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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 2022.

Country Airline/holding '23 '22 '21 '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07 '06 Fleet
Destinations
Sources
Alliance
Association
 Ireland
 Malta
 Poland
 United Kingdom
Ryanair[a] 181.8 160.4 72.4 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
 Germany
 Austria
 Belgium
  Switzerland
Lufthansa Group[b] 101.77 46.9 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
 United Kingdom
 Ireland
 Spain
International Airlines Group[c] 94.73 38.86 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 [3] oneworld A4E
ERA
IATA
 France
 Netherlands
Air France-KLM[d] 83.32 44.67 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 [4]
[5]
SkyTeam A4E
ERA
IATA
 Turkey Turkish Airlines[e] 83.4 71.82 44.8 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 16.9 400 337 [6]
[7]
Star Alliance AIRE
IATA
 United Kingdom
 Austria
  Switzerland
EasyJet[f] 82.8 69.7 20.4 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 [8]
[9]
[10]
A4E
 Hungary
 United Kingdom
 Malta
 United Arab Emirates
Wizz Air[g] 60.3 45.6 21.7 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 3.0 168 144 [11]
 Russia Aeroflot Group[h] 47.3 40.7 45.81 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 [12]
[13]
SkyTeam IATA
 Turkey Pegasus Airlines 31.93 26.94 20.16 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 [14]
[15]
IATA
 Sweden
 Norway
 Denmark
 Ireland
SAS Group[i] 17.87 10.19 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 26.9 134 124 [16]
[17]
Star Alliance ERA
IATA
 Norway
 Sweden
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA[j] 20.6 17.84 6.19 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 64 130 [18]
[19]
A4E
 United Kingdom[needs update] TUI Airways[k] 16.7 2.02 2.02 26.0 33.7 - - - - - - - 133 - [20]
[21]
A4E
IATA
 Russia S7 Airlines[l] 16.03 17.83 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 [22] oneworld IATA
 United Kingdom Jet2.com 15.53 3.17 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 [23]
[24]
A4E
 Portugal TAP Air Portugal[m] 15.9 13.76 5.83 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 [25] Star Alliance A4E
ERA
IATA
 Greece
 Cyprus
Aegean Airlines[n] 15.46 12.5 7.19 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 [26] Star Alliance A4E
IATA
 Turkey SunExpress 10.7 IATA
 Italy ITA Airways 10.1 1.32 oneworld IATA
 Spain Air Europa 10.03 5.04 4.26 13.13 11.84 10.6 10.2 8.1 9.0 8.1 8.7 8.9 9.0 9.7 9.9 8.1 59[clarification needed] 42 44 [27]
[28]
SkyTeam IATA
 Spain Volotea 9.4 6.0 3.8 7.6 6.57 4.82 4.3 2.5 1.8 1.4 - - - - - - 23 60 [29] A4E
IATA
 Poland LOT Polish Airlines[o] 9.3 4.2 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 [30]
[31]
[32]
Star Alliance AIRE
IATA
 Finland Finnair 10.9 9.10 2.85 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 [33] oneworld A4E
IATA
 Russia Ural Airlines 9.41 8.49 9.20 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 [34]
[35]
IATA
 Kazakhstan Air Astana[p] 7.4 - 5.06 4.32 4.19 3.75 3.86 3.77 - - - - - - - - - 34 69 [36] IATA
