List of low-cost airlines explained

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

• Air Arabia Egypt

• Air Cairo

• FlyEgypt

• Jambojet

• Fly540

• Air Arabia Maroc

• Green Africa Airways

• FlySafair

• Fastjet

• Fastjet Zimbabwe

Americas

• Aerolíneas

• Flybondi^[1]

• JetSmart^[2]

• Gol Transportes Aéreos

• Air Canada Rouge

• Canada Jetlines

• Flair Airlines

• Sky Airline

• JetSmart^[3]

• Wingo

• Clic Air

• Volaris Costa Rica

• AraJet

• RED Air

• Volaris El Salvador

• EasySky

• Calafia Airlines^[4]

• Mexicana de Aviación^{[5] [6]}

• VivaAerobús

• Volaris

• Paranair

• JetSmart Perú

• Sky Airline Peru

• InterCaribbean Airways^[7]

• Allegiant Air

• Avelo Airlines

• Breeze Airways

• Frontier Airlines

• Southwest Airlines

• Spirit Airlines

• Sun Country Airlines

Asia

• Fly Arna

• FlyOne Armenia

• Buta Airways

• AirAsia Cambodia

• 9 Air

• Beijing Capital Airlines

• Chengdu Airlines

• Colorful Guizhou Airlines

• China United Airlines

• Jiangxi Air

• Lucky Air

• Ruili Airlines

• Spring Airlines

• Urumqi Air

• West Air

• Greater Bay Airlines

• HK Express

• Air India Express

• Akasa Air

• IndiGo

• SpiceJet

• Citilink

• Indonesia AirAsia

• Lion Air

• Super Air Jet

• TransNusa

• Wings Air

• Air Japan

• Fuji Dream Airlines

• Jetstar Japan

• Peach Aviation

• Spring Airlines Japan

• Zipair Tokyo

• FlyArystan

• Air Manas

• Jazeera Airways

• AirAsia

• AirAsia X

• Firefly

• Salam Air

• Airblue

• Fly Jinnah

• Serene Air

• Air Sial

• Cebu Pacific

• Cebgo

• PAL Express

• Philippines AirAsia

• Royal Air Philippines

• SkyJet Airlines

• Sky Pasada

• Flynas

• Flyadeal

• Jetstar Asia

• Scoot

• Air Busan

• Air Premia

• Air Seoul

• Eastar Jet

• Jeju Air

• Jin Air

• T'way Air

• Aero K

• Tigerair Taiwan

• AJet

• Pegasus Airlines

• Nok Air

• Thai AirAsia

• Thai AirAsia X

• Thai Lion Air

• Thai Summer Airways

• Thai VietJet Air

• Air Arabia

• Air Arabia Abu Dhabi

• flydubai

• Wizz Air Abu Dhabi

• Centrum Air

• HumoAir

• Pacific Airlines

• VietJet Air

Europe

• EasyJet Europe

• Eurowings Europe

• Smartwings

• French Bee

• Transavia France

• Eurowings

• Wizz Air

Iceland

• Play

• Ryanair

Italy

• Aeroitalia^[8]

Malta

• Malta Air

• Lauda Europe

• Wizz Air Malta

• FlyOne

• HiSky

• Transavia

• Norse Atlantic Airways

• Norwegian Air Norway

• Norwegian Air Shuttle

• Buzz

• Air Connect

• Dan Air

• Fly Lili

• Citrus

• Pobeda

• Smartavia^[9]

• Air Europa Express

• Iberia Express

• Iberojet

• Level

• Volotea

• Vueling

• Norwegian Air Sweden

• EasyJet Switzerland

• SkyUp

• EasyJet

• Flypop

• Jet2.com

• Norse Atlantic UK

• Ryanair UK

• Wizz Air UK

Oceania

• 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	data-sort-type="number"	'15 !	data-sort-type="number"	'14 !	data-sort-type="number"	'13 !	data-sort-type="number"	'12 !	data-sort-type="number"	'11 !	data-sort-type="number"	'10 !	Sources
1		101.4	86.4	81.4	79.6	76.4	72.7	http://investor.ryanair.com/traffic/ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/about-ryanair/about-us
2		69.9	65.3	61.4	59.2	55.5	49.7	http://corporate.easyjet.com/investors/monthly-traffic-statistics/2016/english.aspx?sc_lang=en
3	Air Asia Group	50.6	45.6	42.6	34.1	29.9	25.7	http://www.airasia.com/my/en/about-us/ir-operating-statistics.page http://centreforaviation.com/news/airasia-group-pax-numbers-up-7-to-456m-in-2014-load-factor-down-1-ppt-to-78-419273
4	Lion Air Group	–	45.0	37.9	32.0	27.0	20.5	http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines-components/news/lion-air-firms-boeing-s-largest-order-ever-launch-customer-737-max
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	https://www.norwegian.com/en/about/company/investor-relations/
7		24.8	21.5	17.2	14.8	12.3	11.0	https://web.archive.org/web/20160108175056/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NTQ1NDg5fENoaWxkSUQ9MjM4NjY0fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1
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	https://web.archive.org/web/20150214200929/https://wizzair.com/en-GB/about_us/news/wizzen292
10		18.9	17.1	15.2	10.5	9.7	8.0
11		18.4	16.9	14.4	12.3	10.5	–	https://web.archive.org/web/20140517173136/https://www.cebupacificair.com/about-us/Pages/operating-statistics.aspx
12		17.9	14.3	12.4	10.4	8.5	7.0	https://web.archive.org/web/20170218203713/http://ir.spirit.com/releases.cfm?ReleasesType=Traffic+Releases&Year=
13		11.7	12.6	11.7	9.5	8.6	6.6	http://corporate.spicejet.com/Content/pdf/2014-15AnnualReport.pdf
14		10.8	9.9	8.9	-	-	-	http://www.airfranceklm.com/sites/default/files/publications/afkl_registration_doc_2015.pdf
15		9.4	8.0	7.1	6.6	6.1	5.9	http://ir.allegiantair.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=197578&p=irol-news&nyo=0
16		9.0	7.3	6.8	5.1	–	–	https://web.archive.org/web/20160301085922/https://www.flydubai.com/en/news/flydubai-2015-annual-results
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	http://www.airarabia.com/sites/airarabia/files/Air%20Arabia%20IR%20PresentationFY%20%202014_0.pdf
20		5.9	6.0	5.5	4.8	4.2	3.4	http://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-analysis/
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	http://www.flysaa.com/za/en/Documents/Financials/SAA_Front_section_copy.pdf
23		0.8	0.6	0.4	<0.1	–	–	https://web.archive.org/web/20150922082513/http://www.fastjet.com/img/stand_alone_files/file/original/236678-fastjet-85.pdf

