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. The order of the chart and its completion goes only up to the year 2021.

Rank	Country	Airline/holding	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Fleet	Destinations	Sources	Alliance	Association
1	Ireland Malta Poland United Kingdom	Ryanair¹	72.4	52.01	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	Lufthansa Group²	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
3	Russia	Aeroflot Group⁵	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	[3] [4]	SkyTeam	IATA
4	Turkey	Turkish Airlines⁶	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	407	315	[5][6]	Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
5	France Netherlands	Air France-KLM³	44.67	34.1	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	[7]	SkyTeam	A4E IATA
6	United Kingdom Ireland Spain	International Airlines Group⁴	38.86	31.3	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	[8]	oneworld	A4E
7	Hungary United Kingdom	Wizz Air⁹	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	120	144	[9]
8	United Kingdom Austria Switzerland	EasyJet⁷	20.4	16.09	103.3	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	[10]		A4E
9	Turkey	Pegasus Airlines	14.31 (Sep)	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	[11] [12]		IATA
10	Russia	S7 Airlines⁸	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	[13]	oneworld	IATA
11	Sweden Norway Denmark Ireland	SAS Group¹⁰	10.19	8.81	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	161	121	[14] [15]	Star Alliance
12	Russia	Ural Airlines	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	[16]	n/a	IATA
13	Greece Cyprus	Aegean Airlines¹²	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	[17]	Star Alliance	A4E IATA
14	Russia	UTair Aviation	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	3.2	2.9	2.4	66	117	[18]	-	IATA
15	Norway Sweden	Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA¹⁵	6.19	6.87	36.20	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	[19]		A4E
16	Portugal	TAP Air Portugal¹³	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	[20]	Star Alliance	A4E IATA
17	Spain	Volotea		3.8	7.6	6.57	4.82	4.3			1.8	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	60	[21]		A4E
18	Poland	LOT Polish Airlines¹⁴	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	[22][23][24]	Star Alliance	AIRE ERA IATA
19	Spain	Air Europa		3.13	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	42	44	[25]	SkyTeam	IATA
20	Russia	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	[26]	n/a	IATA
21	United Kingdom	Jet2.com		2.85	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	[27] [28]		A4E
22	United Kingdom	TUI Airways¹⁶		2.02	11.82						33.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133	-	[29] [30]	n/a	A4E
23	Russia	Azur Air	3.73	1.93	5.79	4.24	3.75	2.34	2.35	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27		[31]
24	Russia	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	[32]	n/a	IATA
25	Ukraine	Ukraine International Airlines	3.2	1.8	7.96	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	[33] [34]	-	AIRE IATA
26	Kazakhstan	Air Astana			5.06	4.32	4.19	3.75	3.86	3.77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	69	[35]	-
27	Russia	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	[36]	n/a
28	United Kingdom	Virgin Atlantic		1.17	5.60	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	[37] [38]	-	IATA
29	Belarus	Belavia			4.00	3.39	3.0	2.49		-	1.6	1.3	1.0	-	0.7	-	-	-	29	48	[39]	n/a	IATA ERA
30	Romania	Blue Air			4.5	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	[40] [41]	n/a	IATA ERA
31	Finland	Finnair	2.85	3.48	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	[42]	oneworld	A4E IATA
32	Czech Republic	SmartWings Group ¹⁷	2.53	1.8	9.6	8.8	8.17	7.3		6.57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	?	[43][44]	n/a
33	Latvia	AirBaltic	1.6	1.36	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	[45]	n/a	A4E
34	Iceland	Icelandair Group ¹⁸			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	28	36	[46]	n/a	A4E
35	Romania	TAROM			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	[47][48]	SkyTeam	IATA
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	[49][50][51]	Etihad Airways Partners	IATA
37	Russia	Azimuth	2.09	1.22	1.25	0.67	0.07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	31	[52]
38	Russia	Pegas Fly	1.72	0.76	2.16	2.02	1.38	0.99	1.08	1.24	0.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	29	[53]	n/a
39	Russia	Royal Flight	1.49	0.92	2.26	1.73	1.5	0.99	0.87	0.62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	[54]	n/a
40	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines				1.89	2.29			-	-	-	1.4	1.0	-	-	-	-	28	22	[55]	n/a	IATA
41	Russia	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	[56]	n/a
42	Malta	Air Malta				1.7	1.5			-	-	1.7	1.8	-	-	-	-	-	8	37	[57][58]	n/a	IATA ERA
43	Ukraine	SkyUp		1.25	1.71	0.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	64	[59]
44	Ukraine	Windrose			1.44	1.30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	19	[60]
45	Russia	NordStar	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	[61]	n/a
46	Croatia	Croatia Airlines	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	[62][63][64][65]	Star Alliance	AIRE IATA ERA
47	Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air		0.54	1.40	1.27	1.24	1.25	1.27	1.40	-	-	-	-	-	1.20	1.12	-	10	26	[66]	n/a	IATA
48	Luxembourg	Luxair		0.26	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	[67][68]	n/a	A4E IATA ERA
49	Greece	Sky Express			1.20	1.00	0.50	0.17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	43		n/a	ERA
50	Russia	I-Fly				1.13	0.75	0.4	0.61	0.97	1.05	0.63	0.41	0.38	-	-	-	-	10	30	[69]	n/a
51	Poland	Enter Air				1.12	1.17	1.11	1.17	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	19	74	n/a	n/a