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Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is a key Texan hub that ranks not just as one of the busiest airports in the United States of America, but, indeed, in the world as a whole. As its name suggests, international traffic accounts for a considerable proportion of its day-to-day operations, with hometown carrier American Airlines naturally being the top provider of such services, but what about among foreign airlines?
According to present scheduling data made available by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, a grand total of 3,561 one-way departures to non-US destinations are scheduled from DFW this March, and 
American Airlines accounts for a whopping 2,718 (76.3%) of these flights. However, despite foreign carriers only making up a small slice of the pie, there is plenty of diversity to be seen, as we shall now explore in greater detail.
A Pair Of Near Neighbors Tops The List
Among DFW’s top foreign airlines, two near neighbors stand out as operating the most departures to international destinations. To the south, Mexico’s Volaris sits at the top of the list, with a grand total of 98 flights pencilled in at an average of more than three a day. Using Airbus narrowbodies, these serve the airports detailed in the map above: Guadalajara and Mexico City are served daily, and Morelia and San Luis Potosi have four flights a week.
Meanwhile, to the north, 
Air Canada is the only other foreign airline with an average of more than two daily flights from DFW this March. All in all, the Canadian flag carrier has scheduled 82 services from the Texan hub using the Airbus A220, Bombardier CRJ900, and Embraer E175: Montréal is served daily, while Toronto has either one or two flights a day with 51 across the month. Benjamin Smith, Air Canada’s then-President, said in 2016:
“International travelers are increasingly finding that connecting through Canada on Air Canada is the most convenient way to fly from the US to Europe and Asia. We offer some of the shortest elapsed travel times.”
Two More Foreign Airlines Fly Twice A Day From DFW
Moving down the list in terms of frequency, two foreign airlines are operating exactly two flights a day from DFW this month. The first of these, Qatar Airways, is notable for offering twice as many seats on these departures as Air Canada (with a monthly total of 18,734 compared to just 9,343 at the Canadian flag carrier), reflecting its use of larger widebody twinjets. These represent a stark contrast to Air Canada’s narrowbodies and regional jets.
Both of Qatar Airways’ daily departures from DFW this March serve its main hub at Doha Hamad International, and, of the 62 total flights, 34 will be operated by the Airbus A350-1000, compared to 28 with the Boeing 777-200LR. DFW, and the US as a whole, represents an important market for Qatar Airways, given its oneworld partnership with American Airlines: this allows passengers to make single-ticket US domestic connections.
Elsewhere, Colombian flag carrier Avianca also operates two flights a day from DFW, with these 62 services in March split between 41 with the newer Airbus A320neo narrowbody twinjet and 21 with its older A320-200 single-aisle counterpart. San Salvador is served at least once a day, with the remaining 31 flights split between a second departure to San Salvador and a single departure on a separate route to its main hub in Bogota.
3.4 Million Passengers: Qatar Airways’ 11 US Routes Examined
Traffic figures are for the year to March 2025.
The Best Of The Rest
Another key foreign carrier at DFW from the Latin American market is Mexico’s Viva Aerobus, with 54 flights this March (52 with the Airbus A320 and two with the A321). Monterrey is its top destination, accounting for 33 of these departures, followed by Leon (13 departures) and Queretaro (eight flights).
Further afield, American Airlines’ oneworld partner Qantas is also a regular visitor to DFW, with 47 March flights (30 to Sydney and 17 to Melbourne) split between 26 with the Boeing 787-9 and 21 with the Airbus A380. Meanwhile, Turkish Airlines is the only other foreign airline with more-than-daily flights from DFW on average, and it is set to serve its main hub at Istanbul Airport 44 times this March: 34 with the 787-9 and ten with the 777-300ER.
