List of low-cost airlines

The following is a list of low-cost carriers organised by home country. A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills, discount or budget carrier or airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services. Regional airlines, which may compete with low-cost airlines on some routes, are listed at list of regional airlines.

Africa

A Mango Boeing 737. The airline ceased operations in July 2021.

Egypt Air Arabia Egypt Air Cairo FlyEgypt Kenya Jambojet Fly540 Morocco Air Arabia Maroc

Nigeria Green Africa Airways South Africa FlySafair Zimbabwe Fastjet Zimbabwe

America

A Flybondi Boeing 737-83N

A Volaris Airbus A320-232

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A321 approaching Newark Liberty International Airport

Argentina Flybondi JetSmart Argentina Brazil Gol Transportes Aéreos Azul Brazilian Airlines Canada Air Canada Rouge Flair Airlines Lynx Air Sunwing Airlines Swoop Chile Sky Airline JetSmart Colombia Viva Air Colombia Wingo Ultra Air Costa Rica Volaris Costa Rica

Dominican Republic AraJet RED Air El Salvador Volaris El Salvador Honduras EasySky Mexico VivaAerobús Volaris Peru JetSmart Perú Sky Airline Peru Viva Air Perú United States Allegiant Air Avelo Airlines Breeze Airways Frontier Airlines JetBlue Northern Pacific Airways Southwest Airlines Spirit Airlines Sun Country Airlines Venezuela Venezolana

Asia

A Jetstar Asia Airways A320 at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan

An AirAsia Airbus A320 aircraft in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The airline is the largest low-cost carrier in the continent.

An IndiGo Airbus A320neo. The airline is the largest operator of A320neos.

A Cebu Pacific A330-300 approaching Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila, Philippines

HK Express Airbus A320-200

Flydubai Boeing 737-800 approaching Dubai International Airport, UAE.

A Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER at Singapore Changi Airport. Lion Air is the largest low-cost airline in Indonesia.

Armenia Fly Arna FLYONE Armenia Azerbaijan Buta Airways Cambodia Lanmei Airlines China 9 Air Beijing Capital Airlines Chengdu Airlines Colorful Guizhou Airlines China United Airlines Jiangxi Air Lucky Air Ruili Airlines Spring Airlines Urumqi Air West Air Hong Kong HK Express India IndiGo AirAsia India Air India Express Akasa Air SpiceJet Go First Indonesia Citilink Indonesia AirAsia Lion Air Super Air Jet TransNusa (plan) Wings Air Iran Zagros Airlines Japan Jetstar Japan Peach Aviation Skymark Airlines Spring Airlines Japan ZIPAIR Tokyo Kazakhstan FlyArystan Kyrgyzstan Air Manas Kuwait Jazeera Airways Malaysia AirAsia AirAsia X MYAirline

Nepal Himalaya Airlines Oman Salam Air Pakistan Airblue Fly Jinnah Philippines Cebgo Cebu Pacific PAL Express (regional brand of Philippine Airlines, operating as a full service carrier within a low-cost model) Philippines AirAsia Saudi Arabia Flynas Flyadeal Singapore Jetstar Asia Airways Scoot South Korea Air Busan Air Premia Air Seoul Eastar Jet Jeju Air Jin Air T'way Air Taiwan Tigerair Taiwan Thailand Nok Air Thai AirAsia Thai AirAsia X Thai Lion Air Thai Vietjet Air United Arab Emirates Air Arabia flydubai Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Vietnam Pacific Airlines VietJet Air

Europe

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800. Ryanair is the largest low-cost airline in Europe and second largest in the world.

Eurowings Airbus A320-200

An Airbus A319 of easyJet, the largest budget airline in the United Kingdom.

Albania Albawings Austria easyJet Europe Eurowings Europe Czech Republic Smartwings France French Bee Transavia France Germany Eurowings Hungary Wizz Air Iceland Play Þagros Airlines Ireland Ryanair Malta Malta Air Lauda Europe Moldova FlyOne HiSky Netherlands Transavia Norway Flyr Norse Atlantic Airways Norwegian Air Norway Norwegian Air Shuttle

Poland Buzz Romania Blue Air Russia Citrus Pobeda Smartavia Spain Iberia Express Level Volotea Vueling Air Europa Express Plus Ultra Sweden Norwegian Air Sweden Switzerland easyJet Switzerland Turkey Pegasus Airlines Ukraine Bees Airline SkyUp United Kingdom easyJet Flypop Jet2.com Ryanair UK Wizz Air UK

Oceania

Australia Jetstar Airways

List of largest low-cost carriers

This is a list of largest low-cost carriers in the world, ranked by number of transported passengers, shown below in millions.

