List of low-cost airlines
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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[edit]

A Mango Boeing 737. The airline ceased operations in July 2021.
America[edit]

A Flybondi Boeing 737-83N

A Volaris Airbus A320-232
Asia[edit]

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.

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.
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Europe[edit]

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

Eurowings Airbus A320-200
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Oceania[edit]
List of largest low-cost carriers[edit]
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 |
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101.4 | 86.4 | 81.4 | 79.6 | 76.4 | 72.7 | [1][2] |
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69.9 | 65.3 | 61.4 | 59.2 | 55.5 | 49.7 | [3] |
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50.6 | 45.6 | 42.6 | 34.1 | 29.9 | 25.7 | [4][5] |
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– | 45.0 | 37.9 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | [6] |
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27.1 | 25.7 | 21.0 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 10.9 | |
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58 | 29.7 | 22.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 | – | [7][8] |
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25.8 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 13.0 | [9] |
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24.8 | 21.5 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 12.3 | 11.0 | [10] |
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22.3 | 19.7 | 16.9 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | |
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20.2 | 19.6 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 15.2 | [11] |
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19.2 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | [12] |
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18.9 | 17.1 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.0 | |
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18.4 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | – | [13] |
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17.9 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.0 | [14] |
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11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.6 | [15] |
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10.8 | 9.9 | 8.9 | - | - | - | [16] |
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9.4 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | [17] |
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9.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.1 | – | – | [18] |
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8.5 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | – | |
20 | ![]() |
7.9 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | |
21 | ![]() |
– | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | [19] |
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5.9 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | [20] |
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4.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | |
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2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | [21] |
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0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | <0.1 | – | – | [22] |
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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[edit]
See also[edit]
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Low-cost airlines. |
References[edit]
- ^ Flybondi official website
- ^ "Indigo Partners acquires stake in Alas del Sur - report". ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Vowles, Timothy M.; Lück, Michael (2016). "Low Cost Carriers in the USA and Canada". In Gross, Sven; Lück, Michael (eds.). The Low Cost Carrier Worldwide. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781317025054.
- ^ Jet Smart official website
- ^ "Smartavia войдет в лето с 15 воздушными судами, три из которых Airbus A320neo". ATO. 17 April 2021.