List of low-cost airlines
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The following is a list of low-cost carriers organized 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
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Mango Boeing 737
Asia
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An AirAsia Airbus A320 aircraft in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The airline is the largest low-cost carrier in the continent.
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A Cebu Pacific taxiing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila
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HK Express Airbus A320-200
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A Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER at Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore
Europe
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A Ryanair Boeing 737-800. Ryanair is the largest low-cost airline in Europe.
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Eurowings Airbus A320-200
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Middle East
North America
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Southwest Airlines is the largest low-cost airline in North America.
Oceania
South America
List of largest low cost carriers
This is a List of largest low-cost carriers in the world. It is ranked by number of transported passengers displayed below in the millions.
Ranks | Airline / Holding | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | Sources |
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1 | ![]() | 144.6 | 135.8 | 133.2 | 134.0 | 135.2 | 106.2 | |
2 | ![]() | 101.4 | 86.4 | 81.4 | 79.6 | 76.4 | 72.7 | |
3 | ![]() | 69.9 | 65.3 | 61.4 | 59.2 | 55.5 | 49.7 | |
4 | ![]() | 50.6 | 45.6 | 42.6 | 34.1 | 29.9 | 25.7 | |
5 | ![]() | - | 45.0 | 37.9 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | |
6 | ![]() | 39.1 | 40.1 | 36.3 | 39.2 | 36.2 | 32.9 | |
7 | ![]() | 35.1 | 32.0 | 30.4 | 29.0 | 26.3 | 24.3 | |
8 | ![]() | 29.7 | 22.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 | - | - | |
9 | ![]() | 25.8 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 13.0 | |
10 | ![]() | 22.3 | 19.7 | 16.9 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | |
11 | ![]() | 20.2 | 19.6 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 15.2 | |
12 | ![]() | 19.2 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | |
13 | ![]() | 18.4 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | - | |
14 | ![]() | 17.9 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.0 | |
15 | ![]() | 11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.6 | |
16 | ![]() | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | |
17 | ![]() | 9.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.1 | - | - | |
18 | ![]() | - | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | |
19 | ![]() | - | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 | |
20 | ![]() | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | - | - | |
21 | ![]() | - | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | |
22 | ![]() | - | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | |
23 | ![]() | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | - | - | |
24 | ![]() | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
25 | ![]() | - | 0.6 | 0.37 | 0.03 | - | - |
- Notes
- ^1 Includes EasyJet Switzerland.
- ^2 Includes figures for AirAsia Philippines (includes AirAsia Zest), Indonesia AirAsia and Thai AirAsia.
- ^3 Includes figures for Batik Air, Wings Air, Malindo Air and Thai Lion Air.
- ^4 Includes Gol Transportes Aéreos and VARIG.
- ^5 Includes Wizz Air Ukraine and Wizz Air Serbia.
- ^6 Includes figures for Cebgo
- ^7 Includes figures for Air Arabia Maroc, Air Arabia Egypt and Air Arabia Jordan.
- ^8 Includes figures for both Fastjet Tanzania and Fastjet Zimbabwe
Defunct low-cost carriers
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Adam Air crash At Juanda International Airport, flight licenses revoked due to accidents
See also
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Low-cost airlines. |
References
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