|
Airline
|
Country
|
Pax number (mln)
|
Pax traffic (RPK mln) |
Fleet size
| |
| 1. | Southwest Airlines |
USA
|
135.3
|
167,154
|
698
|
| 2. | Ryanair |
Ireland
|
76.0
|
293
| |
| 3. | EasyJet |
UK
|
54.5
|
61,347
|
204
|
| 4. | Gol |
Brazil
|
36.2
|
33,266
|
101
|
| 5. | Air Berlin |
Germany
|
35.3
|
52,140
|
124
|
| 6. | JetBlue Airways |
USA
|
26.4
|
49,403
|
172
|
| 7. | Lion Airlines |
Indonesia
|
25.9
|
75
| |
| 8. | AirAsia |
Malaysia
|
18.0
|
21,307
|
57
|
| 9. | WestJet Airlines |
Canada
|
16.0
|
27,183
|
98
|
| 10. | Norwegian |
Norway
|
15.7
|
17,421
|
65
|
| 11. | Frontier Airlines |
USA
|
14.9
|
20,759
|
59
|
| 12. | Jetstar Airways |
Australia
|
13.8
|
23,304
|
63
|
| 13. | Vueling Airlines |
Spain
|
12.3
|
10,820
|
46
|
| 14. | IndiGo |
India
|
12.0
|
13,675
|
51
|
| 15. | Cebu Pacific Air |
Philippines
|
11.9
|
40
| |
| 16. | Pegasus Airlines |
Turkey
|
11.3
|
37
| |
| 17. | Wizz Air |
Hungary
|
11.2
|
35
| |
| 18. | Thomson Airways |
UK
|
10.6
|
30,732
|
51
|
| 19. | SpiceJet |
India
|
9.0
|
9,816
|
39
|
| 20. | Spirit Airlines |
USA
|
8.3
|
12,889
|
40
|
| 21. | Germanwings |
Germany
|
7.5
|
6,793
|
32
|
| 22. | Azul |
Brazil
|
7.3
|
7,037
|
52
|
| 23. | Spring Airlines |
China
|
7.0
|
30
| |
| 24. | Thai AirAsia |
Thailand
|
6.9
|
7,389
|
24
|
| 25. | Interjet |
Mexico
|
6.4
|
34
| |
| 26. | Skymark Airlines |
Japan
|
6.3
|
25
| |
| 27. | Allegiant Air |
USA
|
6.2
|
9,079
|
56
|
| 28. | Anadolu Jet |
Turkey
|
5.9
|
4,014
|
28
|
| 29. | Tiger Airways |
Singapore
|
5.8
|
21
| |
| 30. | Volaris |
Mexico
|
5.6
|
34
| |
| 31. | Transavia Airlines |
Netherlands
|
5.4
|
10,738
|
21
|
| 32. | Webjet |
Brazil
|
5.3
|
4,506
|
28
|
| 33. | Indonesia AirAsia |
Indonesia
|
5.0
|
6,664
|
19
|
| 34. | Virgin America |
USA
|
5.0
|
12,917
|
51
|
| 35. | JetLite |
India
|
4.7
|
4,558
|
19
|
| 36. | Air Arabia |
UAE
|
4.7
|
9,600
|
24
|
| 37. | Monarch Airlines (Scheduled) |
UK
|
4.5
|
9,862
| |
| 38. | Jet2.com |
UK
|
4.2
|
8,086
|
36
|
| 39. | Nok Air |
Thailand
|
4.0
|
16
| |
| 40. | GoAir |
India
|
3.7
|
3,540
|
12
|
| 41. | Flydubai |
UAE
|
3.5
|
23
| |
| 42. | VivaAerobus |
Mexico
|
3.0
|
17
| |
| 43. | Wind Jet |
Italy
|
3.0
|
12
| |
| 44. | LAN Colombia |
Colombia
|
2.9
|
13
| |
| 45. | China United Airlines |
China
|
2.8
|
11
| |
| 46. | Kulula.com |
South Africa
|
2.8
|
12
| |
| 47. | Jetstar Asia Airways |
Singapore
|
2.7
|
4,508
|
16
|
| 48. | AirAsia X |
Malaysia
|
2.5
|
14,100
|
11
|
| 49. | Nas Air |
Saudi Arabia
|
2.5
|
15
| |
| 50. | Air India Express |
India
|
2.4
|
5,788
|
21
|
| 51. | Bmibaby |
UK
|
2.2
|
2,036
|
14
|
| 52. | Jetstar Pacific |
Vietnam
|
2.1
|
8
| |
| 53. | Jeju Air |
South Korea
|
2.1
|
10
| |
| 54. | Jin Air |
South Korea
|
2.0
|
7
| |
| 55. | Cimber Sterling |
Denmark
|
2.0
|
1,704
|
19
|
| 56. | 1Time Airline |
South Africa
|
1.8
|
11
| |
| 57. | Solaseed Airline |
Japan
|
1.8
|
13
| |
| 58. | Citilink |
Indonesia
|
1.6
|
1,354
|
9
|
| 59. | Mango |
South Africa
|
1.6
|
5
| |
| 60. | Sun Country Airlines |
USA
|
1.5
|
3,258
|
16
|
| 61. | Firefly |
Malaysia
|
1.5
|
12
| |
| 62. | Air One |
Italy
|
1.4
|
1,324
| |
| 63. | Blue Air |
Romania
|
1.3
|
2,183
|
11
|
| 64. | Jazeera Airways |
Kuwait
|
1.2
|
7
| |
| 65. | Blu-express |
Italy
|
1.2
|
735
|
4
|
| 66. | SkyExpress |
Russia
|
0.9
|
1,422
|
7
|
| 67. | Air Italy |
Italy
|
0.9
|
3,446
|
10
|
| 68. | Jet4you |
Morocco
|
0.9
|
4
| |
| 69. | Star Flyer |
Japan
|
0.9
|
6
| |
| 70. | SmartWings |
Czech Republic
|
0.8
|
2,162
|
8
|
Source: Airline Business, May 2012.