List of largest airlines in Europe

The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, in millions. The list includes companies headquartered in the Asian portions of Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The order of the chart and its completion goes only up to the year 2020.

Rank	Country	Airline/holding	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Fleet	Destinations	Sources	Alliance	Association
1	Ireland  Malta  Poland  United Kingdom	Ryanair1	62.90 (Nov)	52.01	152.4	139.2	128.77	116.8	101.4	86.4	81.4	79.6	76.4	72.7	65.3	57.7	49.0	40.5	430	186	[1]		A4E
2	Germany  Austria  Belgium   Switzerland	Lufthansa Group2	29.64 (Sep)	36.35	145.2	142.3	130.04	117.4	115.2	112.5	110.4	108.9	112.0	95.1	81.2	76.4	68.8	59.1	728	321	[2]	Star Alliance	A4E IATA
3	France  Netherlands	Air France-KLM3	11.85 (Jun)	34.1	104.2	101.45	98.72	93.4	89.8	87.4	78.4	77.5	75.8	70.8	71.4	73.8	74.8	73.5	574	231	[3]	SkyTeam	A4E IATA
4	Russia	Aeroflot Group5	39.51 (Oct)	30.16	60.7	55.7	50.13	43.4	39.4	34.7	31.4	27.5	16.4	14.1	11.1	11.6	10.2	8.7	336	189	[4] [5]	SkyTeam	IATA
5	United Kingdom  Ireland  Spain	International Airlines Group4	23.56 (Sep)	31.3	118.3	112.92	104.83	100.7	94.9	77.3	67.2	54.6	51.7	50.6	53.3	59.8	61.7	63.2	520	248	[6]	oneworld	A4E
6	Turkey	Turkish Airlines6	36.21 (Oct)	27.95	74.28	75.16	68.61	62.8	61.2	54.8	48.3	39.0	32.6	29.1	25.1	22.6	19.6	16.9	407	315	[7][8]	Star Alliance	IATA
7	Hungary  United Kingdom	Wizz Air9	19.10 (Nov)	16.67	39.8	33.81	28.27	22.78	19.2	15.8	13.5	12.0	11.2	9.6	7.8	5.8	4.2	3.0	120	144	[9]
8	United Kingdom  Austria   Switzerland	Easyjet7	17.57 (Sep)	16.09	103.3	88.5	81.63	74.5	69.9	65.3	61.4	59.2	55.5	49.7	46.1	44.6	38.2	33.0	300	136	[10]		A4E
9	Turkey	Pegasus Airlines	14.31 (Sep)	14.71	30.76	29.97	27.82	24.14	22.3	19.7	16.8	13.6	11.3	8.6	5.9	4.4	-	3.1	94	109	[11] [12]		IATA
10	Russia	S7 Airlines8	15.11 (Oct)	12.35	17.9	15.96	14.25	13.15	10.6	10.1	9.3	8.3	5.1	4.8	5.6	5.9	5.7	4.9	100	121	[13]	oneworld	IATA
11	Sweden  Norway  Denmark  Ireland	SAS Group10	5.47 (Sep)	8.81	29.8	30.0	28.37	29.4	27.1	27.3	25.4	25.4	24.7	23.1	22.8	27.0	27.2	26.9	161	121	[14] [15]	Star Alliance
12	Norway  Sweden	Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA15	0.37 (May)	6.87	36.20	37.34	33.15	29.3	25.8	24.0	20.7	17.7	15.7	13.0	10.8	9.1	6.9	5.1	152	130	[16]		A4E
13	Russia	Ural Airlines	8.06 (Oct)	5.60	9.62	9.0	8.0	6.47	5.4	5.1	4.4	3.5	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.0	47	66	[17]	n/a	IATA
14	Greece  Cyprus	Aegean Airlines12	4.97 (Sep)	5.17	14.99	13.97	13.22	12.46	11.6	10.2	8.8	8.9	9.9	10.1	10.2	11.3	11.1	10.1	67	153	[18]	Star Alliance	A4E IATA
15	Russia	UTair Aviation	6.03 (Oct)	4.90	8.09	7.65	7.3	6.65	8.8	11.2	10.4	7.8	5.8	5.2	3.9	3.2	2.9	2.4	66	117	[19]	-	IATA
16	Portugal	TAP Air Portugal13		4.66	17.05	15.89	14.27	11.72	11.3	11.4	10.7	10.2	9.8	9.1	8.4	8.7	7.9	6.9	110	88	[20]	Star Alliance	A4E IATA
17	Spain	Volotea		3.8	7.6	6.57	4.82	4.3			1.8	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	60	[21]		A4E
18	Poland  Hungary	LOT Polish Airlines14		3.59	11.79	10.61	6.89	5.58	6.1	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.5	5.0	4.0	4.3	3.7	-	91	120	[22][23][24]	Star Alliance	ERA IATA
19	Finland	Finnair	2.9	3.48	14.65	13.28	11.90	10.87	10.2	9.6	9.3	8.8	8.0	7.1	7.4	8.3	8.7	8.8	73	103	[25]	oneworld	A4E IATA
20	Spain	Air Europa		3.13	11.84	10.6	10.6	10.2	8.1	9.0	8.1	8.7	8.9	9.0	9.7	9.9	8.1	59	42	44	[26]	SkyTeam	IATA
21	Russia	Nordwind Airlines	5.09 (Oct)	2.94	5.54	4.92	3.55	1.79	2.67	4.47	3.66	2.17	1.72	1.19	-	-	-	-	26	97	[27]	n/a	IATA
22	United Kingdom	Jet2.com		2.85	14.39	12.09	9.64	6.67	5.85	6.0	5.5	4.8	4.2	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.9	2.8	90	50	[28] [29]		A4E
