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 Airlines (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

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.

  Egypt

• Air Arabia Egypt
• Air Cairo

  Kenya

• Fly540
• Jambojet

  Morocco

• Air Arabia Maroc

  Nigeria

• Green Africa Airways

  South Africa

• Fastjet
• FlySafair

  Zimbabwe

• Fastjet Zimbabwe

Americas

A Flybondi Boeing 737-83N

A Volaris Airbus A320-232

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A321 approaching Newark Liberty International Airport

  Argentina

• Flybondi ^[1]
• JetSmart Argentina ^[2]

  Brazil

• Gol Transportes Aéreos
• Azul Linhas Aéreas

  Canada

• Air Canada Rouge
• Flair Airlines

  Chile

• JetSmart ^[3]
• Sky Airline

  Colombia

• Clic Air
• Wingo

  Costa Rica

• Volaris Costa Rica

  Dominican Republic

• AraJet
• RED Air

  El Salvador

• Volaris El Salvador

  Mexico

• Mexicana de Aviación ^{[4] [5]}
• Viva
• Volaris

  Paraguay

• Paranair

  Peru

• JetSmart Perú
• Sky Airline Peru

Turks and Caicos

• InterCaribbean Airways ^[6]

  United States

• Allegiant Air
• Avelo Airlines
• Breeze Airways
• Frontier Airlines
• JetBlue Airways
• Southwest Airlines
• Spirit Airlines
• Sun Country Airlines

Asia

A Jetstar Asia A320 at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan. The airline ceased operations on Thursday, 31 July 2025.

An AirAsia Airbus A320 aircraft in Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

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.

  Armenia

• FlyOne Armenia

  Cambodia

• AirAsia Cambodia
• Cambodia Airways

  China

• 9 Air
• Beijing Capital Airlines
• China United Airlines
• Colorful Guizhou Airlines
• Jiangxi Air
• Lucky Air
• Ruili Airlines
• Spring Airlines
• Urumqi Air
• West Air

  Hong Kong

• Greater Bay Airlines
• HK Express

  India

• Air India Express
• Akasa Air
• IndiGo
• SpiceJet

  Indonesia

• Citilink
• Indonesia AirAsia
• Lion Air
• Super Air Jet
• Wings Air

  Iran

• Air1Air

  Japan

• Air Japan
• Jetstar Japan
• Peach Aviation
• Spring Airlines Japan
• Zipair Tokyo

  Kazakhstan

• FlyArystan

  Kuwait

• Jazeera Airways

  Malaysia

• AirAsia
• AirAsia X
• Firefly

  Oman

• Salam Air

  Pakistan

• Air Sial
• Airblue
• Fly Jinnah
• Serene Air

  Philippines

• Cebgo
• Cebu Pacific
• PAL Express
• Philippines AirAsia
• Royal Air Philippines
• Sky Pasada
• SkyJet Airlines

  Saudi Arabia

• Flyadeal
• Flynas

  Singapore

• Scoot

  South Korea

• Aero K
• Air Busan
• Air Premia
• Air Seoul
• Eastar Jet
• Jeju Air
• Jin Air
• T'way Air

  Taiwan

• Tigerair Taiwan

  Thailand

• Nok Air
• Thai AirAsia
• Thai AirAsia X
• Thai Lion Air
• Thai Summer Airways
• Thai VietJet Air

  United Arab Emirates

• Air Arabia
• Air Arabia Abu Dhabi
• flydubai

  Vietnam

• Pacific Airlines
• VietJet Air

Europe

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.

