50 Best Air Transportation Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent air transportation companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 15,828 companies tracked on Fsome.

15,828
Total Companies
$158.1B
Total Funding
$10.0M
Avg Funding
Miami
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is a space company that develops and operates launch vehicles,…
Cedar Park $796.6M Corporate Round 2025-05-29
2
JetZero
JetZero is an aerospace startup developing all-wing aircraft to cut fuel use and…
Long Beach 251 - 500 $436.4M Series B 2026-01-13
3
Archer
Archer is an aerospace company that developed an electric vertical takeoff and l…
San Francisco 501 - 1K $3.5B Post Ipo Equity 2025-11-06
4
Eve Air Mobility
Eve Air Mobility develops air mobility solutions to advance the urban air mobili…
Fort Lauderdale 101 - 250 $941.4M Post Ipo Debt 2026-01-20
5
Vertical Aerospace
Vertical Aerospace is an aerospace manufacturer, specializing in electric aviati…
Bristol 251 - 500 $595.2M Grant 2026-02-03
6
ZeroAvia
ZeroAvia develops hydrogen-electric powertrains for zero-emission aviation solut…
Hollister 251 - 500 $306.0M Series Unknown 2025-12-22
7
Beta Technologies
Beta Technologies builds electric VTOL and CTOL aircraft, charging systems, and …
South Burlington 501 - 1K $2.0B Post Ipo Secondary 2026-02-10
8
XTI Aerospace
XTI Aerospace specializes in aircraft technology and development of vertical-lif…
Englewood 11 - 50 $140.0M Post Ipo Debt 2026-02-11
9
Joby Aviation
Joby Aviation is an aerospace transportation company developing electric aircraf…
Santa Cruz 1K - 5K $4.2B Post Ipo Debt 2026-01-29
10
Riyadh Air
Riyadh Air is the cutting edge of digital aviation.
Riyadh 501 - 1K $1.3B Debt Financing 2024-10-31
11
flynas
Flynas is an airline that offers a network of domestic and international flights…
Ar Riyadh 1K - 5K $266.3M Post Ipo Debt 2025-08-28
12
Avelo Airlines
Avelo Airlines is an aviation company that offers an affordable, convenient, and…
Houston 1K - 5K $175.2M Series Unknown 2025-01-16
13
Pyka
Pyka is a robotics company on a mission to build the most useful autonomous airc…
Alameda 101 - 250 $88.1M Series B 2024-09-23
14
Strickland Brothers 10 Minute Oil Change
Strickland Brothers provide a friendly oil change, tire rotations, vehicle inspe…
Thomasville 101 - 250 $360.0M Debt Financing 2026-01-22
15
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Virgin Atlantic Airways is a British airline that serves different destinations …
Crawley 5K - 10K $2.4B Debt Financing 2025-11-13
16
Fetcherr
Fetcherr uses AI to revolutionize airline revenue management with real-time dyna…
Netanya 101 - 250 $156.5M Series C 2025-09-25
17
Akasa Air
Akasa Air is an airline that offers online flight booking and customer care supp…
Mumbai 1K - 5K $160.0M Series Unknown 2025-02-06
18
Electra.aero
Electra develops hybrid-electric aircraft for sustainable urban and regional air…
Falls Church 51 - 100 $115.0M Series B 2025-04-21
19
Breeze Airways
Breeze Airways is a new airline that builds something brand new and really speci…
Salt Lake City 1K - 5K $334.8M Debt Financing 2025-10-14
20
Boom Supersonic
Boom Supersonic is a commercial airplane manufacturer that builds supersonic air…
Centennial 101 - 250 $732.5M Series B 2025-12-09
21
Air India
Air India is an airline company that offers domestic and international passenger…
Mumbai c 10001 max $1.4B Debt Financing 2025-09-29
22
Skyryse
Skyryse is a manufacturing firm that offers aerospace hardware and software oper…
El Segundo 101 - 250 $533.5M Series C 2026-02-03
23
The Exploration Company
The Exploration Company develops, manufactures and operates modular and reusable…
Munich 251 - 500 $209.9M Series B 2024-11-17
24
Volato
Volato is an aviation company offering solutions for luxury private jet travel.