Notes

• Includes EasyJet Switzerland.

• Includes AirAsia India, Airasia X, Indonesia Airasia, Philippines AirAsia, Thai AirAsia and Thai AirAsia X.

• 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).

• Includes Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and Wizz Air UK.

• Includes Jetstar Asia, Jetstar Japan and Jetstar Pacific.

• Includes Cebgo.

• Includes Transavia France.

• Includes Thai Vietjet Air.

• Includes Air Arabia Maroc, Air Arabia Egypt and Air Arabia Jordan.

• Includes Fastjet Tanzania and Fastjet Zimbabwe.

Defunct low-cost carriers

Africa

Algeria

• Antinea Airlines

• Ecoair International

Morocco

• Atlas Blue

• Jet4you

Mozambique

• Fastjet Mozambique

• 1time

• Mango

• Velvet Sky

• Kulula

• Skywise Airlines

• SA Express

• Fastjet Tanzania

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe flyafrica.com

America

Argentina

• LASA Líneas Aéreas

• Norwegian Air Argentina

• Sol Líneas Aéreas

Barbados

• REDjet

Brazil

• BRA Transportes Aéreos

• OceanAir

• WebJet Linhas Aéreas

Canada

• 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

Chile

• Latin American Wings

Colombia

• AIRES

• Intercontinental de Aviación

• Viva Air Colombia

Costa Rica

• Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica

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)^[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

Uruguay

• U Air

Asia

Azerbaijan

• AZALJet

Bahrain

• Bahrain Air

Georgia

• Flyvista

Hong Kong

• Oasis Hong Kong Airlines

India

• 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)

Indonesia

• Adam Air

• Bali Air

• Batavia Air

• Indonesia AirAsia X

Israel

• Up

Japan

• AirAsia Japan

• Air Next

• Link Airs

• Vanilla Air (merged with Peach Aviation)

Jordan

• Air Arabia Jordan

Kuwait

• Wataniya Airways

• Viva Macau

• Rayani Air

• MYAirline

Nepal

• Cosmic Air

• Fly Yeti

Pakistan

• Rayyan Air

• Bhoja Air

• Shaheen Air

Philippines

• Spirit of Manila Airlines

• Zest Airways (merged into Philippines AirAsia)

Saudi Arabia

• Sama

Singapore

• Tigerair (merged with Scoot)

• Valuair (acquired in 2005 by Jetstar Asia; dissolved in 2014)

• Air Pohang

Sri Lanka

• Mihin Lanka (merged with SriLankan Airlines)

• U-Land Airlines

• V Air

Thailand

• NokScoot

• One-Two-GO Airlines

• Solar Air

United Arab Emirates

• Kang Pacific Airlines

Europe

Albania

• Albatros Airways

• Belle Air

• Laudamotion

• Level Europe

• Niki

Belgium

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

Bulgaria

• Wizz Air Bulgaria

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

• 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

• Blue Air (suspended)

• Carpatair (now operates as a regional airline)

• Fly Romania

• Avianova

• Dobrolet

• Sky Express

Serbia

• Centavia

Slovakia

• SkyEurope

Spain

• Spanair

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.american.com/ Flybondi official website
2. Web site: Indigo Partners acquires stake in Alas del Sur - report. ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH. 2 July 2018. 2 November 2019.
3. http://www.jetsmart.com/ Jet Smart official website
4. https://www.calafiaairlines.com/ Calafia Airlines
5. News: Gamboa . Víctor . Villa y Caña . Pedro . Mexicana de Aviación vuelve a volar con viajes "más baratos" y equipaje de hasta 25 kilos sin costo . 4 January 2024 . El Universal . Compañía Periodística Nacional . 26 December 2023 . Spanish.
6. News: Mexicana de Aviación will become the new regional, low-cost airline . 4 January 2024 . The Yucutan Times. 11 August 2023.
7. https://www.intercaribbean.com/ InterCaribbean Airways
8. Web site: Low Cost Cheap Flights to and from Forli Airport .
9. Web site: Smartavia войдет в лето с 15 воздушными судами, три из которых Airbus A320neo. ATO. 17 April 2021.
10. http://iaerogroup.com/ Eastern Air Lines