List of largest airlines in Europe
The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, carried in millions.
| Rank | Airline/Holding | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | '08 | '07 | '06 | '05 | Fleet | Destinations | Sources | Alliance
/Association |
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| 1 |
   Lufthansa Group1 | 21.55 (Mar) | 105.9 | 104.6 | 103.1 | 106.3 | 90.2 | 76.5 | 70.5 | 62.9 | 53.4 | 51.3 | 602 | 321 |
| Star Alliance |
| 2 |
 Ryanair | 18.45 (Mar) | 86.4 | 81.4 | 79.6 | 76.4 | 72.7 | 65.3 | 57.7 | 49.0 | 40.5 | 33.4 | 303 | 186 |
| ELFAA |
| 3 |
  Air France-KLM2 | 19.02 (Mar) | 77.5 | 78.4 | 77.5 | 75.8 | 70.8 | 71.4 | 73.8 | 74.8 | 73.5 | 70.0 | 574 | 231 |
| SkyTeam |
| 4 |
  International Airlines Group4 | 16.68 (Mar) | 77.3 | 67.2 | 54.6 | 51.7 | 57.3 | 56.7 | 56.4 | 59.8 | 60.9 | - | 457 | 248 |
| oneworld |
| 5 |
easyJet3 | 14.00 (Mar) | 65.3 | 61.4 | 59.2 | 55.5 | 49.7 | 46.1 | 44.6 | 38.2 | 33.0 | 30.3 | 226 | 136 |
| ELFAA |
| 6 |
 Turkish Airlines5 | 12.83 (Mar) | 54.7 | 48.3 | 39.0 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 25.1 | 22.6 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 14.1 | 272 | 261 |
| Star Alliance |
| 7 |
 Aeroflot Group9 | 5.1 (Feb) | 34.7 | 31.4 | 27.5 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 239 | 189 |
| SkyTeam |
| 8 |
Air Berlin Group 6 | 3.52 (Feb) | 31.7 | 31.5 | 29.6 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 27.9 | 27.1 | 24.0 | 19.7 | - | 143 | 145 |
| oneworld |
| 9 |
   SAS Group7 | 5.90 (Mar) | 27.3 | 25.7 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 27.0 | 26.5 | 137 | 157 |
| Star Alliance |
| 10 |
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA | 4.96 (Mar) | 24.0 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 102 | 130 |
| ELFAA |
| 11 |
 Alitalia8 | | 23.2 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 22.0 | 18.0 | 24.4 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 102 | 123 |
| SkyTeam |
| 12 |
Pegasus Airlines | 4.52 (Mar) | 19.7 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | - | 3.1 | - | 59 | 89 |
| n/a |
| 13 |
 Wizz Air10 | | 15.8 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | - | 54 | 106 |
| ELFAA |
| 14 |
Transaero | | 13.2 | 12.5 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 2.1 | - | 93 | 113 |
| n/a |
| 15 |
 TAP Portugal11 | | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 77 | 88 |
|
Star Alliance |
| 16 |
UTair Aviation18 | | 11.2 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 108 | 117 |
| n/a |
| 17 |
Aer Lingus12 | | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 63 | 75 |
| n/a |
| 18 |
 Aegean Airlines17 | | 10.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.1 | - | 50 | 134 |
| Star Alliance |
| 19 |
 Finnair | | 9.6 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 67 | 103 |
| oneworld |
| 20 |
Air Europa | | 8.1 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 8.1 | - | 43 | 42 |
| SkyTeam |
| 21 |
flybe19 | | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 5.2 | - | 93 | 77 |
| ELFAA |
| 22 |
Sunexpress | | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | - | 74 | 52 |
| n/a |
| 23 |
S715 | | 7.1 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 59 | 104 |
| oneworld |
| 24 |
Monarch Airlines | | - | 7.0 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 39 | 30 |
| n/a |
| 25 |
.svg.png) Brussels Airlines | | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | - | 45 | 67 |
| Star Alliance |
| 26 |
Jet2.com | | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 54 | 50 |
| ELFAA |
| 27 |
Virgin Atlantic | | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 41 | 37 |
| n/a |
| 28 |
 LOT Polish Airlines13 | | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 35 | 54 |
| Star Alliance |
| 29 |
Ural Airlines | | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 29 | 66 |
| n/a |
| 30 |
AtlasGlobal | | - | - | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 18 | 17 |
| n/a |
| 31 |
 Travel Service Airlines 23 | | 4.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.3 | 2.2 | - | - | 30 | 46 |
| 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 |
| oneworld |
| 33 |
Meridiana Fly14 | | - | - | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 18 | 40 |
| n/a |
| 34 |
Nordwind Airlines | | - | 3.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 97 |
| n/a |
| 35 |
Onur Air | | - | - | 3.0 | - | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | 4.8 | 29 | 21 |
| n/a |
| 36 |
 AirBaltic | | 1.83 (Aug) | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | - | 28 | 60 |
| n/a |
| 37 |
 Ukraine International Airlines | | - | - | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | - | - | 41 | 75 |
| n/a |
| 38 |
 Icelandair Group 16 | | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | - | 27 | 36 |
| n/a |
| 39 |
Czech Airlines | | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 24 | 40 |
| SkyTeam |
| 40 |
 Air Serbia | | 2.3 | - | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | - | 19 | 41 |
| Etihad Airways Partners |
| 41 |
 TAROM | | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 23 | 40 |
| SkyTeam |
| 42 |
Blue Air | | - | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | - | 11 | 26 |
- | n/a |
| 43 |
 Croatia Airlines | | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | - | - | 13 | 40 |
| Star Alliance |
| 44 |
Volotea | | 1.8 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 60 |
| ELFAA |
| 45 |
 Air Malta | | - | - | 1.7 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 37 | | n/a |
| 46 |
VIM Airlines | | 1.6 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 15 |
| n/a |
| 47 |
 Belavia | | - | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | - | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 40 |
| n/a |
| 48 |
 Luxair | | - | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | - | 18 | 59 |
| n/a |
| 49 |
 Azerbaijan Airlines | | - | - | - | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 22 |
| n/a |
| 50 |
 Bulgaria Air | | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 11 | 22 |
Bulgaria air | n/a |
| 51 |
Enter Air | | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 15 | 200 |
| n/a |
| 52 |
 Adria Airways | | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 23 |
| 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 (Operated by Tyrolean Airways).
- ^2 Includes Air France ( inc. HOP! and Transavia France) and KLM (inc. KLM cityhopper, and Transavia).
- ^3 Includes EasyJet Switzerland.
- ^4 Includes British Airways (inc. BA CityFlyer and OpenSkies), IBERIA (inc. Iberia Express) and Vueling Airlines.
- ^5 Includes Anadolu Jet.
- ^6 Includes Belair and Niki.
- ^7 Includes Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe.
- ^8 Includes Air One and 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.
- ^12 Includes Aer Lingus Regional.
- ^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.
References
See also
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