List of largest airlines in Europe

Template:Short description The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, in millions. The list includes companies classified as European by the IATA. The order of the chart and its completion goes only up to the year 2023.

Country	Airline/holding	'24	'23	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Template:Vert header	Template:Vert header	Template:Vert header	Template:Vert header	Template:Vert header
Ireland Malta Poland United Kingdom	RyanairTemplate:Efn	197.2	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	[1]		A4E
Germany Austria Belgium Switzerland	Lufthansa GroupTemplate:Efn	131.3	122.54	101.78	46.95	36.35	145.20	141.94	130.04	109.67	107.68	105.99	104.59	103.59	100.60	92.69	76.54	70.54	63.10	68.06	728	321	[2]	Star Alliance	A4E IATA
United Kingdom Ireland Spain	International Airlines GroupTemplate:Efn	122.05	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	[3]	oneworld	A4E ERA IATA
France Netherlands	Air France-KLMTemplate:Efn	97.96	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	[4] [5]	SkyTeam	A4E ERA IATA
United Kingdom Austria Switzerland	EasyJetTemplate:Efn	86.51	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	[6] [7] [8]		A4E
Turkey	Turkish AirlinesTemplate:Efn	85.17	83.39	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	492	352	[9] [10]	Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
Hungary Poland United Kingdom Malta United Arab Emirates	Wizz AirTemplate:Efn	62.69	60.31	45.66	21.71	16.67	39.80	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	[11][12]
Russia	Aeroflot GroupTemplate:Efn	55.3	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	[13] [14] [15]	SkyTeam	IATA
Turkey	Pegasus Airlines	37.48	31.93	26.94	20.16	14.71	30.76	29.97	27.82	24.14	22.34	19.74	16.82	13.58	11.3	8.6	5.9	4.4	-	3.1	112	139	[16] [17] [18] [19]		IATA
Sweden Norway Denmark Ireland	SAS GroupTemplate:Efn	25.2	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	[20] [21]	SkyTeam	ERA IATA
Norway Sweden	Norwegian Air Shuttle ASATemplate:Efn	26.43	20.62	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	88	130	[22] [23] [24]		A4E
Germany Belgium Netherlands Sweden United Kingdom	TUI GroupTemplate:Efn	20.3	19	16.7	2.02	2.02	26.0						33.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133	-	[25][26][27]		A4E IATA
United Kingdom	Jet2.com	17.72	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	[28][29][30]		A4E
Greece	Aegean AirlinesTemplate:Efn	16.33	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	[31] [32]	Star Alliance	A4E IATA
Portugal	TAP Air PortugalTemplate:Efn	16.1	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	[33]	Star Alliance	A4E ERA IATA
Italy	ITA Airways	18	15	10.1	1.32	—															95	70	[34]		IATA
Russia	S7 AirlinesTemplate:Efn	12.9	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	[35][36]	oneworld	IATA
Turkey	SunExpress	15	12.6	10.7							8.7	7.3	6.7	7.7	7.7	6.7	5.6	4.2	3.0	2.7	68	92			IATA
Spain	Air Europa	12	11.74	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	[37][38][39][40]	SkyTeam	IATA
Finland	Finnair	11.66	10.98	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	[41][42]	oneworld	A4E IATA
Spain	Volotea	11.4	10.4	9.4	6.0	3.8	7.6	6.57	4.82	4.3	2.5	1.8	1.4		—						23	60	[43][44]		A4E IATA
Poland	LOT Polish AirlinesTemplate:Efn	10.7	10.03	9.3	4.2	3.59	11.79	10.61	8.5	6.89	5.58	6.1	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.5	5.0	4.0	4.3	3.71	91	120	[45][46][47]	Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
Russia	Ural Airlines	9.52	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	[48][49]		IATA
Kazakhstan	Air AstanaTemplate:Efn		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	[50]		IATA
Germany	Condor		8	7.0			9.4	Part of Thomas Cook Group Airlines																	IATA
Latvia	AirBaltic	8.3	7.03	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	50	60	[51][52]		A4E IATA
Czech Republic Hungary Poland Slovakia	SmartwingsTemplate:Efn	8.3		5.2	2.53	1.8	9.6	8.8	8.17	7.3		6.57	-	-	-	-	Part of Icelandair Group		-	-	57	?	[53][54][55][56]	SkyTeam	A4E IATA