  Austria

• EasyJet Europe

Belgium

• TUI fly Belgium

  Czech Republic

• Smartwings

Denmark

• TUI Danmark

Finland

• TUI Suomi

  France

• French Bee
• Transavia France

  Germany

• Eurowings
• TUI fly Deutschland

  Hungary

• Wizz Air

  Ireland

• Ryanair

Italy

• Aeroitalia ^[7]

Malta

• Eurowings Europe
• Lauda Europe
• Malta Air
• Wizz Air Malta

  Moldova

• FlyOne
• HiSky

  Netherlands

• Transavia
• TUI fly Netherlands

  Norway

• Norse Atlantic Airways
• Norwegian Air Shuttle
• TUI Norge

  Poland

• Buzz

  Romania

• HiSky Europe

  Russia

• Pobeda
• Smartavia ^[8]
• Azimuth

  Spain

• Air Europa Express
• Iberia Express
• Iberojet
• Level
• Volotea
• Vueling

  Sweden

• Norwegian Air Sweden
• TUI Sverige

  Switzerland

• EasyJet Switzerland

  Turkey

• AJet
• Pegasus Airlines

  Ukraine

• SkyUp

  United Kingdom

• EasyJet
• Jet2.com
• Norse Atlantic UK
• Ryanair UK
• TUI Airways
• Wizz Air UK

Oceania

  Australia

• Jetstar

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
1	Ryanair	101.4	86.4	81.4	79.6	76.4	72.7
2	easyJet 1	69.9	65.3	61.4	59.2	55.5	49.7
3	Air Asia Group 2	50.6	45.6	42.6	34.1	29.9	25.7
4	Lion Air Group 3	–	45.0	37.9	32.0	27.0	20.5
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	Vueling	24.8	21.5	17.2	14.8	12.3	11.0
8	Pegasus Airlines	22.3	19.7	16.9	13.6	11.3	8.6
9	Wizz Air 5	19.2	12.0	11.2	9.6	7.8	5.8
10	Jetstar 6	18.9	17.1	15.2	10.5	9.7	8.0
11	Cebu Pacific 7	18.4	16.9	14.4	12.3	10.5	–
12	Spirit Airlines	17.9	14.3	12.4	10.4	8.5	7.0
13	SpiceJet	11.7	12.6	11.7	9.5	8.6	6.6
14	Transavia 8	10.8	9.9	8.9	-	-	-
15	Allegiant Air	9.4	8.0	7.1	6.6	6.1	5.9
16	flydubai	9.0	7.3	6.8	5.1	–	–
17	VietJet Air 9	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	AirArabia 10	–	6.8	6.1	5.3	4.7	4.5
20	Jet2.com	5.9	6.0	5.5	4.8	4.2	3.4
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
23	Fastjet 11	0.8	0.6	0.4	<0.1	–	–

Notes

• ^1 Includes EasyJet Switzerland.
• ^2 Includes 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

Algeria

• Antinea Airlines
• Ecoair International

Egypt

• FlyEgypt

Morocco

• Atlas Blue
• Jet4you

Mozambique

• Fastjet Mozambique

  South Africa

• 1time
• Kulula
• Mango
• SA Express
• Skywise Airlines
• Velvet Sky

Tanzania

• Fastjet Tanzania

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe flyafrica.com

Americas

Argentina

• Norwegian Air Argentina
• Sol Líneas Aéreas

Barbados

• REDjet

Brazil

• BRA Transportes Aéreos
• OceanAir
• WebJet Linhas Aéreas

Canada

• Air Canada Tango
• Canada 3000
• Canada Jetlines
• CanJet
• Greyhound Air
• Harmony Airways
• Jetsgo
• Lynx Air
• Swoop (re-integrated into WestJet)
• Sunwing Airlines (merged into WestJet)
• Vistajet
• Wardair
• WestJet (transitioned to full-service carrier)
• Zip
• Zoom Airlines

Chile

• Latin American Wings

Colombia

• AIRES
• Intercontinental de Aviación
• Viva Air Colombia

Costa Rica

• Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica

Honduras

• EasySky

Ecuador

• Icaro Air

Mexico

• 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

Peru

• Viva Air Perú

United States

• Air Florida
• AirTran Airways (acquired by Southwest Airlines)
• America West Airlines (merged into US Airways
• ATA Airlines
• Braniff (1991–1992)
• Eastern Air Lines (2015) ^[9]
• Hooters Air
• Independence Air
• JetTrain
• 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

