Airline |
Country |
Pax number (mln) |
Pax traffic (RPK mln) |
Fleet size |
|
| 1. | Southwest Airlines | USA |
86.3 |
119 801 |
542 |
| 2. | Ryanair | Ireland |
65.3 |
230 |
|
| 3. | EasyJet | UK |
46.1 |
169 |
|
| 4. | Gol | Brazil |
28.4 |
26 096 |
96 |
| 5. | Air Berlin | Germany |
27.9 |
39 160 |
99 |
| 6. | AirTran Airways | USA |
24.0 |
29 908 |
138 |
| 7. | JetBlue Airways | USA |
22.5 |
41 762 |
151 |
| 8. | Virgin Blue | Australia |
18.2 |
21 796 |
71 |
| 9. | AirAsia | Malaysia |
14.3 |
15 432 |
48 |
| 10. | WestJet Airlines | Canada |
14.0 |
22 261 |
88 |
| 11. | Lion Airlines | Indonesia |
13.4 |
45 |
|
| 12. | Thomson Airways | UK |
11.2 |
32 650 |
55 |
| 13. | Aer Lingus | Ireland |
10.7 |
16 092 |
44 |
| 14. | Norwegian | Norway |
10.4 |
10 127 |
51 |
| 15. | Jetstar Airways | Australia |
10.2 |
17 472 |
48 |
| 16. | Frontier Airlines | USA |
9.5 |
13 957 |
52 |
| 17. | Cebu Pacific Air | Philippines |
8.8 |
7 065 |
29 |
| 18. | Vueling Airlines | Spain |
8.2 |
7 500 |
37 |
| 19. | Wizz Air | Hungary |
7.8 |
26 |
|
| 20. | Germanwings | Germany |
7.2 |
6 240 |
29 |
| 21. | IndiGo | India |
6.1 |
6 798 |
25 |
| 22. | Spirit Airlines | USA |
6.1 |
9 558 |
29 |
| 23. | Onur Air | Turkey |
6.0 |
22 |
|
| 24. | Pegasus Airlines | Turkey |
5.9 |
21 |
|
| 25. | SpiceJet | India |
5.4 |
6 444 |
19 |
| 26. | Transavia Airlines | Netherlands |
5.2 |
10 385 |
23 |
| 27. | Thai AirAsia | Thailand |
5.0 |
4 855 |
19 |
| 28. | Allegiant Air | USA |
4.9 |
7 204 |
50 |
| 29. | Mandala Airlines | Indonesia |
4.2 |
9 |
|
| 30. | Air Arabia | UAE |
4.1 |
8 500 |
139 |
| 31. | Spring Airlines | China |
4.0 |
15 |
|
| 32. | Mexicana Click | Mexico |
3.9 |
2 502 |
35 |
| 33. | Monarch Airlines (Scheduled) | UK |
3.8 |
7 931 |
|
| 34. | Virgin America | USA |
3.7 |
8 868 |
28 |
| 35. | JetLite | India |
3.5 |
3 819 |
19 |
| 36. | Indonesia AirAsia | Indonesia |
3.5 |
4 133 |
17 |
| 37. | Volaris | Mexico |
3.3 |
21 |
|
| 38. | Tiger Airways | Singapore |
3.2 |
5 245 |
10 |
| 39. | Interjet | Mexico |
3.1 |
3 043 |
15 |
| 40. | Jet2.com | UK |
3.1 |
5 369 |
32 |
| 41. | Skymark Airlines | Japan |
3.1 |
3 143 |
12 |
| 42. | Wind Jet | Italy |
3.0 |
13 |
|
| 43. | Bmibaby | UK |
2.9 |
2 576 |
15 |
| 44. | Anadolu Jet | Turkey |
2.9 |
1 695 |
14 |
| 45. | Webjet | Brazil |
2.8 |
2 511 |
20 |
| 46. | Niki | Austria |
2.6 |
12 |
|
| 47. | Air India Express | India |
2.5 |
5 927 |
24 |
| 48. | Azul | Brazil |
2.3 |
2 149 |
15 |
| 49. | GoAir | India |
2.1 |
2 002 |
8 |
| 50. | Kulula.com | South Africa |
2.0 |
10 |
|
| 51. | Jetstar Pacific | Vietnam |
1.9 |
2 078 |
6 |
| 52. | Cimber Sterling | Denmark |
1.8 |
796 |
326 |
| 53. | Jazeera Airways | Kuwait |
1.8 |
11 |
|
| 54. | 1Time Airline | South Africa |
1.7 |
13 |
|
| 55. | Aires | Colombia |
1.6 |
778 |
22 |
| 56. | Skynet Asia Airways | Japan |
1.5 |
1 533 |
9 |
| 57. | VivaAerobus | Mexico |
1.5 |
11 |
|
| 58. | Jeju Air | South Korea |
1.5 |
9 |
|
| 59. | China United Airlines | China |
1.5 |
8 |
|
| 60. | FlyGlobespan | UK |
1.4 |
3 950 |
|
| 61. | Blue Air | Romania |
1.3 |
1 813 |
12 |
| 62. | Sun Country Airlines | USA |
1.2 |
2 670 |
11 |
| 63. | Star Flyer | Japan |
1.2 |
4 |
|
| 64. | SkyExpress | Russia |
1.1 |
1 554 |
8 |
| 65. | Go! | USA |
0.7 |
164 |
5 |
| 66. | Sverigeflyg | Sweden |
0.6 |
6 |
|
| 67. | Iceland Express | Iceland |
0.6 |
2 |
|
| 68. | Air India Regional | India |
0.4 |
277 |
|
| 69. | Smart Wings | Czech Republic |
0.4 |
617 |
2 |
| 70. | InterSky | Austria |
0.2 |
4 |
Source: Airline Business, May 2010.