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Budget airline ranking 2008
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Airline |
Country |
Pax number (mln) |
Pax traffic (RPK mln) |
Fleet size |
| 1. |
Southwest Airlines |
USA |
88.5 |
118 248 |
539 |
| 2. |
Ryanair |
Ireland |
57.6 |
61 983 |
182 |
| 3. |
EasyJet |
UK |
44.6 |
|
160 |
| 4. |
Air Berlin |
Germany |
28.6 |
44 610 |
92 |
| 5. |
GOL |
Brazil |
25.7 |
25 308 |
84 |
| 6. |
AirTran Airways |
USA |
24.6 |
30 500 |
136 |
| 7. |
JetBlue Airways |
USA |
21.9 |
41 948 |
146 |
| 8. |
Virgin Blue |
Australia |
16.7 |
18 764 |
68 |
| 9. |
WestJet Airlines |
Canada |
14.3 |
22 093 |
78 |
| 10. |
Thomsonfly |
UK |
12.2 |
33 640 |
44 |
| 11. |
AirAsia |
Malaysia |
11.8 |
13 485 |
45 |
| 12. |
Frontier Airlines |
USA |
10.6 |
15 828 |
52 |
| 13. |
TUIfly |
Germany |
10.6 |
18 309 |
43 |
| 14. |
Hapag Lloyd Express |
Germany |
10.5 |
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| 15. |
Aer Lingus |
Ireland |
10.4 |
16 655 |
44 |
| 16. |
Jetstar |
Australia |
9.2 |
15 701 |
40 |
| 17. |
Germanwings |
Germany |
7.6 |
6 811 |
26 |
| 18. |
Norwegian |
Norway |
7.5 |
7 296 |
43 |
| 19. |
Lion Airlines |
Indonesia |
7.5 |
|
34 |
| 20. |
Spirit Airlines |
USA |
6.9 |
10 618 |
28 |
| 21. |
FlyBe |
UK |
6.9 |
3 350 |
66 |
| 22. |
Cebu Pacific Air |
Philippines |
6.7 |
5 653 |
29 |
| 23. |
Clickair |
Spain |
6.3 |
|
22 |
| 24. |
Transavia |
Netherlands |
5.9 |
|
22 |
| 25. |
Wizz Air |
Hungary |
5.9 |
|
18 |
| 26. |
Vueling Airlines |
Spain |
5.9 |
5 883 |
17 |
| 27. |
Onur Air |
Turkey |
5.6 |
|
25 |
| 28. |
IndiGo Airlines |
India |
4.7 |
4 809 |
18 |
| 29. |
SpiceJet |
India |
4.5 |
4 667 |
19 |
| 30. |
Pegasus Airlines |
Turkey |
4.4 |
|
13 |
| 31. |
Allegiant Air |
USA |
4.3 |
6 216 |
44 |
| 32. |
Bmibaby |
UK |
4.1 |
3 658 |
19 |
| 33. |
Sterling Airlines |
Denmark |
3.9 |
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| 34. |
Monarch Airlines (Scheduled) |
UK |
3.8 |
7 351 |
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| 35. |
SkyEurope Airlines |
Slovakia |
3.7 |
3 732 |
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| 36. |
Skymark Airlines |
Japan |
3.7 |
3 650 |
10 |
| 37. |
Air Arabia |
UAE |
3.6 |
7 100 |
15 |
| 38. |
Mandala Airlines |
Indonesia |
3.5 |
|
11 |
| 39. |
JetLite |
India |
3.5 |
3 994 |
23 |
| 40. |
Jet2.com |
UK |
3.5 |
5 688 |
30 |
| 41. |
LanExpress |
Chile |
3.4 |
3 648 |
3 |
| 42. |
Volaris |
Mexico |
3.4 |
|
21 |
| 43. |
Click Mexicana |
Mexico |
3.3 |
|
26 |
| 44. |
Interjet |
Mexico |
3.0 |
|
15 |
| 45. |
Spring Airlines |
China |
2.9 |
3 540 |
11 |
| 46. |
Wind Jet |
Italy |
2.8 |
|
14 |
| 47. |
Tiger Airways |
Singapore |
2.7 |
|
10 |
| 48. |
Virgin America |
USA |
2.6 |
5 526 |
28 |
| 49. |
Kulula.com |
South Africa |
2.5 |
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| 50. |
Air India Express |
India |
2.2 |
5 367 |
22 |
| 51. |
Niki |
Austria |
2.1 |
|
8 |
| 52. |
Nok Air |
Thailand |
1.8 |
1 102 |
3 |
| 53. |
FlyGlobespan.com |
UK |
1.6 |
4 822 |
10 |
| 54. |
Norwegian.se |
Sweden |
1.6 |
1 778 |
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| 55. |
1Time Airline |
South Africa |
1.6 |
|
16 |
| 56. |
Atlas Blue |
Morocco |
1.6 |
3 167 |
11 |
| 57. |
Sun Country Airlines |
USA |
1.5 |
3 289 |
12 |
| 58. |
Myair |
Italy |
1.5 |
|
7 |
| 59. |
Jetstar Pacific |
Vietnam |
1.4 |
1 493 |
6 |
| 60. |
VivaAerobus |
Mexico |
1.4 |
|
7 |
| 61. |
Jazeera Airways |
Kuwait |
1.4 |
2 084 |
8 |
| 62. |
GoAir |
India |
1.4 |
1 226 |
7 |
| 63. |
Skynet Asia Airways |
Japan |
1.3 |
1 401 |
8 |
| 64. |
Volareweb |
Italy |
1.2 |
|
2 |
| 65. |
China United Airlines |
China |
1.1 |
|
6 |
| 66. |
SkyExpress |
Russia |
1.0 |
1 332 |
7 |
| 67. |
Blue Air |
Romania |
1.0 |
1 544 |
8 |
| 68. |
Jeju Air |
South Korea |
1.0 |
482 |
6 |
| 69. |
Alma de Mexico |
Mexico |
0.9 |
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| 70. |
Jet4you |
Morocco |
0.9 |
1 680 |
3 |
| 71. |
Star Flyer |
Japan |
0.7 |
606 |
4 |
| 72. |
Iceland Express |
Iceland |
0.5 |
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| 73. |
Avolar |
Mexico |
0.5 |
|
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| 74. |
Smart Wings |
Czech Republic |
0.2 |
437 |
1 |
| 75. |
InterSky |
Austria |
0.2 |
|
4 |
Source: Airline Business, May 2009
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