Uruguay

• U Air

Asia

Armenia

• Fly Arna

Azerbaijan

• AZALJet
• Buta Airways

Bahrain

• Bahrain Air

Georgia

• Flyvista

Hong Kong

• Oasis Hong Kong Airlines

India

• Air Asia India (merged with Air India Express)
• Go First
• JetKonnect (merged with Jet Airways)
• Jetlite (merged with Jet Airways)
• Kingfisher Red
• Paramount Airways
• Simplifly Deccan

Indonesia

• Adam Air
• Bali Air
• Batavia Air
• Indonesia AirAsia X

Israel

• Up

Japan

• Air Next
• AirAsia Japan
• Link Airs
• Vanilla Air (merged with Peach Aviation)

Jordan

• Air Arabia Jordan

Kuwait

• Wataniya Airways

Kyrgyzstan

• Air Manas

Macau

• Viva Macau

  Malaysia

• MYAirline
• Rayani Air

   Nepal

• Cosmic Air
• Fly Yeti

Pakistan

• Bhoja Air
• Rayyan Air
• Shaheen Air

Philippines

• Spirit of Manila Airlines
• Zest Airways (merged into Philippines AirAsia)

  Republic of Korea

• Air Pohang

Saudi Arabia

• Sama

Singapore

• Jetstar Asia
• Tigerair (merged with Scoot)
• Valuair (acquired in 2005 by Jetstar Asia; dissolved in 2014)

Sri Lanka

• Mihin Lanka (merged with SriLankan Airlines)

Taiwan

• U-Land Airlines
• V Air

Thailand

• NokScoot
• One-Two-GO Airlines
• Solar Air

United Arab Emirates

• Kang Pacific Airlines
• Wizz Air Abu Dhabi

Uzbekistan

• HumoAir

Europe

Albania

• Albatros Airways
• Belle Air

  Austria

• Laudamotion
• Level Europe
• Niki

Belgium

• Virgin Express (merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines)

Cyprus

• Eurocypria
• Helios Airways

Czech Republic

• Blue Air Moravia

Denmark

• Sterling Airlines
• Transavia Denmark

Faroe Islands

• FaroeJet

Finland

• Flying Finn

France

• Air Turquoise
• Flywest

Germany

• 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

Greece

• Ellinair
• Hellas Jet
• Macedonian Airlines

Iceland

• Iceland Express
• Loftleiðir
• Play
• WOW Air

Ireland

• Norwegian Air International

Italy

• Air One
• Air Service Plus
• Alpieagles
• Blu-express
• Club Air
• MyAir
• Volare Airlines

Netherlands

• V Bird

Norway

• Color Air
• Feel Air
• Flyr
• Norwegian Long Haul

Poland

• Air Polonia
• Centralwings
• Direct Fly
• GetJet
• OLT Express Poland

Romania

• Bees Airlines
• Blue Air
• Carpatair (now operates as a regional airline)
• Fly Romania

Russia

• Avianova
• Dobrolet
• Sky Express

Serbia

• Centavia

Slovakia

• SkyEurope

Sweden

• Flyme
• FlyNordic
• Snowflake

Ukraine

• Bees Airline
• Wizz Air Ukraine

United Kingdom

• AB Airlines
• Air Scotland
• bmibaby
• Court Line
• Debonair
• Duo Airways
• Flybe
• flyglobespan
• Go
• Laker Airways
• Monarch Airlines
• Norwegian Air UK

Oceania

Australia

• 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

• Freedom Air
• Kiwi Airlines
• Pacific Blue Airlines (now codeshares with Air New Zealand and is a full service brand — Virgin Australia)

See also

• Flag carrier
• List of regional airlines
• Lists of airlines

References

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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. 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.
5. "Mexicana de Aviación will become the new regional, low-cost airline". The Yucutan Times. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
6. InterCaribbean Airways
7. "Low Cost Cheap Flights to and from Forli Airport".
8. "Smartavia войдет в лето с 15 воздушными судами, три из которых Airbus A320neo". ATO. 17 April 2021.
9. Eastern Air Lines