List of low-cost airlines
Appearance
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]Americas
[edit]Asia
[edit]Europe
[edit]Oceania
[edit]Largest low-cost carriers
[edit]This section needs to be updated.(December 2022) |
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 | 101.4 | 86.4 | 81.4 | 79.6 | 76.4 | 72.7 | [1] [2] | |
2 | 69.9 | 65.3 | 61.4 | 59.2 | 55.5 | 49.7 | [3] | |
3 | 50.6 | 45.6 | 42.6 | 34.1 | 29.9 | 25.7 | [4] [5] | |
4 | – | 45.0 | 37.9 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | [6] | |
5 | 27.1 | 25.7 | 21.0 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 10.9 | ||
6 | 25.8 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 13.0 | [7] | |
7 | 24.8 | 21.5 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 12.3 | 11.0 | [8] | |
8 | 22.3 | 19.7 | 16.9 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | ||
9 | 19.2 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | [9] | |
10 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.0 | ||
11 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | – | [10] | |
12 | 17.9 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.0 | [11] | |
13 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.6 | [12] | |
14 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 8.9 | - | - | - | [13] | |
15 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | [14] | |
16 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.1 | – | – | [15] | |
17 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | – | ||
18 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | ||
19 | – | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | [16] | |
20 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | [17] | |
21 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
22 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | [18] | |
23 | 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
[edit]Africa
[edit]America
[edit]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
[edit]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)
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)
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
[edit]Belgium
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- Virgin Express (merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines)
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
Oceania
[edit]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
[edit]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.
- ^ 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