List of low-cost airlines
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The following is a list of low-cost carriers organised by home country. A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills, discount or budget carrier or airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services. Regional airlines, which may compete with low-cost airlines on some routes, are listed at list of regional airlines.
Africa[]
Egypt
Kenya
Morocco
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Nigeria South Africa
Zimbabwe
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America[]
Argentina Brazil
Canada Chile
Colombia Costa Rica |
Dominican Republic El Salvador
Honduras Mexico
Peru United States
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Asia[]
Armenia Azerbaijan Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Malaysia
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Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan Vietnam
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Europe[]
Albania
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Malta Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
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Poland
Romania
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine United Kingdom
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Oceania[]
Australia
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List of largest low-cost carriers[]
This is a list of largest low-cost carriers in the world, ranked by number of transported passengers, shown below in millions.
Ranks | Airline / Holding | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | Sources |
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1 | Ryanair | 101.4 | 86.4 | 81.4 | 79.6 | 76.4 | 72.7 | [1][2] |
2 | easyJet1 | 69.9 | 65.3 | 61.4 | 59.2 | 55.5 | 49.7 | [3] |
3 | Air Asia Group 2 | 50.6 | 45.6 | 42.6 | 34.1 | 29.9 | 25.7 | [4][5] |
4 | Lion Air Group 3 | – | 45.0 | 37.9 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | [6] |
5 | Gol Transportes Aéreos | 27.1 | 25.7 | 21.0 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 10.9 | |
6 | IndiGo | 58 | 29.7 | 22.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 | – | [7][8] |
7 | Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA | 25.8 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 13.0 | [9] |
8 | Vueling | 24.8 | 21.5 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 12.3 | 11.0 | [10] |
9 | Pegasus Airlines | 22.3 | 19.7 | 16.9 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | |
10 | WestJet | 20.2 | 19.6 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 15.2 | [11] |
11 | Wizz Air5 | 19.2 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | [12] |
12 | Jetstar 6 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.0 | |
13 | Cebu Pacific 7 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | – | [13] |
14 | Spirit Airlines | 17.9 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.0 | [14] |
15 | SpiceJet | 11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.6 | [15] |
16 | Transavia 8 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 8.9 | - | - | - | [16] |
17 | Allegiant Air | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | [17] |
18 | flydubai | 9.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.1 | – | – | [18] |
19 | VietJet Air 9 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 | |
20 | Spring Airlines | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | |
21 | AirArabia 10 | – | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | [19] |
22 | Jet2.com | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | [20] |
23 | Nok Air | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | |
24 | Mango | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | [21] |
25 | Fastjet 11 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | <0.1 | – | – | [22] |
- Notes
- ^1 Includes EasyJet Switzerland.
- ^2 Includes AirAsia India, Airasia X, Indonesia Airasia, Philippines AirAsia, Thai AirAsia and Thai AirAsia X.
- ^3 Includes Batik Air, Wings Air, Malindo Air, Thai Lion Air, Super Air Jet, Lion BizJet (charter airline division) and Lion Parcel (cargo airline division).
- ^5 Includes Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and Wizz Air UK.
- ^6 Includes Jetstar Asia Airways, Jetstar Japan and Jetstar Pacific.
- ^7 Includes Cebgo.
- ^8 Includes Transavia France.
- ^9 Includes Thai Vietjet Air.
- ^10 Includes Air Arabia Maroc, Air Arabia Egypt and Air Arabia Jordan.
- ^11 Includes Fastjet Tanzania and Fastjet Zimbabwe.
Defunct low-cost carriers[]
Africa[]Algeria
Morocco
Mozambique South Africa
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
America[]Argentina Barbados
Brazil Chile
Canada
Colombia
Ecuador
Mexico
United States
Uruguay
Asia[]Bahrain
Georgia Hong Kong Indonesia
India
Israel Japan
Jordan Macau Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia Singapore
South Korea Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
United Arab Emirates Europe[]Azerbaijan Albania
Belgium
Bulgaria Cyprus
Czech Republic Denmark
Faroe Islands Finland France Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Sweden
Ukraine United Kingdom
Oceania[]Australia
New Zealand
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See also[]
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Low-cost airlines. |
- Flag carrier
- List of regional airlines
- Lists of airlines
References[]
- ^ Flybondi official website
- ^ "Indigo Partners acquires stake in Alas del Sur - report". ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Vowles, Timothy M.; Lück, Michael (2016). "Low Cost Carriers in the USA and Canada". In Gross, Sven; Lück, Michael (eds.). The Low Cost Carrier Worldwide. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781317025054.
- ^ Jet Smart official website
- ^ "Smartavia войдет в лето с 15 воздушными судами, три из которых Airbus A320neo". ATO. 17 April 2021.
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