List of largest airlines in Europe
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The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, carried in millions.
| Rank | Airline/Holding | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | '08 | '07 | '06 | '05 | Fleet | Dest. | Sources | Association |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lufthansa Group1 |
31.28 (Apr) | 107.7 | 105.9 | 104.6 | 103.1 | 106.3 | 90.2 | 76.5 | 70.5 | 62.9 | 53.4 | 51.3 | 602 | 321 | [1][2] | Star Alliance |
| 2 |  Ryanair |
33.28 (Apr) | 101.4 | 86.4 | 81.4 | 79.6 | 76.4 | 72.7 | 65.3 | 57.7 | 49.0 | 40.5 | 33.4 | 319 | 186 | [3] [4] | ELFAA |
| 3 |   International Airlines Group2 |
28.35 (Apr) | 94.9 | 77.3 | 67.2 | 54.6 | 51.7 | 50.6 | 53.3 | 59.8 | 61.7 | 63.2 | - | 520 | 248 | [5] | oneworld ELFAA |
| 4 |   Air France-KLM3 |
27.65 (Apr) | 89.8 | 87.4 | 78.4 | 77.5 | 75.8 | 70.8 | 71.4 | 73.8 | 74.8 | 73.5 | 70.0 | 574 | 231 | [6] | SkyTeam |
| 5 | easyJet4 |
21.31 (Apr) | 69.9 | 65.3 | 61.4 | 59.2 | 55.5 | 49.7 | 46.1 | 44.6 | 38.2 | 33.0 | 30.3 | 226 | 136 | [7] | ELFAA |
| 6 |  Turkish Airlines5 |
19.35 (Apr) | 61.2 | 54.8 | 48.3 | 39.0 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 25.1 | 22.6 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 14.1 | 314 | 285 | [8] | Star Alliance |
| 7 |  Aeroflot Group9 |
12.20 (Apr) | 39.4 | 34.7 | 31.4 | 27.5 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 239 | 189 | [9] | SkyTeam |
| 8 |    SAS Group7 |
9.39 (Apr) | 30.9 | 30.9 | 28.9 | 28.0 | 26.3 | 25.0 | 24.6 | 29.3 | 28.8 | 29.0 | 28.7 | 137 | 157 | [10] | Star Alliance |
| 9 | Air Berlin Group6 |
7.59 (Apr) | 30.2 | 31.7 | 31.5 | 29.6 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 27.9 | 27.1 | 24.0 | 19.7 | - | 153 | 145 | [11][12] | oneworld |
| 10 | Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA |
8.13 (Apr) | 25.8 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 102 | 130 | [13] | ELFAA |
| 11 |  Alitalia8 |
23.0 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 22.0 | 18.0 | 24.4 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 130 | 123 | [14] | SkyTeam | |
| 12 | Pegasus Airlines |
7.2 (Apr) | 22.3 | 19.7 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | - | 3.1 | - | 69 | 103 | [15] | n/a |
| 13 |  Wizz Air10 |
6.37 (Apr) | 19.2 | 15.8 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | - | 67 | 106 | [16] | ELFAA |
| 14 |  TAP Portugal11 |
11.4 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 77 | 88 | [17] | Star Alliance | ||
| 15 |  Aegean Airlines17 |
2.0 (Mar) | 11.6 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.1 | - | 58 | 134 | [18][19][20] | Star Alliance |
| 16 | S715 |
10.6 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 59 | 104 | [21] | oneworld | |
| 17 |  Finnair |
3.35 (Apr) | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 67 | 103 | [22] | oneworld |
| 18 | UTair Aviation18 |
1.2 (Mar) | 8.8 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 108 | 117 | [23] | n/a |
| 19 | Air Europa |
8.1 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 8.1 | - | 43 | 42 | [24] | SkyTeam | ||
| 20 | flybe19 |
7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 5.2 | - | 93 | 77 | [25] | ELFAA | ||
| 21 | SunExpress |
8.7 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | - | 74 | 102 | [26] | n/a | |
| 22 | Monarch Airlines |
7.03 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 39 | 30 | [27] | n/a | ||
| 23 |  Brussels Airlines |
7.5 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | - | 45 | 67 | [28] | Star Alliance | |
| 24 | Jet2.com |
6.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 54 | 50 | [29] | ELFAA | ||
| 25 | Virgin Atlantic |
5.94 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 41 | 37 | [30] | n/a | |
| 26 |  LOT Polish Airlines13 |
5.58 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 35 | 54 | [31][32] | Star Alliance | |
| 27 | Ural Airlines |
1.04 (Mar) | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 29 | 66 | [33] | n/a |
| 28 | AtlasGlobal |
- | - | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 18 | 17 | [34][35][36] | n/a | ||
| 29 | Nordwind Airlines |
4.5 | 3.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 97 | [37] | n/a | ||
| 30 |  Travel Service Airlines 23 |
4.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.3 | 2.2 | - | - | 30 | 46 | [38] | n/a | ||
| 31 |  Ukraine International Airlines |
4.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | - | - | 41 | 75 | [39] | n/a | |
| 32 | Air Nostrum |
3.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 40 | 51 | [40] | oneworld | ||
| 33 | Meridiana Fly14 |
- | - | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 18 | 40 | [41] | n/a | ||
| 34 | Onur Air |
- | - | 3.0 | - | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | 4.8 | 29 | 21 | [42][43] | n/a | ||
| 35 |  AirBaltic |
2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | - | 28 | 60 | [44] | n/a | ||
| 36 |  Icelandair Group 16 |
3.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | - | 27 | 36 | [45] | n/a | |
| 37 |  Air Serbia |
2.6 | 2.3 | - | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | - | 19 | 41 | [46][47] | Etihad Airways Partners | |
| 38 |  TAROM |
2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 23 | 40 | [48] | SkyTeam | ||
| 39 | Czech Airlines |
2.01 | 2.27 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 24 | 40 | [49] | SkyTeam | |
| 40 | Blue Air |
- | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | - | 11 | 26 | - | n/a | ||
| 41 |  Croatia Airlines |
1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | - | - | 13 | 40 | [50][51] | Star Alliance | |
| 42 | Volotea |
1.8 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 60 | [52] | ELFAA | ||
| 43 |  Air Malta |
- | - | 1.7 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 37 | [53] | n/a | ||
| 44 |  Luxair |
1.68 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | - | 18 | 59 | [54] | n/a | ||
| 45 |  Belavia |
- | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | - | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 40 | [55] | n/a | ||
| 46 | VIM Airlines |
1.61 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 15 | [56] | n/a | ||
| 47 |  Azerbaijan Airlines |
- | - | - | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 22 | [57] | n/a | ||
| 48 |  Bulgaria Air |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 11 | 22 | - | n/a | ||
| 49 | Enter Air |
1.11 | 1.17 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 17 | 74 | [58] | n/a | |
| 50 |  Adria Airways |
1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 23 | [59] | Star Alliance |
- Notes2014 I
- ^1 Includes Lufthansa ([inc. Lufthansa Regional (inc. Lufthansa CityLine and Air Dolomiti) and Germanwings), Swiss International Air Lines (inc. Swiss Global Air Lines and Edelweiss Air) and Austrian Airlines).
- ^2 Includes British Airways (inc. BA CityFlyer and OpenSkies), IBERIA (inc. Iberia Express), British Midland International (2011 Q4-2012 Q4), Vueling Airlines (Q3 2013), Aer Lingus and Aer Lingus Regional (Q4 2015).
- ^3 Includes Air France ( inc. HOP! and Transavia France) and KLM (inc. KLM cityhopper, and Transavia).
- ^4 Includes EasyJet Switzerland.
- ^5 Includes Anadolu Jet.
- ^6 Includes Belair and Niki.
- ^7 Includes Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe.
- ^8 Includes Alitalia CityLiner.
- ^9 Includes Donavia, Rossiya Airlines, SAT Airlines, Vladivostok Air and Orenair.
- ^10 Includes Wizz Air Ukraine and Wizz Air Serbia.
- ^11 Includes Portugália Airlines.
- ^13 Includes LOT Charters.
- ^14 Includes Air Italy.
- ^15 Includes Globus.
- ^16 Includes Icelandair and Air Iceland.
- ^17 Includes Olympic Air.
- ^18 Includes UTair-Express, UTair-Ukraine, Katekavia, Turuhan Airlines and Vostok Airlines.
- ^19 Includes Loganair (inc. Suckling Airways).
- ^20 Includes Arkefly, Corsair International, Jetairfly, Thomson Airways, TUIfly and TUIfly Nordic.
- ^21 Includes Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium and Condor Airlines.
- ^22 Includes Moldavian Airlines.
- ^23 Includes Travel Service (Hungary), Travel Service (Slovakia) and Travel Service Polska.
