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 2024.

CountryAirline/holding'25'24 '23 '22 '21'20'19'18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07 '06 Ryanair206.6 197.1 181.74 160.4 72.4 52.01 152.4 139.2128.77 116.8 101.4 86.4 81.40 79.61 76.4 72.7 65.3 57.7 49.0 40.5 430186 A4E Lufthansa Group135.04131.30 122.54 101.78 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 68.06728321 Star Alliance A4EIATA International Airlines Group121.56 122.05 115.56 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 A4EERAIATA Air France-KLM102.8497.96 93.57 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 A4EERAIATA EasyJet94.9186.51 | 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 || 33.7 300 136 A4E Turkish Airlines92.64 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 16.9 516 356 Star Alliance AIREIATA Wizz Air68.59 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 Aeroflot Group55.3455.347.3 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 Pegasus Airlines 43.26 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 - 3.1 128 161 IATA SAS Group 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 SkyTeam ERAIATA Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA27.2522.63 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 A4E Jet2.com20.52 19.50 17.32 15.53 3.17 2.85 14.39 12.17 9.70 6.72 5.85 6.0 5.5 4.78 4.2 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.9 2.7 90 50 A4E TUI Group20.220.3 19 16.7 2.02 2.02 26.0 33.7 - - - - - - -133 - A4EIATA Aegean Airlines17.3 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 Star Alliance A4EIATA TAP Air Portugal16.716.115.9 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 A4EERAIATA ITA Airways16.65 18.09 15.17 10.33 1.32 — 95 70 Star Alliance IATA SunExpress1615.0 12.6 10.7 6.1 3.7 10.1 9.7 8.8 7.9 8.7 7.3 6.7 6.4 7.2 6.7 5.6 4.22 3.0 2.7 81 92 IATA S7 Airlines12.812.9 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 oneworld IATA Air Europa12.53 12.21 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 SkyTeam IATA Finnair11.8811.66 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 oneworld A4EIATA LOT Polish Airlines11.710.7 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 Star Alliance AIREIATA Volotea11.311.4 10.4 9.4 6.0 3.8 7.6 6.57 4.82 4.3 2.5 1.8 1.4 — 23 60 A4EIATA Air Astana9.7 9.6 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 63 132 IATA Condor9.68.5 8 7.0 9.4 Part of Thomas Cook Group Airlines IATAAirBaltic8.78.37.03 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 A4EIATA Ural Airlines8.49.529.41 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 Czech Airlines8.3 5.2 2.53 1.8 9.6 8.8 8.17 7.3 6.57 - - - - Part of Icelandair Group - - 49 80 SkyTeam A4EIATA Uzbekistan Airways6.61 6.21 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 IATA UTair Aviation6.2 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 IATABinter Canarias6.1 5.6 5.004.433.142.274.03.63.42.72.652.62.12.52.62.62.632.93.023.0 ERAIATAVirgin Atlantic5.85 5.58 5.10 4.28 1.08 1.17 5.74 5.40 5.22 5.20 5.77 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.6 40 37 SkyTeam IATASky Express4.77 4.15 3.30 1.72 1.20 1.00 0.50 0.17 0.07 — 17 43 ERAIATAIcelandair Group 5.1 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 A4EIATAAir Serbia4.574.444.19 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 ERAIATA Nordwind Airlines4.5 4.4 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 IATAAzerbaijan Airlines4.16 4.04 2.9 2.25 0.87 0.57 2.60 1.89 2.29 1.4 1.0 32 57 IATA Widerøe4.133.80 3.43 3.28 2.45 1.77 3.00 ERAIATAEnter Air Group4 3.1 2.2 1.72 2.5 1.12 1.17 1.11 1.17 - - - - - 1.2 — 43 300 Smartavia3.54 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 IATAFLYONE Group 2.4 — IATAAeroItalia2.92 2.36 1.08 0.07 — 13 ERAIATARed Wings Airlines 2.7 2.9 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 SATA Group 2.70 2.40 1.92 1.28 0.67 1.71 0.89 0.99 0.86 ERAIATALuxair2.62.62.5 2.05 1.08 0.66 2.15 2.13 1.93 1.84 1.81 1.68 1.51 1.37 1.30 1.25 1.2 1.2 1.2 17 94 A4EERAIATAGroupe Dubreuil2.5 IATANeos2.282.262.201.57Azimuth 2.27 2.47 2.3 1.9 2.09 1.22 1.25 0.67 0.07 — 11 31 Azur Air2.2 2.3 1.9 2.1 3.73 1.93 5.79 4.24 3.75 2.34 2.35 0.21 Part of UTAir 27 Belavia2.09 1.93 1.6 4.00 3.39 3.0 2.49 2.09 1.97 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.7 29 48 IATACroatia Airlines2.04 1.84 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 40Star AllianceERAIATA Sunclass Airlines Part of Thomas Cook Group Airlines 12 25 A4EERATAROM2.02 2.30 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 1.91 1.45 25 50SkyTeam IATASkyUp 2.5 1.55 1.08 2.57 1.25 1.71 0.44— 14 64 IATA Norse Atlantic Airways 1.84 1.47 0.98 0.30 — 12 11 HiSky 1.8 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.2 — KM Malta Airlines1.741.40— IATA Aurora Group 1.7 1.35 1.16 1.07 Part of Aeroflot Group— Loganair1.331.36 1.32 1.29 0.73 0.35 0.95 0.76 0.77 0.75 0.68 - - - - - - - - - 34 44 ERAIATANordStar1.271.261.26 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 IATAYamal 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 Ikar 1.1 1.72 0.76 2.16 2.02 1.38 0.99 1.08 1.24 0.28 - - - - - - - 10 29 IATASomon Air1.09 1.01 0.79 — IATAIrAero 1.05 1.14 0.98 0.93 0.95 0.27 0.27 I-Fly 1.13 0.75 0.4 0.61 0.97 1.05 0.63 0.41 0.38 - — 10 30 AnimaWings Part of Aegean Airlines — 730Bulgaria Air 0.76 0.73 0.63 0.57 0.51 1.40 1.27 1.24 1.25 1.27 1.40 1.20 1.12 17 20 IATA PLAY 1.65 1.52 0.79 0.10 — — — Windrose 1.44 1.30 12 19

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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

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