List of largest airlines in Europe

This is a list of largest airlines in Europe:

Total scheduled passengers carried in 2005 - 2012 (millions) - airlines and holdings

Rank	Airline	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	Fleet	Sources	Alliance/ Association
1	Lufthansa Group	6.82 (Jan)	103.05	100.65	90.20	76.5	70.5	62.9	53.4	51.3	710	[1] 2 a	Star Alliance
2	Ryanair	4.35 (Jan)	79.60	76.40	72.72	65.3	57.7	49.0	40.5		294	[2] a	ELFAA
3	Air France-KLM	5.54 (Jan)	77.45	75.78	70.75	71.4	73.8	74.8	73.5	70.0	609	[3] 1 a	SkyTeam
4	easyJet	3.88 (Jan)	58.75	55.47	49.72	46.1	44.6	38.2	33.0		189	[4] a	ELFAA
5	International Airlines Group	3.79 (Jan)	54.60	51.68	57.30	56.7	56.4	59.8	60.9		420	[5] 4 b	oneworld
6	Turkish Airlines	3.21 (Jan)	39.04	32.62	29.10	22.6	19.6	16.9	14.1		202	[6]11 a	Star Alliance
7	Air Berlin		29.60	31.78	31.77	27.9	27.1	24.0	19.7		153	[7] 5 a	oneworld
8	SAS Group	1.89 (Jan)	28.20	27.20	25.23	24.9	29.0	29.2	-		173	[8] 3 a	Star Alliance
9	Alitalia			25.00	23.35	22.0	18.0	24.4	24.1	24.0	152	[9][10] [11][12][13] 10 a	SkyTeam
10	Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	1.24 (Jan)	17.68	15.70	13.03	10.8	9.1	6.9	5.1	3.3	72	[14] a	ELFAA
11	Aeroflot		17.66	14.17	11.29	11.1	11.6	9.0	8.7	8.1	111	[15] [16] 6 a	SkyTeam
12	Swiss International Air Lines	1.25 (Jan)	16.84	16.36	14.17	13.8	13.3 2	12.0	10.5		87	[17] a	Star Alliance Lufthansa Group
13	Vueling Airlines		14.95	12.30	11.03	8.2	5.9[18]	6.2	9.0	4.0	51	. [19] c	British Airways - Iberia ELFAA
14	Wizz Air		12.54	11.20	9.60	7.8	5.8	4.2	3.0		39	[20][21]	ELFAA
15	Pegasus Airlines			11.30	8.60	5.9	4.4				33	[22]	n/a
16	Austrian Airlines	0.72 (Jan)	11.46	11.26	10.89	9.9	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.1	102	[23] 7 a	Star Alliance Lufthansa Group
17	Aer Lingus	0.64 (Jan)	10.66	10.54	9.71	10.7	10.4	9.3	8.6	8.0	44	[24]	n/a
18	Transaero		10.33	8.45	6.65	5.03	4.8	3.2	2.1		91	[25][26]	n/a
19	TAP Portugal		10.19	9.75	9.11	8.4	8.7	7.9	6.9	6.4	71	[27]	Star Alliance
20	Air Europa				9.00	8.9	9.5	8.9	8.1		40	[28]	SkyTeam
21	Finnair	0.68	8.77	8.01	7.14	7.4	8.3	8.7	8.8	8.5	65	[29] [30]	oneworld
22	UTAir		7.77	5.80	5.15	3.88	3.23	2.92	2.42	1.90	179	[31][32]	n/a
23	Sunexpress			7.7	6.7	5.59	4.23	3.00			28	[33] [34]	n/a
24	flybe		4.00 (Apr-Oct)	7.60	7.20	6.7	6.8	7.0	5.2		72	[35][36] [37]	ELFAA
25	Germanwings			7.52	7.71	7.2	7.6				26	[38]	Lufthansa Group
26	Aegean Airlines			6.5	5.71	6.5	6.0	5.2	4.45	4.0	34	[39][40] [41]	Star Alliance
27	Transavia				6.39	5.2	5.5	5.4	5.1	4.8	29	[42] [43]	ELFAA
28	S7		6.35	5.13	4.83	5.63	5.89	5.7	4.9	4.2	40	[44][45] [46]	oneworld
29	Brussels Airlines		5.75	5.69	4.89	4.7	5.86	5.85	5.74		48	[47] 10[48]	Star Alliance
30	LOT Polish Airlines			5.5	4.00	4.10	3.97	4.28	3.7	3.58	57	[49]	Star Alliance
31	Virgin Atlantic			5.27	5.29	5.7	5.7	5.1	4.6	4.4	37	[50][51][52] [53]	n/a
32	Olympic Air				4.63	3.7	5.3	5.9	5.6		43	[54] [55]	n/a
33	Meridiana			4.37	4.45	1.59	1.97	1.88	1.49	1.60	40	[56] [57]	n/a
34	Rossiya - Russian Airlines		4.21	3.54	3.07	2.94	3.5	3.24	2.37		25	[58] [59][60]	n/a
35	Czech Airlines			4.2	4.61	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.2	50	[61] [62]	SkyTeam
36	Jet2.com			4.23	3.89	3.09	3.45	3.86	2.83	1.90	32	[63]	ELFAA
37	NIKI		3.74	3.52	3.11	2.39	2.1				11	[64] [65]	oneworld (by 2012)
38	Ural Airlines		3.53	2.51	1.79	1.5	1.45	1.22	1.0	0.91	25	[66][67][68][69]	n/a
39	AirBaltic		3.08	3.35	3.20	2.76	2.59	2.01	1.43		31	[70]	n/a
40	Aerosvit Airlines			2.82	1.71	1.27	2.51	2.05	1.56		16	[71][72][73] [74]	n/a
41	TAROM		2.19	2.12	1.96	1.77	1.98	1.7	1.3		26	[75]	SkyTeam
42	Icelandair		2.02	1.74	1.48	1.28	1.5	1.6	1.5		22	[76][77]	n/a
43	Croatia Airlines			1.87	1.59	1.75	1.87	1.71	1.5		13	[78][79]	Star Alliance
44	Cyprus Airways			1.86	1.59	1.58	1.72	1.70	1.61	1.59	12	[80][81] [82]	n/a
45	Ukraine International Airlines			1.44	1.68	0.78	1.67	0.27	n/a		16	[83][84][85] [86]	n/a
46	Jat Airways			1.21	0.99	1.05	1.34	1.3	1.2		17	[87] [88]	n/a
47	Adria Airways		0.45 (Jan-Jun)	1.16	1.17	1.14	1.30	1.14	1.02	0.94	12	[89]	Star Alliance
48	Aer Arann				0.89	0.77	1.05	1.15	1.1		14	[90]	n/a

