Airlines 143446 3131 9 USA North America
10 Air Asia 142965 3763 10 Malaysia Asia
11 KLM 125274 3277 12 Netherlands Europe
12 US Airways 125098 2583 11 USA North America
13 British Airways 119035 3240 13 UK Europe
14 WestJet Airlines 68442 2424 14 USA North America
15 Malaysia Airlines 56530 1755 15 Malaysia Asia
16 GOL Linhas Aereas 54523 2175 16 Brazil South America
17 Lufthansa 52995 1095 17 Germany Europe
18 Air France 52391 5881 19 France Europe
19 Volaris 52088 617 18 Mexico North America
20 Turkish Airlines 44880 - - Turkey Europe
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As always we do not take any responsibility of the correctness of the data. If an airline has more than one Twitter account we only count the followers of the one with the most followers.
09. May 2011
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Philippine Airlines still with enormous growth rate / GOL leaving Lufthansa and Volaris behind / KLM short before replacing US Airways on 11th rank.
Although only a few changes this week, the ranking is getting more and more exciting. GOL jumped from rank 18 to rank 16 leaving Lufthansa and Volaris behind them. But a lot of more interesting things are going on on other places.
- Virgin, TAM and American (ranked 3-5) are getting closer to each other every week. American currently shows the biggest growth rates and it is likely that they will replace TAM during the next weeks.
- Philippines continues it enormous growth of the last weeks. With 7.000 new followers they are aiming for the 7th place. Even if Delta still has ~27.000 more followers – with the current growth rates Philippines could replace them in the next 8-10 weeks.
- Meanwhile KLM is hunting US Airways on the 11th rank. Since US Airways has only 518 followers more than KLM it will be interesting to see if KLM can keep up the pace and replace US in the next week(s).
Rank Last week A/L Followers # Tweets Country Continent
1 1 JetBlue Airways 1619750 6403 USA North America
2 2 Southwest Airlines 1113948 6640 USA North America
3 3 Virgin America 198762 2970 USA North America
4 4 TAM 196945 14612 Brazil South America
5 5 American Airlines 195930 4124 USA North America
6 6 United Airlines 189405 2422 USA North America
7 7 Delta Airlines 173396 3111 USA North America
8 8 Philippine Airlines 147788 1010 Philippines Asia
9 9 Continental Airlines 140315 2189 USA North America
10 10 Air Asia 139202 4428 Malaysia Asia
11 11 US Airways 122515 1616 USA North America
12 12 KLM 121997 10910 Netherlands Europe
13 13 British Airways 115795 2441 UK Europe
14 14 WestJet Airlines 66018 3621 USA North America
15 15 Malaysia Airlines 54775 2665 Malaysia Asia
16 18 GOL Linhas Aereas 52348 3774 Brazil South America
17 16 Lufthansa 51900 1507 Germany Europe
18 17 Volaris 51471 3089 Mexico North America
19 19 Air France 46510 725 France Europe
20 20 Alaska Airlines 42718 2275 USA North America
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02. May 2011
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Philippine Airlines continues its march on the road to success and replaces Continental Airlines.
As usual here’s our updated Airline Twitter Top 20 Ranking. Philippine Airlines continues its march on the road to success. After stealing the title “most successful Asian airline on Twitter” from Air Asia last week, Philippines got ahead of Continental Airlines and is now ranked 8. Compared to last week Philippines can count almost 7.000 additional followers – more than twice as much as most of the other airlines. Keeping the pace Philippines could aim for Delta Airlines, currently ranked 7 with more than 30.000 followers ahead of Philippines.
Besides Philippines it is getting more and more interesting to watch the battle between KLM and US Airways. KLM increases the pressure and is now only ~700 followers behind US Airways. Let’s see how this develops during the next weeks.
Finally, Lufthansa, Volaris and GOL are still very close together on the places 16-18. Worth to mention that LH and Volaris got only ~700 additional followers this week whereas GOL could manage almost 2.300 additional followers.
Rank Last week A/L Followers # Tweets Country Continent
1 1 JetBlue Airways 1618146 6331 USA North America
2 2 Southwest Airlines 1110338 6609 USA North America
3 3 Virgin America 195693 2930 USA North America
4 4 TAM 193888 13925 Brazil South America
5 5 American Airlines 191862 4056 USA North America
6 6 United Airlines 186131 2414 USA North America
7 7 Delta Airlines 170194 3065 USA North America
8 9 Philippine Airlines 140716 958 Philippines Asia
9 8 Continental Airlines 137631 2184 USA North America
10 10 Air Asia 135898 4345 Malaysia Asia
11 11 US Airways 120254 1611 USA North America
12 12 KLM 119529 10632 Netherlands Europe
13 13 British Airways 112966 2418 UK Europe
14 14 WestJet Airlines 63819 3552 USA North America
15 15 Malaysia Airlines 53296 2619 Malaysia Asia
16 16 Lufthansa 51049 1494 Germany Europe
17 17 Volaris 50796 3030 Mexico North America
18 18 GOL Linhas Aereas 50342 3654 Brazil South America
19 19 Air France 45034 702 France Europe
20 20 Alaska Airlines 42515 2232 USA North America
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25.04.2011
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Philippines Airlines replaces Air Asia as most successful Asian Twitter airline. JetBlue still unchallenged number one.
After publishing our Airline Twitter Ranking some days ago, we’ve now decided to provide a bi-weekly Top 20 Airline Twitter ranking.
Of course, not surprisingly JetBlue is still unchallenged number 1 although showing the slowest increase in terms of follower numbers this week. But this is not a real tragedy since JetBlue have more than 500.000 follower more than Southwest, ranked second.
More interesting are the places 3 to 5 and 8 to 10. Air Asia last week’s number 9 has lost the title of the most successful Asian Airline on Twitter to Philippine Airlines. Philippines had a massive increase of almost 5% and are now around 1000 followers ahead of Air Asia.
Another very exciting challenge is happening on places 15 – 18. Malaysian, Lufthansa, Volaris and GOL are very close together and we’re very sure that there’ll be some changes in the ranking in the near future.
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Rank Last week
A/L Followers # of Tweets Country Continent
1 1 JetBlue Airways 1616706 6216 USA North America
2 2 Southwest Airlines 1107405 6554 USA North America
3 3 Virgin America 192487 2879 USA North America
4 4 TAM 190779 13186 Brazil South America
5 5 American Airlines 187828 3997 USA North America
6 6 United Airlines 183202 2404 USA North America
7 7 Delta Airlines 166769 3044 USA North America
8 8 Continental Airlines 135157 2175 USA North America
9 10 Philippine Airlines 134060 938 Philippines Asia
10 9 Air Asia 132890 4253 Malaysia Asia
11 11 US Airways 118166 1605 USA North America
12 12 KLM 117231 10338 Netherlands Europe
13 13 British Airways 110394 2403 UK Europe
14 14 WestJet Airlines 61945 3513 USA North America
15 15 Malaysia Airlines 51727 2605 Malaysia Asia
16 16 Lufthansa 50251 1482 Germany Europe
17 17 Volaris 50039 2994 Mexico North America
18 18 GOL Linhas Aereas 48079 3507 Brazil South America
19 19 Air France 43874 691 France Europe
20 20 Alaska Airlines 42256 2183 USA North America
As always we do not take any responsibility of the correctness of the data. If an airline has more than one Twitter account we only count the followers of the one with the most followers.
