List of largest airlines in Europe
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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 classified as European by the IATA. The order of the chart and its completion goes only up to the year 2023.
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 |
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Ryanair[a] | 181.74 | 160.4 | 72.4 | 52.01 | 152.4 | 139.2 | 128.77 | 116.8 | 101.4 | 86.4 | 81.40 | 79.61 | 76.4 | 72.7 | 65.3 | 57.7 | 49.0 | 40.5 | 430 | 186 | [1] | A4E | |
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Lufthansa Group[b] | 122.5 | 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 |
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International Airlines Group[c] | 115.6 | 94.73 | 38.86 | 31.3 | 118.3 | 112.92 | 104.83 | 100.7 | 94.9 | 77.3 | 67.22 | 54.6 | 51.7 | 50.6 | 53.3 | 59.8 | 61.7 | 63.2 | 520 | 248 | [3] | oneworld | A4E ERA IATA |
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Air France-KLM[d] | 93.6 | 83.32 | 44.67 | 34.1 | 104.2 | 101.45 | 98.72 | 93.4 | 89.8 | 87.4 | 78.44 | 77.45 | 75.8 | 70.8 | 71.4 | 73.8 | 74.8 | 73.5 | 574 | 231 | [4] [5] |
SkyTeam | A4E ERA IATA |
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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] |
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EasyJet[f] | 82.8 | 69.7 | 20.4 | 16.09 | 103.3 | 88.5 | 81.63 | 74.5 | 69.9 | 65.3 | 61.33 | 59.21 | 55.5 | 49.7 | 46.1 | 44.6 | 38.2 | 33.0 | 300 | 136 | [8] [9] [10] |
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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] | ||
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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] |
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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] |
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SAS Group[i] | 21.1 | 17.87 | 10.19 | 8.81 | 29.8 | 30.0 | 28.37 | 29.4 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 25.56 | 25.32 | 24.7 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 134 | 124 | [16] [17] |
SkyTeam | ERA IATA |
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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 | 20.71 | 17.69 | 15.7 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 64 | 130 | [18] [19] |
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TUI Group[k] | 16.7 | 2.02 | 2.02 | 26.0 | 33.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 | - | [20] [21] |
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Jet2.com | 16.57 | 15.53 | 3.17 | 2.85 | 14.39 | 12.09 | 9.64 | 6.67 | 5.85 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.78 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 90 | 50 | [22] [23] |
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S7 Airlines[l] | 15.9 | 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 | [24] | IATA | |
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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 |
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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 |
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ITA Airways | 15 | 10.1 | 1.32 | — | 95 | 70 | SkyTeam | IATA | |||||||||||||||
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SunExpress | 12.6 | 10.7 | 68 | 92 | IATA | ||||||||||||||||||
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Finnair | 10.9 | 9.10 | 2.85 | 3.48 | 14.65 | 13.28 | 11.90 | 10.87 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.27 | 8.77 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 73 | 103 | [27] | oneworld | A4E IATA |
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Air Europa | 10.7 | 10.03 | 5.04 | 4.26 | 13.13 | 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 | 44 | [28] [29] [30] |
SkyTeam | IATA |
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Volotea | 10.4 | 9.4 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 6.57 | 4.82 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 60 | [31] | A4E IATA | ||
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LOT Polish Airlines[o] | 10.03 | 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 | [32] [33] [34] |
Star Alliance | AIRE IATA |
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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 | [35] [36] |
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Air Astana[p] | 8.1 | 7.4 | 6.62 | 3.70 | 5.12 | 4.32 | 4.19 | 3.75 | 3.86 | 3.77 | 3.68 | 3.24 | 3.06 | 2.57 | 2.20 | 2.30 | 2.13 | 1.47 | 34 | 69 | [37] | IATA | |
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Condor | 7.0 | IATA | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 3.23 | 2.93 | 2.42 | 66 | 117 | [38] | IATA | |
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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 | [39] | IATA | |||
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Smartwings[q] | 5.2 | 2.53 | 1.8 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.17 | 7.3 | 6.57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | ? | [40] [41] |