23	United Kingdom	TUI Airways16		2.02	11.82						33.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133	-	[30] [31]	n/a	A4E
24	Russia	Azur Air	3.16 (Oct)	1.93	5.79	4.24	3.75	2.34	2.35	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27		[32]
25	Czech Republic	SmartWings Group 17		1.8	9.6	8.8	8.17	7.3		6.57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	?	[33][34]	n/a
26	Ukraine	Ukraine International Airlines	2.26 (Sep)	1.8	7.96	8.08	6.93	6.0	4.8	3.8	4.5	2.8	1.9	1.7	0.8	1.7	0.3	-	42	80	[35] [36]	-	IATA
27	Kazakhstan	Air Astana			5.06	4.32	4.19	3.75	3.86	3.77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	69	[37]	-
28	Russia	Red Wings Airlines	2.77 (Oct)	1.54	3.07	2.62	1.62	0.92	1.04	0.92	0.35	0.82	0.78	0.88	-	-	-	-	18	20	[38]	n/a
29	United Kingdom	Virgin Atlantic		1.17	5.60	5.4	5.20	5.20	5.94	6.2	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.7	5.7	5.1	4.6	40	37	[39] [40]	-	IATA
30	Belarus	Belavia			4.00	3.39	3.0	2.49		-	1.6	1.3	1.0	-	0.7	-	-	-	29	48	[41]	n/a	IATA ERA
31	Romania	Blue Air			4.5	5.20	5.06	3.59	2.02	1.36	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	29	104	[42] [43]	n/a	IATA ERA
32	Russia	Smartavia	3.19 (Oct)	1.64	2.03	1.19	1.09	0.96	0.73	0.76	0.76	0.81	1.47	1.4	-	-	-	-	15	67	[44]	n/a	IATA
33	Latvia	AirBaltic	1.6	1.36	5.05	4.14	3.52	2.89	2.6	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.4	3.2	2.8	-	2.0	1.4	32	60	[45]	n/a	A4E
34	Iceland	Icelandair Group 18			4.41	4.14	4.05	3.67	3.0	2.9	2.6	2.4	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.5	28	36	[46]	n/a	A4E
35	Romania	TAROM			3.3	2.80	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	1.7	2.0	1.9	1.5	25	50	[47][48]	SkyTeam	IATA
36	Serbia	Air Serbia			2.81	2.48	2.61	2.62	2.55	2.3	-	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.2	22	41	[49][50][51]	Etihad Airways Partners	IATA
37	Russia	Royal Flight	1.32 (Oct)	0.92	2.26	1.73	1.5	0.99	0.87	0.62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	[52]	n/a
38	Croatia	Croatia Airlines			2.18	2.17	2.13	1.94	1.8	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.5	-	13	40	[53][54][55]	Star Alliance	IATA ERA
39	Russia	Azimuth	1.76 (Oct)	1.22	1.25	0.67	0.07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	31	[56]
40	Russia	Pegas Fly	1.46 (Oct)	0.76	2.16	2.02	1.38	0.99	1.08	1.24	0.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	29	[57]	n/a
41	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines				1.89	2.29			-	-	-	1.4	1.0	-	-	-	-	28	22	[58]	n/a	IATA
42	Russia	Yamal Airlines	1.11 (Oct)	0.70	1.75	1.97	1.79	1.45	1.43	1.45	1.3	0.91	0.57	0.5	-	-	-	-	36	38	[59]	n/a
43	Malta	Air Malta				1.7	1.5			-	-	1.7	1.8	-	-	-	-	-	8	37	[60][61]	n/a	IATA ERA
44	Ukraine	SkyUp		1.25	1.71	0.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	64	[62]
45	Ukraine	Windrose			1.44	1.30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	19	[63]
46	Russia	NordStar	1.03 (Oct)	0.88	1.28	1.42	1.4	1.29	1.13	1.1	1.24	1.16	0.77	0.54	-	-	-	-	15	50	[64]	n/a
47	Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air		0.54	1.40	1.27	1.24	1.25	1.27	1.40	-	-	-	-	-	1.20	1.12	-	10	26	[65]	n/a	IATA
48	Luxembourg	Luxair		0.26	2.15	2.13	1.93	1.84	1.81	1.68	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	-	17	59	[66][67]	n/a	A4E IATA ERA
49	Greece	Sky Express			1.20	1.00	0.50	0.17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	43		n/a	ERA
50	Russia	I-Fly				1.13	0.75	0.4	0.61	0.97	1.05	0.63	0.41	0.38	-	-	-	-	10	30	[68]	n/a
51	Poland	Enter Air				1.12	1.17	1.11	1.17	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	19	74	n/a	n/a

