List of low-cost airlines

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The following is a list of low-cost airlines organised by home country. A low-cost airline or low-cost carrier (also known as a discount or budget carrier or airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services.

Africa

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A Mango Boeing 737. The airline ceased operations in July 2021.
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A kulula.com jet at Cape Town International Airport. The airline ceased operations in June 2022.

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Americas

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A Flybondi Boeing 737-83N
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A Volaris Airbus A320-232
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A Spirit Airlines Airbus A321 approaching Newark Liberty International Airport

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Asia

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A Jetstar Asia A320 at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan. The airline ceased operations on Thursday, 31 July 2025.
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An IndiGo Airbus A320neo. The airline is the largest operator of A320neos.
File:Cebu Pacific A330-300 (RP-C3345) @ MNL, Feb 2020.jpg
A Cebu Pacific A330-300 approaching Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila, Philippines
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HK Express Airbus A320-200
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Flydubai Boeing 737-800 approaching Dubai International Airport, UAE.
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A Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER at Singapore Changi Airport. Lion Air is the largest low-cost airline in Indonesia.

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Europe

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A Ryanair Boeing 737-800. Ryanair is the largest low-cost airline in Europe and second largest in the world.
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Eurowings Airbus A320-200
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An Airbus A319 of EasyJet, the largest budget airline in the United Kingdom.

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Largest low-cost carriers

Template:Update section 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 Template:Flagicon Ryanair 101.4 86.4 81.4 79.6 76.4 72.7 [1] [2]
2 Template:Flagicon easyJetTemplate:Ref 69.9 65.3 61.4 59.2 55.5 49.7 [3]
3 Template:Flagicon Air Asia GroupTemplate:Ref 50.6 45.6 42.6 34.1 29.9 25.7 [4] [5]
4 Template:Flagicon Lion Air GroupTemplate:Ref 45.0 37.9 32.0 27.0 20.5 [6]
5 Template:Flagicon Gol Transportes Aéreos 27.1 25.7 21.0 15.0 13.6 10.9
6 Template:Flagicon Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA 25.8 24.0 20.7 17.7 15.7 13.0 [7]
7 Template:Flagicon Vueling 24.8 21.5 17.2 14.8 12.3 11.0 [8]
8 Template:Flagicon Pegasus Airlines 22.3 19.7 16.9 13.6 11.3 8.6
9 Template:Flagicon Wizz AirTemplate:Ref 19.2 12.0 11.2 9.6 7.8 5.8 [9]
10 Template:Flagicon JetstarTemplate:Ref 18.9 17.1 15.2 10.5 9.7 8.0
11 Template:Flagicon Cebu PacificTemplate:Ref 18.4 16.9 14.4 12.3 10.5 [10]
12 Template:Flagicon Spirit Airlines 17.9 14.3 12.4 10.4 8.5 7.0 [11]
13 Template:Flagicon SpiceJet 11.7 12.6 11.7 9.5 8.6 6.6 [12]
14 Template:Flagicon TransaviaTemplate:Ref 10.8 9.9 8.9 - - - [13]
15 Template:Flagicon Allegiant Air 9.4 8.0 7.1 6.6 6.1 5.9 [14]
16 Template:Flagicon flydubai 9.0 7.3 6.8 5.1 [15]
17 Template:Flagicon VietJet AirTemplate:Ref 8.5 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.0
18 Template:Flagicon Spring Airlines 7.9 7.6 6.6 6.7 5.8 5.3
19 Template:Flagicon AirArabiaTemplate:Ref 6.8 6.1 5.3 4.7 4.5 [16]
20 Template:Flagicon Jet2.com 5.9 6.0 5.5 4.8 4.2 3.4 [17]
21 Template:Flagicon Nok Air 4.8 5.0 4.5 3.3 3.7 3.9
22 Template:Flagicon Mango 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 [18]
23 Template:Flagicon FastjetTemplate:Ref 0.8 0.6 0.4 <0.1 [19]
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Defunct low-cost carriers

Africa

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See also

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