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Virgin Atlantic | 5.3 | 4.4 | 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 |
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Uzbekistan Airways | 5 | 4.23 | 3.80 | 3.17 | 2.7 | 2.47 | 2.57 | 2.63 | 2.58 | 2.64 | [44] | IATA | |||||||||||
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AirBaltic | 4.54 | 3.44 | 1.6 | 1.36 | 5.05 | 4.14 | 3.52 | 2.89 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.95 | 3.08 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.8 | - | 2.0 | 1.4 | 32 | 60 | [45] | A4E IATA | |
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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 | [46] | A4E IATA | |
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Sky Express | 4.3 | 3.30 | 1.72 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.17 | 0.07 | — | 17 | 43 | [47] [48] |
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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 | 34 | 81 | [49][50][51][52] | ERA IATA | |
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Azur Air | 3.73 | 1.93 | 5.79 | 4.24 | 3.75 | 2.34 | 2.35 | 0.21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | [53] | |||||
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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 | [54] | IATA | |||
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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 | [55] | ||||
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Belavia | 4.00 | 3.39 | 3.0 | 2.49 | 2.09 | 1.97 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 29 | 48 | [56] [57] |
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Widerøe | 3.3 | 3.28 | 2.45 | 1.77 | 3.00 | ERA IATA | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | [58][59] | A4E ERA IATA | ||
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SATA Group[t] | 2.4 | 1.92 | 1.28 | 0.67 | 1.71 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 0.86 | [60] | ERA IATA | |||||||||||||
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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 | [61][62] | SkyTeam | IATA | ||
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Azerbaijan Airlines | 2.25 | 0.87 | 0.57 | 2.60 | 1.89 | 2.29 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 32 | 57 | [63] | IATA | |||||||||||
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Enter Air | 2.2 | 1.72 | 1.12 | 1.17 | 1.11 | 1.17 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | — | 19 | 74 | [64] | |||||||
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Azimuth | 2.09 | 1.22 | 1.25 | 0.67 | 0.07 | — | 11 | 31 | [65] | ||||||||||||||
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Croatia Airlines | 1.73 | 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 | [66] [67] [68] [69] | Star Alliance | ERA IATA | |
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Pegas Fly | 1.72 | 0.76 | 2.16 | 2.02 | 1.38 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 1.24 | 0.28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 29 | [70] | ||||
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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 | [71][72] | ERA IATA | |||||||
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PLAY | 1.52 | 0.79 | 0.10 | — | 10 | 41 | [73] | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | [74] [75] |
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Loganair | 1.23 | 1.29 | 0.73 | 0.35 | 0.95 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 44 | [76] | ERA | |
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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 | [77] | ||||||||
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SkyUp[u] | 1.08 | 2.57 | 1.25 | 1.71 | 0.44 | — | 14 | 64 | [78] [79] |
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I-Fly | 1.13 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.61 | 0.97 | 1.05 | 0.63 | 0.41 | 0.38 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 30 | [80] | |||||||
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Norse Atlantic Airways | 0.98 | 0.30 | — | 12 | 11 | [81] | |||||||||||||||||
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Bulgaria Air | 0.65 | 0.54 | 1.40 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.27 | 1.40 | 1.20 | 1.12 | 10 | 26 | [82] | IATA | |||||||||
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Windrose | 1.44 | 1.30 | 12 | 19 | [83] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ukraine International Airlines | - | - | 2.79 | 1.73 | 7.97 | 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 | [84] [85] [86] |
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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 Azores Airlines and SATA Air Açores
- ^ 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.
- "Europe's top 20 airline groups by passengers 2023: Ryanair's lead is set to endure". CAPA Centre for Aviation. 28 March 2024.