Notes

• ^1 Includes Lauda Europe, Ryanair UK, Malta Air and Buzz.
• ^2 Includes Lufthansa (inc. Lufthansa Regional (inc. Lufthansa CityLine and Air Dolomiti)), Eurowings, Swiss International Air Lines (inc. Edelweiss Air), Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines.
• ^3 Includes Air France (inc. Air France Hop and Transavia France) and KLM (inc. KLM cityhopper, and Transavia).
• ^4 Includes British Airways (inc. BA CityFlyer), Iberia (inc. Air Nostrum and Iberia Express), Vueling Airlines, Level and Aer Lingus (inc. Aer Lingus Regional).
• ^5 Includes Rossiya Airlines, Pobeda and Aurora.
• ^6 Includes Anadolu Jet.
• ^7 Includes EasyJet UK, EasyJet Switzerland, and EasyJet Europe.
• ^8 Includes Citrus.
• ^9 Includes Wizz Air UK.
• ^10 Includes Norwegian Air Norway and Norwegian Air Sweden.
• ^11 Includes Alitalia CityLiner.
• ^12 Includes Olympic Air.
• ^13 Includes TAP Express.
• ^14 Includes LOT Charters.
• ^15 Includes Scandinavian Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines Ireland.
• ^16 Includes Arkefly (TUI fly Netherlands), Jetairfly (TUI fly Belgium), TUIfly (TUI fly Deutschlandand), TUI fly Nordic, Thomson Airways and Corsair International.
• ^17 Includes Czech Airlines, SmartWings, Smartwings Hungary, Smartwings Poland, Smartwings Slovakia.
• ^18 Includes Icelandair and Air Iceland Connect.

See also[]

• List of airlines of Europe
• World's largest airlines

References[]

Further reading[]

• "Europe's Top 20 airline groups by passengers 2017; Lufthansa wrests top spot from Ryanair". CAPA Centre for Aviation. 21 January 2018.