 Germany Condor 7.0 IATA
 Russia UTair Aviation 6.06 5.54 7.12 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 [37] IATA
 Russia Nordwind Airlines 5.93 2.94 5.54 4.92 3.55 1.79 2.67 4.47 3.66 2.17 1.72 1.19 - - - - 26 97 [38] IATA
 Czech Republic
 Hungary
 Poland
 Slovakia
Smartwings[q] 5.2 2.53 1.8 9.6 8.8 8.17 7.3 6.57 - - - - - - - - 57 ? [39]
[40]
oneworld IATA
 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Airways 4.23 3.80 3.17 2.7 2.47 2.57 2.63 2.58 2.64 [41] IATA
 United Kingdom Virgin Atlantic 4.15 1.10 1.19 5.87 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 [42] [43] SkyTeam IATA
 Russia Azur Air 3.73 1.93 5.79 4.24 3.75 2.34 2.35 0.21 - - - - - - - - 27 [44]
 Russia Smartavia 3.62 1.64 2.03 1.19 1.09 0.96 0.73 0.76 0.76 0.81 1.47 1.4 - - - - 15 67 [45] IATA
 Russia Red Wings Airlines 3.00 1.54 3.07 2.62 1.62 0.92 1.04 0.92 0.35 0.82 0.78 0.88 - - - - 18 20 [46]
 Belarus Belavia 4.00 3.39 3.0 2.49 - 1.6 1.3 1.0 - 0.7 - - - 29 48 [47] IATA
 Iceland Icelandair Group[r] 4.3 3.66 1.46 0.89 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 47 36 [48] A4E
IATA
 Latvia AirBaltic 4.54 3.44 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 [49] A4E
IATA
 Greece Sky Express 3.30 1.72 1.20 1.00 0.50 0.17 0.07 - - - - - - - - - 17 43 [50]
[51]
ERA
 Norway Widerøe 3.28 2.45 1.77 3.00 ERA
IATA
 Serbia Air Serbia 4.19 2.75 1.59 0.87 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 [52][53][54][55] ERA
IATA
 Russia Azimuth 2.09 1.22 1.25 0.67 0.07 - - - - - - - - - - - 11 31 [56]
 Russia Pegas Fly 1.72 0.76 2.16 2.02 1.38 0.99 1.08 1.24 0.28 - - - - - - - 10 29 [57]
 Romania TAROM 2.3 0.90 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 [58][59] SkyTeam IATA
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Airlines 2.25 0.87 0.57 2.60 1.89 2.29 - - - 1.4 1.0 - - - - 28 22 [60] IATA
 Luxembourg Luxair[s] 2.5 2.05 1.08 0.66 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 [61][62] A4E
ERA
IATA
 Malta Air Malta 1.7 1.5 1.73 1.74 1.76 1.66 1.68 1.68 1.64 1.74 1.63 1.61 8 37 [63][64] ERA
IATA
 Ukraine Windrose 1.44 1.30 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 19 [65]
 Iceland PLAY 1.5
 Russia NordStar 1.26 1.08 1.16 0.88 1.28 1.42 1.4 1.29 1.13 1.1 1.24 1.16 0.77 0.54 - - - - 15 50 [66]
[67]
IATA
 Croatia Croatia Airlines 1.45 0.79 0.62 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 [68] [69] [70] [71] Star Alliance ERA
IATA
 Bulgaria Bulgaria Air 0.65 0.54 1.40 1.27 1.24 1.25 1.27 1.40 - - - - - 1.20 1.12 - 10 26 [72] IATA
 United Kingdom Loganair 1.29 0.73 0.35 0.95 0.76 0.77 0.75 - - - - - - - - - - 34 44 [73] ERA
 Russia Yamal Airlines 1.26 0.70 1.75 1.97 1.79 1.45 1.43 1.45 1.3 0.91 0.57 0.5 - - - - 36 38 [74]
 Ukraine
 Malta
SkyUp[t] 1.08 2.57 1.25 1.71 0.44 14 64 [75]
[76]
 Poland Enter Air 1.12 1.17 1.11 1.17 - - - - - 1.2 - - - 19 74 n/a
 Russia I-Fly 1.13 0.75 0.4 0.61 0.97 1.05 0.63 0.41 0.38 - - - - 10 30 [77]
 Ukraine Ukraine International Airlines - - 3.2[disputeddiscuss] 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 [78] [79] IATA

Notes

See also

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.