List of largest airlines in Europe

Last updated April 13, 2024

The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, in millions. The list includes companies headquartered in the Asian portions of Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan and airlines classified as European by the IATA. The order of the chart and its completion goes only up to the year 2023.

Country	Airline/holding	'23	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Fleet	Destinations	Alliance	Association
Ireland Malta Poland United Kingdom	Ryanair ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	181.74	160.4	72.4	52.01	152.4	139.2	128.77	116.8	101.4	86.4	81.40	79.61	76.4	72.7	65.3	57.7	49.0	40.5	430	186		A4E
Germany Austria Belgium Switzerland	Lufthansa Group ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	122.5	101.77	46.9	36.35	145.2	142.3	130.04	117.4	115.2	112.5	110.4	108.9	112.0	95.1	81.2	76.4	68.8	59.1	728	321	Star Alliance	A4E IATA
United Kingdom Ireland Spain	International Airlines Group ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	115.6	94.73	38.86	31.3	118.3	112.92	104.83	100.7	94.9	77.3	67.22	54.6	51.7	50.6	53.3	59.8	61.7	63.2	520	248	oneworld	A4E ERA IATA
France Netherlands	Air France-KLM ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	93.6	83.32	44.67	34.1	104.2	101.45	98.72	93.4	89.8	87.4	78.44	77.45	75.8	70.8	71.4	73.8	74.8	73.5	574	231	SkyTeam	A4E ERA IATA
Turkey	Turkish Airlines ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	83.4	71.82	44.8	27.95	74.28	75.16	68.61	62.8	61.2	54.8	48.3	39.0	32.6	29.1	25.1	22.6	19.6	16.9	400	337	Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
United Kingdom Austria Switzerland	EasyJet ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	82.8	69.7	20.4	16.09	103.3	88.5	81.63	74.5	69.9	65.3	61.33	59.21	55.5	49.7	46.1	44.6	38.2	33.0	300	136		A4E
Hungary United Kingdom Malta United Arab Emirates	Wizz Air ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	60.3	45.6	21.7	16.67	39.8	33.81	28.27	22.78	19.2	15.8	13.5	12.0	11.2	9.6	7.8	5.8	4.2	3.0	168	144
Russia	Aeroflot Group ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	47.3	40.7	45.81	30.16	60.7	55.7	50.13	43.4	39.4	34.7	31.4	27.5	16.4	14.1	11.1	11.6	10.2	8.7	336	189	SkyTeam	IATA
Turkey	Pegasus Airlines	31.93	26.94	20.16	14.71	30.76	29.97	27.82	24.14	22.3	19.7	16.8	13.6	11.3	8.6	5.9	4.4	-	3.1	94	109		IATA
Sweden Norway Denmark Ireland	SAS Group ^{[lower-alpha 9]}	21.1	17.87	10.19	8.81	29.8	30.0	28.37	29.4	27.1	27.3	25.56	25.32	24.7	23.1	22.8	27.0	27.2	26.9	134	124	Star Alliance	ERA IATA
Norway Sweden	Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA ^{[lower-alpha 10]}	20.6	17.84	6.19	6.87	36.20	37.34	33.15	29.3	25.8	24.0	20.71	17.69	15.7	13.0	10.8	9.1	6.9	5.1	64	130		A4E
United Kingdom ^{[ needs update ]}	TUI Airways ^{[lower-alpha 11]}		16.7	2.02	2.02	26.0						33.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133	-		A4E IATA
United Kingdom	Jet2.com	16.57	15.53	3.17	2.85	14.39	12.09	9.64	6.67	5.85	6.0	5.5	4.78	4.2	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.9	2.8	90	50		A4E
Russia	S7 Airlines ^{[lower-alpha 12]}	15.9	16.03	17.83	12.35	17.9	15.96	14.25	13.15	10.6	10.1	9.3	8.3	5.1	4.8	5.6	5.9	5.7	4.9	100	121	oneworld	IATA
Portugal	TAP Air Portugal ^{[lower-alpha 13]}	15.9	13.76	5.83	4.66	17.05	15.89	14.27	11.72	11.3	11.4	10.7	10.2	9.8	9.1	8.4	8.7	7.9	6.9	110	88	Star Alliance	A4E ERA IATA
Greece Cyprus	Aegean Airlines ^{[lower-alpha 14]}	15.46	12.5	7.19	5.17	14.99	13.97	13.22	12.46	11.6	10.2	8.8	8.9	9.9	10.1	10.2	11.3	11.1	10.1	67	153	Star Alliance	A4E IATA
Italy	ITA Airways	15	10.1	1.32	—																	oneworld	IATA
Turkey	SunExpress	12.6	10.7																				IATA
Finland	Finnair	10.9	9.10	2.85	3.48	14.65	13.28	11.90	10.87	10.2	9.6	9.27	8.77	8.0	7.1	7.4	8.3	8.7	8.8	73	103	oneworld	A4E IATA
Spain	Air Europa	10.7	10.03	5.04	4.26	13.13	11.84	10.6	10.6	10.2	8.1	9.0	8.1	8.7	8.9	9.0	9.7	9.9	8.1	59	44	SkyTeam	IATA
Spain	Volotea	10.4	9.4	6.0	3.8	7.6	6.57	4.82	4.3	2.5		1.8	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	60		A4E IATA