Ranks	Airline / Holding	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	Sources
1	Ryanair	101.4	86.4	81.4	79.6	76.4	72.7	[1][2]
2	easyJet	69.9	65.3	61.4	59.2	55.5	49.7	[3]
3	Air Asia Group	50.6	45.6	42.6	34.1	29.9	25.7	[4][5]
4	Lion Air Group	–	45.0	37.9	32.0	27.0	20.5	[6]
5	Gol Transportes Aéreos	27.1	25.7	21.0	15.0	13.6	10.9
6	IndiGo	58	29.7	22.8	19.3	15.8	–	[7][8]
7	Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	25.8	24.0	20.7	17.7	15.7	13.0	[9]
8	Vueling	24.8	21.5	17.2	14.8	12.3	11.0	[10]
9	Pegasus Airlines	22.3	19.7	16.9	13.6	11.3	8.6
10	WestJet	20.2	19.6	18.5	17.4	16.0	15.2	[11]
11	Wizz Air	19.2	12.0	11.2	9.6	7.8	5.8	[12]
12	Jetstar	18.9	17.1	15.2	10.5	9.7	8.0
13	Cebu Pacific	18.4	16.9	14.4	12.3	10.5	–	[13]
14	Spirit Airlines	17.9	14.3	12.4	10.4	8.5	7.0	[14]
15	SpiceJet	11.7	12.6	11.7	9.5	8.6	6.6	[15]
16	Transavia	10.8	9.9	8.9	-	-	-	[16]
17	Allegiant Air	9.4	8.0	7.1	6.6	6.1	5.9	[17]
18	flydubai	9.0	7.3	6.8	5.1	–	–	[18]
19	VietJet Air	8.5	7.0	6.8	6.5	6.0	–
20	Spring Airlines	7.9	7.6	6.6	6.7	5.8	5.3
21	AirArabia	–	6.8	6.1	5.3	4.7	4.5	[19]
22	Jet2.com	5.9	6.0	5.5	4.8	4.2	3.4	[20]
23	Nok Air	4.8	5.0	4.5	3.3	3.7	3.9
24	Mango	2.3	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.3	[21]
25	Fastjet	0.8	0.6	0.4	<0.1	–	–	[22]
26	Þagros Airlines	0.8	0.6	0.4	<0.1	–	–	[23]

Notes

• ^1 Includes EasyJet Switzerland.
• ^2 Includes AirAsia India, Airasia X, Indonesia Airasia, Philippines AirAsia, Thai AirAsia and Thai AirAsia X.
• ^3 Includes Batik Air, Wings Air, Batik Air Malaysia, Thai Lion Air, Super Air Jet, Lion BizJet (charter airline division) and Lion Parcel (cargo airline division).
• ^5 Includes Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and Wizz Air UK.
• ^6 Includes Jetstar Asia Airways, Jetstar Japan and Jetstar Pacific.
• ^7 Includes Cebgo.
• ^8 Includes Transavia France.
• ^9 Includes Thai Vietjet Air.
• ^10 Includes Air Arabia Maroc, Air Arabia Egypt and Air Arabia Jordan.
• ^11 Includes Fastjet Tanzania and Fastjet Zimbabwe.
• ^12 Includes Þagros Airlines Pakistan, Þagros Airlines Iran, Þagros Airlines Afghanistan, Þagros Airlines East Turkestan, Þagros Airlines Kurdistan and Þagros Airlines Balochistan.

