List of largest airlines in Europe
The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, carried in millions.
| Rank | Country | Airline/Holding | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | '08 | '07 | '06 | Fleet | Dest. | Sources | Alliance | Association |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   .svg.png){kind=small}   | Lufthansa Group1 | 108.52 (Sep) | 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[1] | 321 | Star Alliance | A4E | |
| 2 |   | Ryanair2 | 105.3 (Sep) | 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 | A4E | ||
| 3 |    | International Airlines Group3 | 86.24 (Sep) | 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 | oneworld | A4E | |
| 4 |  | Air France-KLM4 | 76.98 (Sep) | 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 | SkyTeam | A4E | |
| 5 | | easyJet5 | 66.45 (Sep) | 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 | A4E | ||
| 6 |  | Turkish Airlines | 57.57 (Sep) | 68.61 | 62.8 | 61.2 | 54.8 | 48.3 | 39.0 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 25.1 | 22.6 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 337 | 291 | Star Alliance | AIRE | |
| 7 |  | Aeroflot Group6 | 36.80 (Aug) | 50.13 | 43.4 | 39.4 | 34.7 | 31.4 | 27.5 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 325 | 189 | SkyTeam | ||
| 8 |   | Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA | 28.30 (Sep) | 33.15 | 29.3 | 25.8 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 152 | 130 | A4E | ||
| 9 |   | SAS Group7 | 16.70 (Jul) | 28.37 | 29.4 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 156 | 157 | Star Alliance | ||
| 10 |  | Wizz Air10 | 25.69
(Sep) |
28.27 | 22.78 | 19.2 | 15.8 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 100 | 144 | |||
| 11 | | Pegasus Airlines | 20.29 (Aug) | 27.82 | 24.14 | 22.3 | 19.7 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | - | 3.1 | 79 | 102 | |||
| 12 | | Alitalia8 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 22.0 | 18.0 | 24.4 | 24.1 | 103 | 123 | SkyTeam | |||
| 13 |  | TAP Air Portugal11 | 12.0(Sep) | 14.27 | 11.72 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 87 | 88 | Star Alliance | A4E | |
| 14 | | S7 Group15 | 10.5 (Aug) | 14.25 | 13.15 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 74 | 104 | oneworld | ||
| 15 |   | Aegean Airlines17 | 5.9 (Jun) | 13.22 | 12.46 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 59 | 103 | Star Alliance | A4E | |
| 16 |  | Finnair | 10.13 (Sep) | 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 | oneworld | A4E | |
| 17 | | Air Europa | 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 | 42 | SkyTeam | |||
| 18 | | Jet2.com | 9.64 | 6.67 | 5.85 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 60 | 50 | A4E | |||
| 19 |  | flybe19 | 9.05 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 76 | 77 | ERA | ||||
| 20 |  | LOT Polish Airlines13 | 8.56 | 6.89 | 5.58 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 72 | 101 | Star Alliance | AIRE ERA | ||
| 21 |  | Travel Service Airlines 23 Czech Airlines |
8.17 | 7.3 | 6.57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | ? | n/a | ||||
| 22 | | Ural Airlines | 6.02 (Aug) | 8.0 | 6.47 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 42 | 66 | n/a | ||
| 23 | | UTair Aviation18 | 3.54 (Jun) | 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 | - | ||
| 24 |  | Ukraine International Airlines | 6.0 (Sep) | 6.93 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | - | 39 | 80 | - | AIRE | |
| 25 | | Virgin Atlantic | 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 | - | |||
| 26 |  | Blue Air | 5.06 | 3.59 | 2.02 | 1.36 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 29 | 104 | n/a | |||
| 27 | | Volotea | 4.82 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 60 | A4E | ||||
| 28 |  | Icelandair Group 16 | 4.04 | 3.67 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 28 | 36 | n/a | A4E | ||
| 29 | | Azur Air | 2.82 (Aug) | 3.75 | 2.34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | |||||
| 30 |  | AirBaltic | 3.52 | 2.89 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.8 | - | 2.0 | 1.4 | 32 | 60 | n/a | A4E | ||
| 31 | | Nordwind Airlines | 3.55 | 1.79 | 4.5 | 3.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 97 | n/a | ||||
| 32 |  | Belavia | 3.0 | 2.49 | - | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | - | 0.7 | - | - | - | 29 | 48 | n/a | ||||
| 33 | | WOW air | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.49 | 0.4 | 0.09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 38 | n/a | - | ||
| 34 |  | Air Serbia | 2.61 | 2.62 | 2.55 | 2.3 | - | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 22 | 41 | Etihad Airways Partners | |||
| 35 | | TAROM | 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 | SkyTeam | |||
| 36 |  | Azerbaijan Airlines | 0.47 (March) | 2.29 | - | - | - | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 22 | n/a | ||||
| 37 | | VIM Airlines | 2.137 (Oct) | 2.07 | 1.61 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 15 | n/a | ||||
| 38 |  | Croatia Airlines | 0.95 (Jun) | 2.125 | 1.94 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | - | 13 | 40 | Star Alliance | AIRE | |
| 39 | | Air Italy14 | 2.63 | - | - | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 22 | 40 | n/a | |||||
| 40 |  | Luxair | 1.93 | 1.84 | 1.81 | 1.68 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | 17 | 59 | n/a | A4E | ||
| 41 | | Red Wings Airlines | 1.71 (Aug) | 1.62 | 0.92 | - | 18 | 20 | n/a | |||||||||||
| 42 | | Yamal Airlines | 1.39 (Aug) | 1.79 | 1.45 | - | 36 | 38 | n/a | |||||||||||
| 43 |  | Air Malta | - | - | 1.7 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 37 | n/a | ||||||
| 44 | | Royal Flight (airline) | 1.19 (Aug) | 1.50 | 0.99 | - | 11 | 13 | n/a | |||||||||||
| 45 | | NordStar | 1.40 | 1.29 | - | 15 | 50 | n/a | ||||||||||||
| 46 |  | Bulgaria Air | 1.25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | 13 | 22 | n/a | |||||
| 47 | | Enter Air | 1.12 | 1.17 | 1.11 | 1.17 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | 19 | 74 | n/a | |||
| 48 |  | Adria Airways | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.24 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 23 | Star Alliance | AIRE | ||
| 49 | | Ellinair | 0.79 | 0.57 | 0.31 | 0.14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 30 |
- Notes
- ^1 Includes Lufthansa (inc. Lufthansa Regional (inc. Lufthansa CityLine and Air Dolomiti)), Eurowings, Swiss International Air Lines (inc. Swiss Global Air Lines and Edelweiss Air), Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines).
- ^2 Includes Lauda Motion.
- ^3 Includes British Airways (inc. BA CityFlyer and OpenSkies), Iberia (inc. Air Nostrum & Iberia Express), British Midland International (2011 Q4-2012 Q4), Vueling Airlines (Q3 2013) and Aer Lingus (incl. Aer Lingus Regional).
- ^4 Includes Air France ( inc. HOP! and Transavia France) and KLM (inc. KLM cityhopper, and Transavia).
- ^5 Includes EasyJet Switzerland.
- ^6 Includes Anadolu Jet.
- ^7 Includes Belair and Niki.
- ^8 Includes Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe.
- ^9 Includes Alitalia CityLiner.
- ^9 Includes Rossiya Airlines, Pobeda and Aurora.
- ^10 Includes Wizz Air Ukraine and Wizz Air Serbia. (Wizz Air UK not involved)
- ^11 Includes TAP Express.
- ^13 Includes LOT Charters.
- ^14 Formerly Meridiana.
- ^15 Includes Globus.
- ^16 Includes Icelandair and Air Iceland.
- ^17 Includes Olympic Air. Aegean Airlines has airline base in Larnaca International Airport
- ^18 Includes UTair-Express, UTair-Ukraine, Katekavia, Turuhan Airlines and Vostok Airlines.
- ^19 Includes Loganair (inc. Suckling Airways).
- ^20 Includes Arkefly, Corsair International, Jetairfly, Thomson Airways, TUIfly and TUIfly Nordic.
- ^21 Includes Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium and Condor Airlines.
- ^22 Includes Moldavian Airlines.
- ^23 Includes SmartWings, Travel Service (Hungary), Travel Service (Slovakia) and Travel Service Polska.
- WizzAir UK stats may not be released yet.
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.
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