Poland	LOT Polish Airlines ^{[lower-alpha 15]}	10.03	9.3	4.2	3.59	11.79	10.61	6.89	5.58	6.1	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.5	5.0	4.0	4.3	3.7	-	91	120	Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
Russia	Ural Airlines	9.41	8.49	9.20	5.60	9.62	9.0	8.0	6.47	5.4	5.1	4.4	3.5	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.0	47	66		IATA
Kazakhstan	Air Astana ^{[lower-alpha 16]}	8.1	7.4	6.62	3.70	5.12	4.32	4.19	3.75	3.86	3.77	3.68	3.24	3.06	2.57	2.20	2.30	2.13	1.47	34	69		IATA
Germany	Condor		7.0																				IATA
Russia	UTair Aviation	6.06	5.54	7.12	4.90	8.09	7.65	7.3	6.65	8.8	11.2	10.4	7.8	5.8	5.2	3.9	3.23	2.93	2.42	66	117		IATA
Russia	Nordwind Airlines			5.93	2.94	5.54	4.92	3.55	1.79	2.67	4.47	3.66	2.17	1.72	1.19	-	-	-	-	26	97		IATA
Czech Republic Hungary Poland Slovakia	Smartwings ^{[lower-alpha 17]}		5.2	2.53	1.8	9.6	8.8	8.17	7.3		6.57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	?	oneworld	IATA
United Kingdom	Virgin Atlantic	5.3	4.4	1.10	1.19	5.87	5.4	5.20	5.20	5.94	6.2	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.7	5.7	5.1	4.6	40	37	SkyTeam	IATA
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Airways	5	4.23			3.80	3.17	2.7	2.47	2.57	2.63	2.58	2.64										IATA
Latvia	AirBaltic	4.54	3.44	1.6	1.36	5.05	4.14	3.52	2.89	2.6	2.8	2.95	3.08	3.4	3.2	2.8	-	2.0	1.4	32	60		A4E IATA
Iceland	Icelandair Group ^{[lower-alpha 18]}	4.3	3.66	1.46	0.89	4.41	4.14	4.05	3.67	3.0	2.9	2.6	2.4	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.5	47	36		A4E IATA
Greece	Sky Express	4.3	3.30	1.72		1.20	1.00	0.50	0.17	0.07	—									17	43		ERA
Serbia	Air Serbia	4.19	2.75	1.59	0.87	2.81	2.48	2.61	2.62	2.55	2.3	-	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.2	22	41		ERA IATA
Russia	Azur Air			3.73	1.93	5.79	4.24	3.75	2.34	2.35	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
Russia	Smartavia			3.62	1.64	2.03	1.19	1.09	0.96	0.73	0.76	0.76	0.81	1.47	1.4	-	-	-	-	15	67		IATA
Russia	Red Wings Airlines			3.00	1.54	3.07	2.62	1.62	0.92	1.04	0.92	0.35	0.82	0.78	0.88	-	-	-	-	18	20
Belarus	Belavia					4.00	3.39	3.0	2.49	2.09	1.97	1.6	1.3	1.0		0.7				29	48		IATA
Norway	Widerøe	3.3	3.28	2.45	1.77	3.00																	ERA IATA
Luxembourg	Luxair ^{[lower-alpha 19]}	2.5	2.05	1.08	0.66	2.15	2.13	1.93	1.84	1.81	1.68	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2		17	59		A4E ERA IATA
Portugal	SATA Group ^{[lower-alpha 20]}	2.4	1.92	1.28	0.67	1.71	0.89	0.99	0.86														ERA IATA
Romania	TAROM		2.3		0.90	3.3	2.80	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	1.7	2.0	1.9	1.5	25	50	SkyTeam	IATA
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines		2.25	0.87	0.57	2.60	1.89	2.29						1.4	1.0					28	22		IATA
Poland	Enter Air		2.2	1.72			1.12	1.17	1.11	1.17	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	—			19	74
Russia	Azimuth			2.09	1.22	1.25	0.67	0.07	—											11	31
Croatia	Croatia Airlines	1.73	1.45	0.79	0.62	2.18	2.17	2.13	1.94	1.8	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.5		13	40	Star Alliance	ERA IATA
Russia	Pegas Fly			1.72	0.76	2.16	2.02	1.38	0.99	1.08	1.24	0.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	29
Malta	Air Malta						1.7	1.5		1.73	1.74	1.76	1.66	1.68	1.68	1.64	1.74	1.63	1.61	8	37		ERA IATA
Iceland	PLAY	1.52	0.79	0.10	—
Russia	NordStar	1.26	1.08	1.16	0.88	1.28	1.42	1.4	1.29	1.13	1.1	1.24	1.16	0.77	0.54	-	—			15	50		IATA
United Kingdom	Loganair	1.23	1.29	0.73	0.35	0.95	0.76	0.77	0.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	44		ERA
Russia	Yamal Airlines			1.26	0.70	1.75	1.97	1.79	1.45	1.43	1.45	1.3	0.91	0.57	0.5					36	38
Ukraine Malta	SkyUp ^{[lower-alpha 21]}		1.08	2.57	1.25	1.71	0.44	—												14	64
Russia	I-Fly						1.13	0.75	0.4	0.61	0.97	1.05	0.63	0.41	0.38	-	-	-	-	10	30
Norway	Norse Atlantic Airways	0.98	0.30		—
Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air			0.65	0.54	1.40	1.27	1.24	1.25	1.27	1.40						1.20	1.12		10	26		IATA
Ukraine	Windrose					1.44	1.30													12	19
Ukraine	Ukraine International Airlines	-	-	2.79	1.73	7.97	8.08	6.93	6.0	4.8	3.8	4.5	2.8	1.9	1.7	0.8	1.7	0.3		42	80		IATA

