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.

Africa[edit]

A Mango Boeing 737. The airline ceased operations in July 2021.
A kulula.com jet at Cape Town International Airport . The airline ceased operations in June 2022.

Americas[edit]

A Flybondi Boeing 737-83N
A Volaris Airbus A320-232
A Spirit Airlines Airbus A321 approaching Newark Liberty International Airport

Asia[edit]

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.

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

Oceania[edit]

 Australia

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
1 Republic of Ireland Ryanair 101.4 86.4 81.4 79.6 76.4 72.7 [1] [2]
2 United Kingdom easyJet1 69.9 65.3 61.4 59.2 55.5 49.7 [3]
3 Malaysia Air Asia Group2 50.6 45.6 42.6 34.1 29.9 25.7 [4] [5]
4 Indonesia Lion Air Group3 45.0 37.9 32.0 27.0 20.5 [6]
5 Brazil Gol Transportes Aéreos 27.1 25.7 21.0 15.0 13.6 10.9
6 Norway Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA 25.8 24.0 20.7 17.7 15.7 13.0 [7]
7 Spain Vueling 24.8 21.5 17.2 14.8 12.3 11.0 [8]
8 Turkey Pegasus Airlines 22.3 19.7 16.9 13.6 11.3 8.6
9 Hungary Wizz Air5 19.2 12.0 11.2 9.6 7.8 5.8 [9]
10 Australia Jetstar6 18.9 17.1 15.2 10.5 9.7 8.0
11 Philippines Cebu Pacific7 18.4 16.9 14.4 12.3 10.5 [10]
12 United States Spirit Airlines 17.9 14.3 12.4 10.4 8.5 7.0 [11]
13 India SpiceJet 11.7 12.6 11.7 9.5 8.6 6.6 [12]
14 Netherlands Transavia8 10.8 9.9 8.9 - - - [13]
15 United States Allegiant Air 9.4 8.0 7.1 6.6 6.1 5.9 [14]
16 United Arab Emirates flydubai 9.0 7.3 6.8 5.1 [15]
17 Vietnam VietJet Air9 8.5 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.0
18 China Spring Airlines 7.9 7.6 6.6 6.7 5.8 5.3
19 United Arab Emirates AirArabia10 6.8 6.1 5.3 4.7 4.5 [16]
20 United Kingdom Jet2.com 5.9 6.0 5.5 4.8 4.2 3.4 [17]
21 Thailand Nok Air 4.8 5.0 4.5 3.3 3.7 3.9
22 South Africa Mango 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 [18]
23 South Africa Fastjet11 0.8 0.6 0.4 <0.1 [19]
Notes

Defunct low-cost carriers[edit]

Africa[edit]

America[edit]

Asia[edit]

Europe[edit]

Oceania[edit]

 Australia
 New Zealand

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Flybondi official website
  2. ^ "Indigo Partners acquires stake in Alas del Sur - report". ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. ^ Jet Smart official website
  4. ^ Calafia Airlines
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Mexicana de Aviación will become the new regional, low-cost airline". The Yucutan Times. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ^ InterCaribbean Airways
  8. ^ "Low Cost Cheap Flights to and from Forli Airport".
  9. ^ "Smartavia войдет в лето с 15 воздушными судами, три из которых Airbus A320neo". ATO. 17 April 2021.
  10. ^ Eastern Air Lines