Russia	UTair Aviation	6.40	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	[57][58]		IATA
United Kingdom	Virgin Atlantic	5.6	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	[59][60]	SkyTeam	IATA
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Airways	6	5.02	4.23	2.01	0.93	3.80	3.17	2.70	2.47	2.57	2.63	2.68	2.65	2.32	2.16	1.89	2.07	1.99	1.71			[61][62]		IATA
Spain	Binter CanariasTemplate:Efn		5.00	4.43	3.14	2.27	4.0	3.6	3.4	2.7	2.65	2.6	2.1	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.63	2.9	3.02	3.0			[63]		ERA IATA
Greece	Sky Express	5	4.3	3.30	1.72		1.20	1.00	0.50	0.17	0.07	—									17	43	[64] [65]		ERA
Iceland	Icelandair GroupTemplate:Efn	4.67	4.29	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	[66][67]		A4E IATA
Serbia	Air Serbia	4.44	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	34	81	[68][69][70][71][72]		ERA IATA
Russia	Nordwind Airlines		4.3		5.93	2.94	5.54	4.92	3.54	1.79	2.67	4.46	3.59	2.19	1.72	1.19	0.56	0.02	—		26	97	[73]		IATA
Russia	Smartavia		3.80	3.24	3.62	1.64	2.03	1.19	1.09	0.96	0.73	0.76	0.76	0.81	1.47	1.4	Part of Aeroflot Group				15	67	[74]		IATA
Norway	Widerøe	3.80	3.43	3.28	2.45	1.77	3.00																[75][76]		ERA IATA
Poland	Enter Air		3.1	2.2	1.72			1.12	1.17	1.11	1.17	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	—			19	74	[77]
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines		2.9	2.25	0.87	0.57	2.60	1.89	2.29						1.4	1.0					32	57	[78][79]		IATA
Russia	Red Wings Airlines		2.72	2.21	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	[80][81]
Luxembourg	LuxairTemplate:Efn		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	[82][83]		A4E ERA IATA
Ukraine Malta	SkyUpTemplate:Efn	2.5	1.55	1.08	2.57	1.25	1.71	0.44	—												14	64	[84] [85]
Portugal	SATA GroupTemplate:Efn		2.4	1.92	1.28	0.67	1.71	0.89	0.99	0.86													[86]		ERA IATA
Romania	TAROM		2.3	1.99	1.5	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	[87][88]	SkyTeam	IATA
Russia	Azimuth		2.3	1.9	2.09	1.22	1.25	0.67	0.07	—											11	31	[89][90]
Russia	Azur Air	2.3	1.9	2.1	3.73	1.93	5.79	4.24	3.75	2.34	2.35	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27		[91][92][93]
Belarus	Belavia			1.6			4.00	3.39	3.0	2.49	2.09	1.97	1.6	1.3	1.0		0.7				29	48	[94] [95]		IATA
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	[96][97][98][99]	Star Alliance	ERA IATA
Moldova Romania	HiSky		1.6	0.8	0.1	—																	[100][101]
Malta	Air Malta							1.7	1.5	1.60	1.73	1.74	1.76	1.66	1.68	1.68	1.64	1.74	1.63	1.61	8	37	[102][103]		ERA IATA
Iceland	PLAY	1.65	1.52	0.79	0.10	—															10	41	[104][105]
Norway	Norse Atlantic Airways	1.5	0.98	0.30		—															12	11	[106]
Russia	Aurora GroupTemplate:Efn		1.35	1.16	1.07	Part of Aeroflot Group								—									[107][108]
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	[109] [110]		IATA
United Kingdom	Loganair	1.36	1.23	1.29	0.73	0.35	0.95	0.76	0.77	0.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	44	[111]		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	[112]
Russia	IrAero		1.14	0.98	0.93	0.95					0.27	0.27											[113][114]
Russia	Ikar		1.1		1.72	0.76	2.16	2.02	1.38	0.99	1.08	1.24	0.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	29	[115]
Russia	I-Fly							1.13	0.75	0.4	0.61	0.97	1.05	0.63	0.41	0.38	-	-	-	-	10	30	[116]
Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air		0.73	0.63	0.57	0.51	1.40	1.27	1.24	1.25	1.27	1.40						1.20	1.12		10	26	[117][118]		IATA
Ukraine	Windrose						1.44	1.30													12	19	[119]
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	[120] [121] [122]		IATA

See also

• List of airlines of Europe
• World's largest airlines
• List of largest airlines in North America
• List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean
• List of largest airlines in Africa
• List of largest airlines in Asia
• List of largest airlines in South America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania