List of largest airlines in Europe
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.
Country | Airline/Holding | '20 | '19 | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | '08 | '07 | '06 | Fleet | |||||
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1 | Ryanair1 | 27.0 (Mar) | 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 | A4E | |||
2 | Lufthansa Group2 | 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[1] | 321 | Star Alliance | A4E | |||
3 | International Airlines Group3 | 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 | oneworld | A4E | |||
4 | Air France-KLM4 | 18.11 (Mar) | 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 | SkyTeam | A4E | ||
5 | easyJet5 | 96.1 (Nov) | 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 | A4E | ||||
6 | Turkish Airlines6 | 13.39 (Mar) | 74.3 | 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 | 346 | 315 | Star Alliance | AIRE | ||
7 | Aeroflot Group7 | 8.18 (Feb) | 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 | 371 | 189 | SkyTeam | |||
8 | Wizz Air9 | 8.00 (Apr) | 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 | 120 | 144 | ||||
9 | Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA | 1.97 (Jan) | 36.3 | 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 | 152 | 130 | A4E | |||
10 | Pegasus Airlines | 2.57 (Jan) | 29.9 | 29.97 | 27.82 | 24.14 | 22.3 | 19.7 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | - | 3.1 | 83 | 109 | ||||
11 | SAS Group8 | 1.89 (Jan) | 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 | 156 | 157 | Star Alliance | |||
12 | Alitalia10 | 21.29 | 21.49 | 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 | S7 Group12 | 2.61 (Feb) | 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 | oneworld | |||
14 | TAP Air Portugal11 | 1.23 (Jan) | 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 | Star Alliance | A4E | ||
15 | Aegean Airlines13 | 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 | 59 | 103 | Star Alliance | A4E | |||
16 | Finnair | 1.12 (Jan) | 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 | oneworld | A4E | ||
17 | Jet2.com | 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 | A4E | ||||
18 | Air Europa | 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 | 42 | SkyTeam | |||||
19 | LOT Polish Airlines15 | 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 | Star Alliance | AIRE ERA | ||||
20 | Ural Airlines | 1.3 (Feb) | 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 | n/a | |||
21 | flybe14 | 9.03 | 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 | ||||||
22 | SmartWings Group 16 | 8.8 | 8.17 | 7.3 | 6.57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | ? | n/a | ||||||
23 | UTair Aviation17 | 1.1 (Feb) | 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 | - | |||
24 | Ukraine International Airlines | 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 | [2] | - | AIRE | |||
25 | Volotea | 6.57 | 4.82 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 60 | A4E | |||||||
26 | Azur Air | 0.6 (Feb) | 5.79 | 4.24 | 3.75 | 2.34 | 2.35 | 0.21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | |||||
27 | Nordwind Airlines | 0.76 (Feb) | 5.54 | 4.92 | 3.55 | 1.79 | 2.67 | 4.47 | 3.66 | 2.17 | 1.72 | 1.19 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 97 | n/a | |||
28 | Virgin Atlantic | 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 | - | |||||
29 | Blue Air | 5.20 | 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 | |||||
30 | AirBaltic | 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 | n/a | A4E | |||
31 | Air Astana | 4.32 | 4.19 | 3.75 | 3.86 | 3.77 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 69 | - | |||||
32 | Icelandair Group 18 | 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 | 28 | 36 | n/a | A4E | ||||
33 | Belavia | 4.00 | 3.39 | 3.0 | 2.49 | - | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | - | 0.7 | - | - | - | 29 | 48 | n/a | |||||
34 | Red Wings Airlines | 0.3 (Feb) | 3.07 | 2.62 | 1.62 | 0.92 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 0.35 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.88 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 20 | n/a | |||
35 | TAROM | 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 | SkyTeam | |||||
36 | Air Serbia | 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 | Etihad Airways Partners | ||||
37 | Royal Flight | 0.28 (Feb) | 2.26 | 1.73 | 1.5 | 0.99 | 0.87 | 0.62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 13 | n/a | |||
38 | Croatia Airlines | 2.18 | 2.17 | 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 | Pegas Fly | 0.19 (Feb) | 2.16 | 2.02 | 1.38 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 1.24 | 0.28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 29 | n/a | |||
40 | Luxair | 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 | n/a | A4E | ||||
41 | Smartavia | 0.3 (Feb) | 2.03 | 1.19 | 1.09 | 0.96 | 0.728 | 0.763 | 0.765 | 0.814 | 1.47 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 30 | n/a | |||
42 | Air Italy19 | 1.91 | 2.44 | 2.63 | - | - | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 13 | 26 | n/a | ||||||
43 | Azerbaijan Airlines | 1.89 | 2.29 | - | - | - | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 22 | n/a | |||||||
44 | Yamal Airlines | 0.18 (Feb) | 1.75 | 1.97 | 1.79 | 1.45 | 1.43 | 1.45 | 1.3 | 0.91 | 0.57 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 38 | n/a | |||
45 | Air Malta | 1.7 | 1.5 | - | - | 1.7 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 37 | n/a | |||||||
46 | SkyUp | 1.71 | 0.44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 49 | |||||
47 | Bulgaria Air | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.28 | 1.25 | 1.28 | 1.40 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.20 | 1.12 | - | 10 | 26 | n/a | ||||
48 | Windrose | 1.44 | 1.30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 19 | |||||
49 | NordStar | 0.16 (Feb) | 1.28 | 1.42 | 1.4 | 1.29 | 1.13 | 1.1 | 1.24 | 1.16 | 0.77 | 0.54 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 50 | n/a | |||
50 | Azimuth | 0.23 (Feb) | 1.25 | 0.67 | 0.07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 31 | ||||
51 | Sky Express (Greece) | 1.20 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 32 | n/a | ||||
52 | I-Fly | 1.13 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.61 | 0.97 | 1.05 | 0.63 | 0.41 | 0.38 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 30 | n/a | |||||
53 | Enter Air | 1.12 | 1.17 | 1.11 | 1.17 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 19 | 74 | n/a | n/a | ||||
54 | Ellinair | 1.04 | 0.79 | 0.57 | 0.31 | 0.14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 30 |
- Notes
- ^1 Includes Lauda Motion.
- ^2 Includes Lufthansa (inc. Lufthansa Regional (inc. Lufthansa CityLine and Air Dolomiti)), Eurowings, Swiss International Air Lines (inc. Edelweiss Air), Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines).
- ^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 Rossiya Airlines, Pobeda and Aurora.
- ^8 Includes Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe.
- ^9 Includes Wizz Air Ukraine and Wizz Air Serbia. (Wizz Air UK not involved)
- ^10 Includes Alitalia CityLiner.
- ^11 Includes TAP Express.
- ^12 Includes Globus.
- ^13 Includes Olympic Air. Aegean Airlines has airline base in Larnaca International Airport
- ^14 Includes Loganair (inc. Suckling Airways).
- ^15 Includes LOT Charters.
- ^16 Includes Czech Airlines, SmartWings, Travel Service (Hungary), Travel Service (Slovakia) and Travel Service Polska.
- ^17 Includes UTair-Cargo and Turuhan Airlines.
- ^18 Includes Icelandair and Air Iceland.
- ^19 Formerly Meridiana.
- ^20 Includes Arkefly, Corsair International, Jetairfly, Thomson Airways, TUIfly and TUIfly Nordic.
- ^21 Includes Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium and Condor Airlines.
- WizzAir UK stats may not be released yet.
See also
- List of airlines of Europe
- World's largest airlines
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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