Atlanta 251 - 500 $24.2M Series Unknown 2023-03-27
25
LanzaJet
LanzaJet is a provider and producer of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) technolog…
Illinois City 101 - 250 $311.5M Corporate Round 2026-02-19
26
Assaia
We apply AI to enable time-efficient and affordable air travel over the decades …
Z├╝rich 11 - 50 $26.6M Series B 2025-12-09
27
Fortem Technologies
Fortem Technologies is a privately held, venture backed company that delivers ul…
Pleasant Grove 101 - 250 $49.7M Series Unknown 2024-11-13
28
Norse Atlantic Airways
Norse Atlantic Airways offers low-cost transatlantic flights to various destinat…
Arendal 1K - 5K $111.7M Post Ipo Equity 2025-10-27
29
Beyond Aero
Aviation will be electric. Unlocking full potential with hydrogen.
Toulouse 11 - 50 $20.0M Series A 2024-10-25
30
Indigo
IndiGo is India’s largest passenger airline with a market share of 48.9% as of M…
Haryana c 10001 max $3.0B Post Ipo Debt 2025-10-27
31
Reliable Robotics Corporation
Expanding access to more places with automated aviation
Mountain View 101 - 250 $133.5M Series D 2026-03-02
32
Merlin Labs
Merlin Labs develops hardware and software solutions that deliver the capability…
Boston 101 - 250 $333.5M Post Ipo Equity 2026-03-17
33
LAT Aerospace
LAT Aerospace operates as an aerospace startup.
Delhi 1 - 10 $20.0M Angel 2025-03-12
34
Mumbai International Airport
Mumbai International Airport is an aviation gateway that manages both domestic a…
Mumbai 1K - 5K $750.0M Debt Financing 2025-06-23
35
Lilium
Lilium is an aircraft company that is developing an electrically powered aircraf…
Gauting 501 - 1K $1.4B Post Ipo Equity 2024-05-24
36
Agile Space Industries
Agile Space Industries is an aviation and aerospace that specializes in propulsi…
Durango 51 - 100 $39.7M Series Unknown 2026-01-02
37
Wingcopter
Wingcopter is a manufacturer of unmanned eVTOL fixed-wing aircrafts for commerci…
Weiterstadt 101 - 250 $119.6M Secondary Market 2025-06-26
38
Terra Drone
Terra Drone is a drone and software manufacturer that offers civil engineering, …
Tokyo 501 - 1K $94.2M Series C 2023-01-24
39
Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways is Qatar's national airline that offers top comfort, fine cuisine,…
Doha c 10001 max $1.2B Debt Financing 2025-06-04
40
Sky Harbour
Sky Harbour is an aviation infrastructure development company building the netwo…
White Plains 11 - 50 $487.6M Post Ipo Debt 2026-01-29
41
Sarla Aviation
Sarla Aviation creates electric vertical take-off and landing eVTOL aircraft.
Bengaluru 51 - 100 $10.0M Series A 2025-01-14
42
Hermeus
Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation netw…
Atlanta 101 - 250 $216.0M Debt Financing 2026-04-07
43
Pacifico Energy
Energy Infrastructure & Prime Generation Developer
San Juan Capistrano 11 - 50 $121.6M Debt Financing 2026-01-09
44
Daedalean
Daedalean is building autonomous piloting software systems for civil aircraft of…
Z├╝rich 101 - 250 $72.5M Grant 2023-04-28
45
Flexjet
Flexjet is a private jet company that provides fractional jet ownership, leasing…
Cleveland 1K - 5K $800.0M Private Equity 2025-07-21
46
Odys Aviation
Odys Aviation is an aircraft startup making hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and…
Long Beach 11 - 50 $41.9M Series A 2025-10-09
47
Grid Aero
Grid Aero builds autonomous aircraft for long-range operations, supporting distr…
Palo Alto 11 - 50 $31.6M Seed 2025-08-18
48
Ontario International Airport Authority
Ontario International Airport Authority is a full-service airport with nonstop s…
Ontario 101 - 250 $32.7M Grant 2025-09-29
49
Surf Air
Surf Air is a membership airline that offers first-class travel on executive air…
Hawthorne 501 - 1K $726.6M Post Ipo Equity 2025-08-12
50
Bangalore International Airport
Bangalore International Airport Limited operates in the transportation industry.
Devanhalli 1K - 5K $1.7B Debt Financing 2025-08-01