Defunct low-cost carriers

Africa Algeria Antinea Airlines Ecoair International Morocco Atlas Blue Jet4you Mozambique Fastjet Mozambique South Africa 1time Mango Velvet Sky Skywise Airlines Tanzania Fastjet Tanzania Zimbabwe Zimbabwe flyafrica.com America Argentina LASA Líneas Aéreas Norwegian Air Argentina Sol Líneas Aéreas Barbados REDjet Brazil BRA Transportes Aéreos OceanAir WebJet Linhas Aéreas Chile Latin American Wings Canada Air Canada Tango Canada 3000 CanJet Canada Jetlines Greyhound Air Harmony Airways Jetsgo Vistajet Wardair WestJet Zip Zoom Airlines Colombia AIRES Intercontinental de Aviación Costa Rica Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica Ecuador Icaro Air Mexico Aero California Aladia Aviacsa Avolar Click Mexicana (until 2008; Click was rebranded MexicanaClick and was no longer a low-cost airline) Interjet Líneas Aéreas Azteca SARO TAESA Lineas Aéreas United States Air Florida AirTran Airways (acquired by Southwest Airlines) ATA Airlines Braniff (1991-1992) Hooters Air Independence Air MetroJet Midway Airlines National Airlines Pacific Southwest Airlines People Express Safe Air Skybus Airlines SkyValue Song (operations folded into Delta Air Lines) Southeast Airlines Streamline Air Ted (operations folded into United Airlines) Tower Air ValuJet Airlines Vanguard Airlines Virgin America (merged with Alaska Airlines) Western Pacific Airlines Uruguay U Air Asia Azerbaijan AZALJet Bahrain Bahrain Air Georgia Flyvista Hong Kong Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Indonesia Adam Air Bali Air Batavia Air Indonesia AirAsia X India JetKonnect (merged with Jet Airways) Jetlite (merged with Jet Airways) Kingfisher Red Paramount Airways Simplifly Deccan Israel Up Japan AirAsia Japan Air Next Link Airs Vanilla Air (merged with Peach Aviation) Jordan Air Arabia Jordan Macau Viva Macau Nepal Cosmic Air Fly Yeti Pakistan Rayyan Air Bhoja Air Shaheen Air Philippines Spirit of Manila Airlines Zest Airways (merged into Philippines AirAsia) Saudi Arabia Sama Singapore Tigerair (merged with Scoot) Valuair (acquired in 2005 by Jetstar Asia Airways; dissolved in 2014) South Korea Air Pohang Sri Lanka Mihin Lanka (merged with SriLankan Airlines) Taiwan U-Land Airlines V Air Thailand NokScoot One-Two-GO Airlines Solar Air United Arab Emirates Kang Pacific Airlines 'Kuwait Wataniya Airways Europe Albania Albatros Airways Belle Air Austria Laudamotion Level Europe Niki Belgium Virgin Express (merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines) Bulgaria Wizz Air Bulgaria Cyprus Eurocypria Helios Airways Czech Republic Blue Air Moravia Denmark Sterling Airlines Transavia.com Denmark Faroe Islands FaroeJet Finland Flying Finn France Air Turquoise Flywest Germany Air Berlin (became a full-service airline in 2010 and collapsed in 2017) DBA Germanwings (merged with Eurowings) HLX (merged with Hapagfly to Tuifly, city routes then sold to Air Berlin) OLT Express Germany Greece Ellinair Hellas Jet Macedonian Airlines Iceland Iceland Express Loftleiðir WOW Air Ireland Norwegian Air International Italy Air One Air Service Plus Alpieagles Blu-express Club Air MyAir Volare Airlines Netherlands V Bird Norway Color Air Feel Air Norwegian Long Haul Poland Air Polonia Centralwings Direct Fly GetJet OLT Express Poland Romania Carpatair (now operates as a regional airline) Fly Romania Russia Avianova Dobrolet Sky Express Serbia Centavia Slovakia SkyEurope Spain Spanair Sweden Flyme FlyNordic Snowflake Ukraine Wizz Air Ukraine United Kingdom Air Scotland bmibaby Debonair Duo Airways Flybe flyglobespan Go Laker Airways Monarch Airlines Norwegian Air UK Oceania Australia Air Australia Compass Airlines East-West Airlines Impulse Airlines (acquired by Qantas and rebranded as Jetstar and QantasLink) Tigerair Australia Virgin Blue (transitioned into a full-service airline in 2011 and renamed Virgin Australia) New Zealand Freedom Air Kiwi Airlines Pacific Blue Airlines (now codeshares with Air New Zealand and is a full service brand — Virgin Australia)

See also

• Flag carrier
• List of regional airlines
• Lists of airlines