Budget airline ranking 2007
Rank |
Airline |
Country |
Pax number (mln) |
Pax traffic (RPK mln) |
Fleet size |
| 1. |
Southwest Airlines |
USA |
88.7 |
116 361 |
523 |
| 2. |
Ryanair |
Ireland |
48.4 |
|
153 |
| 3. |
EasyJet |
UK |
38.2 |
|
125 |
| 4. |
Air Berlin |
Germany |
27.9 |
|
83 |
| 5. |
AirTran Airways |
USA |
23.8 |
27 832 |
137 |
| 6. |
GOL |
Brazil |
22.4 |
19 966 |
78 |
| 7. |
JetBlue Airways |
USA |
21.4 |
41 411 |
137 |
| 8. |
Virgin Blue |
Australia |
15.6 |
17 959 |
54 |
| 9. |
WestJet Airlines |
Canada |
13.0 |
18 888 |
72 |
| 10. |
Frontier Airlines |
USA |
10.4 |
15 806 |
60 |
| 11. |
Lion Airlines |
Indonesia |
10.0 |
|
29 |
| 12. |
Ted |
USA |
10.0 |
|
47 |
| 13. |
AirAsia |
Malaysia |
9.7 |
|
43 |
| 14. |
Aer Lingus |
Ireland |
9.3 |
14 807 |
43 |
| 15. |
Jetstar |
Australia |
8.4 |
13 663 |
32 |
| 16. |
Germanwings |
Germany |
7.9 |
7 075 |
26 |
| 17. |
Air Deccan |
India |
7.3 |
|
41 |
| 18. |
Spirit Airlines |
USA |
6.9 |
11 032 |
36 |
| 19. |
Norwegian |
Norway |
6.4 |
5 586 |
27 |
| 20. |
Vueling Airlines |
Spain |
6.2 |
5 501 |
23 |
| 21. |
FlyBe |
UK |
6.1 |
3 040 |
76 |
| 22. |
Adam Air |
Indonesia |
6.0 |
|
|
| 23. |
Cebu Pacific Air |
Philippines |
5.4 |
4 603 |
16 |
| 24. |
Transavia |
Netherlands |
5.4 |
|
25 |
| 25. |
TUIfly |
Germany |
5.0 |
|
45 |
| 26. |
Onur Air |
Turkey |
4.9 |
8 264 |
26 |
| 27. |
Clickair |
Spain |
4.6 |
4 709 |
26 |
| 28. |
Sterling Airlines |
Denmark |
4.3 |
|
25 |
| 29. |
Bmibaby |
UK |
4.3 |
3 642 |
20 |
| 30. |
WIZZ Air |
Hungary |
4.2 |
|
14 |
| 31. |
Thai Air Asia |
Thailand |
4.2 |
|
17 |
| 32. |
Pegasus Airlines |
Turkey |
4.1 |
|
15 |
| 33. |
Jet2.com |
UK |
3.9 |
5 665 |
30 |
| 34. |
SpiceJet |
India |
3.8 |
3 929 |
18 |
| 35. |
Skymark Airlines |
Japan |
3.6 |
|
10 |
| 36. |
Monarch Airlines (Scheduled) |
UK |
3.6 |
6 690 |
|
| 37. |
SkyEurope Airlines |
Slovakia |
3.6 |
|
14 |
| 38. |
JetLite |
India |
3.3 |
|
23 |
| 39. |
Allegiant Air |
USA |
3.3 |
5 054 |
36 |
| 40. |
IndiGo Airlines |
India |
3.3 |
3 242 |
16 |
| 41. |
Mandala Airlines |
Indonesia |
3.0 |
|
9 |
| 42. |
Nok Air |
Thailand |
3.0 |
|
12 |
| 43. |
LanExpress |
Chile |
2.8 |
3 077 |
7 |
| 44. |
Air Arabia |
UAE |
2.7 |
5 025 |
10 |
| 45. |
ATA Airlines |
USA |
2.7 |
7 391 |
|
| 46. |
Wind Jet |
Italy |
2.5 |
|
12 |
| 47. |
Spring Airlines |
China |
2.4 |
|
8 |
| 48. |
Click Mexicana |
Mexico |
2.2 |
1 612 |
18 |
| 49. |
Volaris |
Mexico |
2.2 |
|
14 |
| 50. |
FlyGlobespan.com |
UK |
2.1 |
6 193 |
14 |
| 51. |
Thomsonfly |
UK |
2.0 |
3 202 |
43 |
| 52. |
Kulula.com |
South Africa |
2.0 |
|
7 |
| 53. |
Indonesia AirAsia |
Indonesia |
2.0 |
|
11 |
| 54. |
Interjet |
Mexico |
1.9 |
|
11 |
| 55. |
Tiger Airways |
Singapore |
1.8 |
|
8 |
| 56. |
GoAir |
India |
1.8 |
1 569 |
6 |
| 57. |
Niki |
Austria |
1.7 |
|
7 |
| 58. |
Sun Country Airlines |
USA |
1.6 |
3 593 |
15 |
| 59. |
Mango |
South Africa |
1.6 |
|
4 |
| 60. |
Myair |
Italy |
1.5 |
|
10 |
| 61. |
Skynet Asia Airways |
Japan |
1.4 |
1 498 |
7 |
| 62. |
1Time Airline |
South Africa |
1.4 |
|
13 |
| 63. |
FlyNordic |
Sweden |
1.3 |
|
7 |
| 64. |
One-Two-GO |
Thailand |
1.3 |
|
16 |
| 65. |
VivaAerobus |
Mexico |
1.3 |
|
5 |
| 66. |
Jetstar Asia/ Valuair |
Singapore |
1.3 |
|
7 |
| 67. |
Lucky Air |
China |
1.3 |
|
5 |
| 68. |
Air India Express |
India |
1.2 |
|
19 |
| 69. |
Jazeera Airways |
Kuwait |
1.2 |
|
6 |
| 70. |
Zoom Airlines |
Canada |
1.2 |
|
4 |
| 71. |
China United Airlines |
China |
1.1 |
|
8 |
| 72. |
Volareweb |
Italy |
1.1 |
|
5 |
| 73. |
Blue Wings |
Germany |
1.0 |
|
7 |
| 74. |
Jetstar Pacific |
Vietnam |
1.0 |
|
5 |
| 75. |
Centralwings |
Poland |
1.0 |
|
9 |
| 76. |
Avolar |
Mexico |
1.0 |
1 806 |
10 |
| 77. |
Alma de Mexico |
Mexico |
0.9 |
597 |
18 |
| 78. |
Blue Air |
Romania |
0.9 |
1 417 |
5 |
| 79. |
Star Flyer |
Japan |
0.8 |
748 |
4 |
| 80. |
Atlas Blue |
Morocco |
0.8 |
1 477 |
9 |
Source: Airline Business, May 2008
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