List of largest airlines in Europe

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This is a list of largest airlines in Europe:

Contents

[edit] By fleet size

Rank Airline Alliance Fleet Website
1 Germany Lufthansa Star Alliance 710 lufthansa.com
2 FranceNetherlands Air France-KLM SkyTeam 616 airfrance.com klm.com
3 United KingdomSpain International Airlines Group Oneworld 420 ba.com iberia.com
4 Republic of Ireland Ryanair 306 ryanair.com

[edit] Total scheduled passengers carried in 2005 - 2011 (millions)

Rank Airline 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Fleet Sources Alliance/ Association
1 Germany Lufthansa 13.68 (Jan-Feb) 106.33 90.20 76.5 70.5 56.4 53.4 51.3 710 [1] 2 a Star Alliance
2 Republic of Ireland Ryanair 9.13 (Jan-Feb) 76.40 72.72 65.3 57.7 49.0 40.5 306 [2] a ELFAA
3 FranceNetherlands Air France-KLM 11.09 (Jan-Feb) 75.78 70.75 71.4 73.8 74.8 73.5 70.0 616 [3] 1 a SkyTeam
4 United Kingdom easyJet 7.70 (Jan-Feb) 55.47 49.72 46.1 44.6 38.2 33.0 175 [4] a ELFAA
5 United KingdomSpain International Airlines Group 7.16 (Jan-Feb) 51.68 57.30 56.7 56.4 59.8 60.9 420 [5] 4 b oneworld
6 Turkey Turkish Airlines 2.60 (Jan) 32.62 29.10 22.6 19.6 16.9 14.1 178 [6]11 a Star Alliance
7 Germany Air Berlin 3.56 (Jan-Feb) 31.78 31.77 27.9 27.1 24.0 19.7 153 [7] 5 a oneworld (by 2012)
8 SwedenNorwayDenmark SAS Group 3.97 (Jan-Feb) 27.20 25.23 24.9 29.0[1] 29.2 - 173 [8] 3 a Star Alliance
9 Italy Alitalia 25.00
23.35 22.0 18.0 24.4 24.1 24.0 152 [9][10][11]
[12][13][14][15] 10 a
SkyTeam
10 Switzerland Swiss International Air Lines 2.38 (Jan-Feb) 16.36 14.17 13.8 13.3 2 12.0 10.5 87 [16] a Star Alliance
Lufthansa Group
11 Norway Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA 2.28 (Jan-Feb) 15.70 13.03 10.8 9.1 6.9 5.1 3.3 53 [17] a ELFAA
12 Russia Aeroflot 14.10 11.29 11.1 11.6 9.0 8.7 8.1 111 [18] 6 a SkyTeam
13 Spain Vueling Airlines 12.30 11.03 8.2 5.9[19] 6.2 9.0 4.0 51 [20][21][22] c British Airways - Iberia
ELFAA
14 Turkey Pegasus Airlines 11.30 8.60 5.9 4.4 33 [23] n/a
15 Austria Austrian Airlines 1.45 (Jan-Feb) 11.26 10.89 9.9 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.1 102 [24] 7 a Star Alliance
Lufthansa Group
16 Hungary Wizz Air 11.20 9.60 7.8 5.8 4.2 3.0 36 [25][26] ELFAA
17 Republic of Ireland Aer Lingus 1.07 (Jan-Feb) 10.54 9.71 10.7 10.4 9.3 8.6 8.0 44 [27] n/a
18 Portugal TAP Portugal 9.75 9.11 8.4 8.7 7.9 6.9 6.4 71 [28] [29][30] Star Alliance
19 Russia Transaero 0.60 (Jan) 8.45 6.65 5.03 4.8 3.2 2.1 48 [31][32] n/a
20 Spain Air Europa 9.00 8.9 9.5 8.9 8.1 40 [33] SkyTeam
21 Germany Germanwings 7.52 7.71 7.2 7.6 26 [34] Lufthansa Group
22 United Kingdom flybe 7.20 6.7 6.8 7.0 5.2 72 [35] [36] ELFAA
