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.
Africa
- Egypt
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- Air Arabia Egypt
- Air Cairo
- FlyEgypt
- Kenya
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- Jambojet
- Fly540
- Morocco
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- Air Arabia Maroc
- Nigeria
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- Green Africa Airways
- South Africa
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- FlySafair
- Fastjet
- Zimbabwe
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- Fastjet Zimbabwe
Americas
- Argentina
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- Aerolíneas
- Flybondi[1]
- JetSmart[2]
- Colombia
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- Wingo
- Clic Air
Asia
Europe
- Iceland
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- Play
- Italy
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- Aeroitalia[8]
- Poland
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- Buzz
- Romania
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- Air Connect
- Dan Air
- Fly Lili
- HiSky Europe
- Spain
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- Air Europa Express
- Iberia Express
- Iberojet
- Level
- Volotea
- Vueling
Oceania
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 |
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1 | Ryanair | 101.4 | 86.4 | 81.4 | 79.6 | 76.4 | 72.7 | [1] [2] |
2 | easyJet1 | 69.9 | 65.3 | 61.4 | 59.2 | 55.5 | 49.7 | [3] |
3 | Air Asia Group2 | 50.6 | 45.6 | 42.6 | 34.1 | 29.9 | 25.7 | [4] [5] |
4 | Lion Air Group3 | – | 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 | Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA | 25.8 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 13.0 | [7] |
7 | Vueling | 24.8 | 21.5 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 12.3 | 11.0 | [8] |
8 | Pegasus Airlines | 22.3 | 19.7 | 16.9 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | |
9 | Wizz Air5 | 19.2 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | [9] |
10 | Jetstar6 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.0 | |
11 | Cebu Pacific7 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | – | [10] |
12 | Spirit Airlines | 17.9 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.0 | [11] |
13 | SpiceJet | 11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.6 | [12] |
14 | Transavia8 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 8.9 | - | - | - | [13] |
15 | Allegiant Air | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | [14] |
16 | flydubai | 9.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.1 | – | – | [15] |
17 | VietJet Air9 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | – | |
18 | Spring Airlines | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | |
19 | AirArabia10 | – | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | [16] |
20 | Jet2.com | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | [17] |
21 | Nok Air | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | |
22 | Mango | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | [18] |
23 | Fastjet11 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | <0.1 | – | – | [19] |
- Notes
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- ^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, 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.
Defunct low-cost carriers
Africa
- South Africa
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- 1time
- Mango
- Velvet Sky
- Kulula
- Skywise Airlines
- SA Express
America
- Argentina
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- LASA Líneas Aéreas
- Norwegian Air Argentina
- Sol Líneas Aéreas
- Canada
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- Air Canada Tango
- Canada 3000
- CanJet
- Canada Jetlines
- Greyhound Air
- Harmony Airways
- Jetsgo
- Lynx Air
- Swoop (re-integrated into WestJet)
- Vistajet
- Wardair
- WestJet (transitioned to full-service carrier)
- Zip
- Zoom Airlines
- Mexico
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- 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
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- Air Florida
- AirTran Airways (acquired by Southwest Airlines)
- America West Airlines (merged into US Airways
- ATA Airlines
- Braniff (1991–1992)
- Eastern Air Lines (2015)[10]
- 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
Asia
- Georgia
- India
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- Go First
- JetKonnect (merged with Jet Airways)
- Jetlite (merged with Jet Airways)
- Kingfisher Red
- Paramount Airways
- Simplifly Deccan
- Air Asia India (merged with Air India Express)
- Israel
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- Up
- Japan
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- AirAsia Japan
- Air Next
- Link Airs
- Vanilla Air (merged with Peach Aviation)
- Philippines
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- Spirit of Manila Airlines
- Zest Airways (merged into Philippines AirAsia)
- Saudi Arabia
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- Sama
- Singapore
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- Tigerair (merged with Scoot)
- Valuair (acquired in 2005 by Jetstar Asia; dissolved in 2014)
- Sri Lanka
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- Mihin Lanka (merged with SriLankan Airlines)
Europe
- Belgium
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- Virgin Express (merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines)
- Czech Republic
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- Blue Air Moravia
- Finland
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- Flying Finn
- Germany
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- 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
- Romania
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- Blue Air (suspended)
- Carpatair (now operates as a regional airline)
- Fly Romania
- Russia
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- Avianova
- Dobrolet
- Sky Express
Oceania
- Australia
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- Air Australia
- Bonza
- 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
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- Freedom Air
- Kiwi Airlines
- Pacific Blue Airlines (now codeshares with Air New Zealand and is a full service brand — Virgin Australia)
See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Low-cost airlines.
References
- ^ Flybondi official website
- ^ "Indigo Partners acquires stake in Alas del Sur - report". ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Jet Smart official website
- ^ Calafia Airlines
- ^ Gamboa, Víctor; Villa y Caña, Pedro (26 December 2023). "Mexicana de Aviación vuelve a volar con viajes "más baratos" y equipaje de hasta 25 kilos sin costo". El Universal (in Spanish). Compañía Periodística Nacional. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Mexicana de Aviación will become the new regional, low-cost airline". The Yucutan Times. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ InterCaribbean Airways
- ^ "Low Cost Cheap Flights to and from Forli Airport".
- ^ "Smartavia войдет в лето с 15 воздушными судами, три из которых Airbus A320neo". ATO. 17 April 2021.
- ^ Eastern Air Lines
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- First officer
- Second officer
- Third officer
- Relief crew
- Flight attendant
- Flight engineer
- Loadmaster
- Aircraft pilot
- Purser
- Dead mileage
- Hypermobility
- Environmental effects of aviation
- Air transport agreement
- Air route authority between the United States and China
- Bermuda Agreement (UK–US, 1946–1978)
- Bermuda II Agreement (UK–US, 1978–2008)
- Cross-strait charter
- Beijing Convention
- Cape Town Treaty
- Chicago Convention
- Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives
- European Common Aviation Area
- Flight permit
- Freedoms of the air
- Hague Hijacking Convention
- Hague Protocol
- ICAO
- Montreal Convention
- Paris Convention of 1919
- Rome Convention
- Sabotage Convention
- Tokyo Convention
- Warsaw Convention
- Air rage
- Air traffic control
- Air traffic service
- Aircraft safety card
- Airport authority
- Airport crash tender
- Airport police
- Airport security
- Airspace class
- Area control center
- Brace position
- Civil aviation authority
- Control area
- Control zone
- Controlled airspace
- Evacuation slide
- Flight information region
- Flight information service
- Flight recorder
- Instrument flight rules
- Overwing exits
- Pre-flight safety demonstration
- Sky marshal
- Special use airspace
- Special visual flight rules
- Terminal control area
- Terminal control center
- Uncontrolled airspace
- Upper information region
- Visual flight rules
- Airline booking ploys
- Airline reservations system
- Airline ticket
- Airline timetable
- Bereavement flight
- Boarding pass
- Codeshare agreement
- Continent pass
- Electronic ticket
- Fare basis code
- Flight cancellation and delay
- Frequent-flyer program
- Government contract flight
- One-way travel
- Open-jaw ticket
- Overbooking (Overselling)
- Passenger name record
- Red-eye flight
- Round-the-world ticket
- Standby
- Tracking
- Travel agency
- Travel website