Notes

↑ Includes Lauda Europe, Ryanair UK, Malta Air and Buzz.
↑ Includes Lufthansa (inc. Lufthansa Regional (inc. Lufthansa CityLine and Air Dolomiti)), Eurowings, Swiss International Air Lines (inc. Edelweiss Air), Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines.
↑ Includes British Airways (inc. BA CityFlyer), Iberia (inc. Air Nostrum and Iberia Express), Vueling Airlines, Level and Aer Lingus (inc. Aer Lingus Regional).
↑ Includes Air France (inc. Air France Hop and Transavia France) and KLM (inc. KLM cityhopper, and Transavia).
↑ Includes AnadoluJet.
↑ Includes EasyJet UK, EasyJet Switzerland, and EasyJet Europe.
↑ Includes Wizz Air UK, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and Wizz Air Malta.
↑ Rossiya Airlines, Pobeda and Aurora.
↑ Includes Scandinavian Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines Ireland and SAS Link.
↑ Includes Norwegian Air Norway and Norwegian Air Sweden.
↑ Includes Arkefly (TUI fly Netherlands), Jetairfly (TUI fly Belgium), TUIfly (TUI fly Deutschlandand), TUI fly Nordic, Thomson Airways and Corsair International.
↑ Includes Citrus.
↑ Includes TAP Express.
↑ Includes Olympic Air.
↑ Includes LOT Charters.
↑ Includes Air Astana and FlyArystan.
↑ Includes Czech Airlines, SmartWings, Smartwings Hungary, Smartwings Poland, Smartwings Slovakia.
↑ Includes Icelandair and Air Iceland Connect.
↑ Includes Luxair Luxembourg Airlines and LuxairTours.
↑ Includes Azores Airlines and SATA Air Açores
↑ Includes SkyUp MT.

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