Total scheduled passengers carried in 2005 - 2012 (millions) - holdings

Rank	Airline	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	Fleet	Sources	Alliance
1	Lufthansa Group	6.82 (Jan)	103.05	106.33	90.20	76.5	70.5	62.9	53.4	51.3	710	[91] 2 a	Star Alliance
2	Air France-KLM	5.54 (Jan)	77.45	75.78	70.75	71.4	73.8	74.8	73.5	70.0	616	[92] 1 a	SkyTeam
3	International Airlines Group	3.79 (Jan)	54.60	51.68	57.30	56.7	56.4	59.8	60.9		420	[93] 4 b	oneworld
4	Air Berlin Group	1.76 (Jan)	33.35	35.30	34.89	33.43	29.05	28.59	25.13		153	[94] 12 a	oneworld
5	SAS Group	1.89 (Jan)	28.20	27.20	25.23	24.9	29.0	29.2	-		173	[95] 3 a	Star Alliance

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

• ^1 Includes Air France, KLM, CityJet, VLM Airlines and Transavia.
• ^2 Includes Lufthansa, Lufthansa CityLine, Air Dolomiti, partially Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG (Eurowings, but not Germanwings) and Swiss International Air Lines - since 7/2007, bmi and Austrian Airlines since 2009.
• ^3 Includes Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe.
• ^4 Includes British Airways, Iberia, Air Nostrum and BA CityFlyer.
• ^5 Includes Air Berlin, Dba, LTU - since 1/2007 and Belair - since 11/2007.
• ^6 Includes Aeroflot, Donavia and Nordavia.
• ^7 Includes Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air and Tyrolean Airways.
• ^9 Only until the end of 2008.
• ^10 Includes Alitalia and Air One.
• ^11 Includes Anadolu Jet from 2008 to 2011.
• ^12 Includes Air Berlin, Dba, LTU - since 1/2006, Belair - since 11/2007, Tuifly - since 10/2008, and Niki - since 1/2009.

See also

• List of airlines of Europe
• World's largest airlines