List of largest airlines in Europe
Appearance
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
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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] |
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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[disputed – discuss] | 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
- ^ Includes Lauda Europe, Ryanair UK, Malta Air and Buzz.
- ^ Includes Lufthansa (inc. Lufthansa Regional (inc. Lufthansa CityLine and Air Dolomiti)), Eurowings, Swiss International Air Lines (inc. Edelweiss Air), Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines.
- ^ Includes British Airways (inc. BA CityFlyer), Iberia (inc. Air Nostrum and Iberia Express), Vueling Airlines, Level and Aer Lingus (inc. Aer Lingus Regional).
- ^ Includes Air France (inc. Air France Hop and Transavia France) and KLM (inc. KLM cityhopper, and Transavia).
- ^ Includes AnadoluJet.
- ^ Includes EasyJet UK, EasyJet Switzerland, and EasyJet Europe.
- ^ Includes Wizz Air UK, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and Wizz Air Malta.
- ^ Rossiya Airlines, Pobeda and Aurora.
- ^ Includes Scandinavian Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines Ireland and SAS Link.
- ^ Includes Norwegian Air Norway and Norwegian Air Sweden.
- ^ Includes Arkefly (TUI fly Netherlands), Jetairfly (TUI fly Belgium), TUIfly (TUI fly Deutschlandand), TUI fly Nordic, Thomson Airways and Corsair International.
- ^ Includes Citrus.
- ^ Includes TAP Express.
- ^ Includes Olympic Air.
- ^ Includes LOT Charters.
- ^ Includes Air Astana and FlyArystan.
- ^ Includes Czech Airlines, SmartWings, Smartwings Hungary, Smartwings Poland, Smartwings Slovakia.
- ^ Includes Icelandair and Air Iceland Connect.
- ^ Includes Luxair Luxembourg Airlines and LuxairTours.
- ^ Includes SkyUp MT.
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.