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.

Rank	Country	Airline/holding	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Fleet	Destinations	Sources	Alliance	Association
1	Ireland Austria Malta Poland United Kingdom	Ryanair1	31.9 (Jul)	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
2	Germany Austria Belgium Switzerland Italy	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	321	[2]	Star Alliance	A4E
3	United Kingdom Austria France Ireland Spain	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	[3]	oneworld	A4E
4	France Netherlands	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	[4]	SkyTeam	A4E
5	United Kingdom Austria Switzerland	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	[5]		A4E
6	Turkey	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	[6][7]	Star Alliance	AIRE
7	Russia	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	[8]	SkyTeam
8	Hungary United Kingdom	Wizz Air9	10.45 (Jul)	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]
9	Norway Sweden Ireland United Kingdom	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	[10]		A4E
10	Turkey	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]
11	Sweden Norway Denmark Ireland	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	[12]	Star Alliance
12	Italy	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	[13]	SkyTeam
13	Russia	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	[14]	oneworld
14	Portugal	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	[15]	Star Alliance	A4E
15	Greece Cyprus	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	[16]	Star Alliance	A4E
16	Finland	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	[17]	oneworld	A4E
17	United Kingdom	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	[18]		A4E
18	Spain	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	[19]	SkyTeam
19	Poland Hungary	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	[20][21]	Star Alliance	AIRE ERA
20	Russia	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	[22]	n/a
21	United Kingdom Jersey	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	[23]		ERA
22	Czech Republic	SmartWings Group 16			8.8	8.17	7.3		6.57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	?	[24][25]	n/a
23	Russia	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	[26]	-
24	Ukraine	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	[27]	-	AIRE
25	Spain	Volotea			6.57	4.82	4.3			1.8	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	60	[28]		A4E
26	Russia	Azur Air	0.6 (Feb)	5.79	4.24	3.75	2.34	2.35	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
27	Russia	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	[29]	n/a
28	United Kingdom	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	[30]	-
29	Romania	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	[31] [32]	n/a
30	Latvia	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	[33]	n/a	A4E
31	Kazakhstan	Air Astana			4.32	4.19	3.75	3.86	3.77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	69	[34]	-
32	Iceland	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	[35]	n/a	A4E
33	Belarus	Belavia		4.00	3.39	3.0	2.49		-	1.6	1.3	1.0	-	0.7	-	-	-	29	48	[36]	n/a
34	Russia	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	Romania	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	[37][38]	SkyTeam
36	Serbia	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	[39][40][41]	Etihad Airways Partners
37	Russia	Royal Flight	0.28 (Feb)	2.26	1.73	1.5	0.99	0.87	0.62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13		n/a
38	Croatia	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	[42][43][44]	Star Alliance	AIRE
39	Russia	Pegas Fly	0.19 (Feb)	2.16	2.02	1.38	0.99	1.08	1.24	0.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	29		n/a
40	Luxembourg	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	[45][46]	n/a	A4E
41	Russia	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	[47]	n/a
42	Italy	Air Italy19			1.91	2.44	2.63		-	-	3.7	4.4	4.5	1.6	2.0	1.9	1.5	13	26	[48][49]	n/a
43	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines			1.89	2.29			-	-	-	1.4	1.0	-	-	-	-	28	22	[50]	n/a
44	Russia	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	Malta	Air Malta			1.7	1.5			-	-	1.7	1.8	-	-	-	-	-	8	37	[51][52]	n/a
46	Ukraine	SkyUp		1.71	0.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	49	[53]
47	Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air		1.40	1.30	1.28	1.25	1.28	1.40	-	-	-	-	-	1.20	1.12	-	10	26	[54]	n/a
48	Ukraine	Windrose		1.44	1.30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	19	[55]
49	Russia	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	Russia	Azimuth	0.23 (Feb)	1.25	0.67	0.07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	31
51	Greece	Sky Express		1.20	1.00	0.50	0.17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	32		n/a
52	Russia	I-Fly			1.13	0.75	0.4	0.61	0.97	1.05	0.63	0.41	0.38	-	-	-	-	10	30	[56]	n/a
53	Poland	Enter Air			1.12	1.17	1.11	1.17	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	19	74	n/a	n/a
54	Greece	Ellinair			1.04	0.79	0.57	0.31	0.14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	30	[57]

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

Further reading

• "Europe's Top 20 airline groups by passengers 2017; Lufthansa wrests top spot from Ryanair". CAPA Centre for Aviation. 21 January 2018.