23 Finland Finnair 1.30 (Jan-Feb) 8.01 7.14 7.4 8.3 8.7 8.8 8.5 65 [37] [38] oneworld
24 Russia UTAir 0.56 (Jan) 6.75 5.15 3.88 3.23 2.92 2.42 1.90 159 [39] n/a
25 Turkey Sunexpress 6.7 5.59 4.23 3.00 25 [40] n/a
26 United Kingdom bmi 5.73 6.19 7.4 9.5 10.6 10.5 10.5 67 [41] Star Alliance
Lufthansa Group
27 Greece Aegean Airlines 6,5 5.71 6.5 6.0 5.2 4.45 4.0 34 [42][43][44] [45] Star Alliance
28 Russia S7 3.80
(Jan - Sep)
4.83 5.63 5.89 5.7 4.9 4.2 40 [46][47][48] [49] oneworld
29 Belgium Brussels Airlines 0.37 (Jan) 5.69 4.89 4.7 5.86 5.85 5.74 48 [50][51] 10[52] Star Alliance
30 Poland LOT 5.5 4.00 4.10 3.97 4.28 3.7 3.58 57 [53][54] Star Alliance
31 Italy Meridiana 5.0 1.6 4.6 4.0 35 [55] [56] n/a
32 Czech Republic Czech Airlines 3.39
(Jan - Sep)
4.61 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.2 50 [57][58] [59] SkyTeam
33 Netherlands Transavia 6.39 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.1 4.8 29 [60] [61] ELFAA
34 United Kingdom Virgin Atlantic Airways 4.43
(Jan - Oct)
5.29 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.6 4.4 37 [62][63] [64] n/a
35 Greece Olympic Air 4.63 3.7 5.3 5.9 5.6 43 [65] [66] n/a
36 Russia Rossiya - Russian Airlines 3.07 2.94 3.5 3.24 2.37 25 [67] n/a
37 United Kingdom Jet2.com 3.89 3.09 3.45 3.86 2.83 1.90 32 [68] ELFAA
38 Latvia AirBaltic 3.35 3.20 2.76 2.59 2.01 1.43 31 [69] n/a
39 Austria NIKI 0.38 (Jan-Feb) 3.52 3.11 2.39 2.1 11 [70] [71] oneworld (by 2012)
40 Romania TAROM 2.12 1.96 1.77 1.98 1.7 1.3 26 [72][73] SkyTeam
41 Croatia Croatia Airlines 1.77
(Jan - Nov)
1.59 1.75 1.87 1.71 1.5 12 [74][75] Star Alliance
42 Cyprus Cyprus Airways 1.11
(Jan - Oct)
1.59 1.58 1.72 1.70 1.61 1.59 12 [76][77] [78] n/a
43 Iceland Icelandair 0.18 (Jan-Feb) 1.74 1.48 1.28 1.5 1.6 1.5 22 [79][80] n/a
44 Russia Ural Airlines 1.92
(Jan - Sep)
1.79 1.5 1.45 1.22 1.0 0.91 17 [81][82] n/a
45 Ukraine Aerosvit Airlines 2.40
(Jan - Oct)
1.71 1.27 2.51 2.05 1.56 16 [83][84] [85] n/a
46 Ukraine Ukraine International Airlines 1.21
(Jan - Oct)
1.68 0.78 1.67 0.27 n/a 16 [86] [87] n/a
47 Serbia Jat Airways 1.21
0.99 1.05 1.34 1.3 1.2 17 [88][89][90] n/a
48 Slovenia Adria Airways 1.10
(Jan - Nov)
1.17 1.14 1.30 1.14 1.02 0.94 12 [91][92] Star Alliance
49 Republic of Ireland Aer Arann 0.89 0.77 1.05 1.15 1.1 14 [93] n/a


General Notes
  • ^a Figures valid for calendar year e.g. 1/2006 - 12/2006
  • ^b Figures valid for financial year e.g. 4/2006 - 3/2007
  • ^c Figures valid for financial year e.g. 7/2006 - 6/2007
Notes

[edit] References

  1. ^ SAS Group (2009). "SAS Annual Report 2008". SAS Group. http://www.sasgroup.net/SASGROUP_IR/AdditionalFiles/2008en.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-23. 

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