List of largest airlines in Europe

The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, in millions. The list includes companies headquartered in the Asian portions of Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The order of the chart and its completion goes only up to the year 2022.

Rank	Country	Airline/holding	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Fleet	Destinations	Sources	Alliance	Association
1	Ireland  Malta  Poland  United Kingdom	Ryanair[lower-alpha 1]	160.4	72.4	52.01	152.4	139.2	128.77	116.8	101.4	86.4	81.4	79.6	76.4	72.7	65.3	57.7	49.0	40.5	430	186			A4E
2	Germany  Austria  Belgium   Switzerland	Lufthansa Group[lower-alpha 2]	101.77	46.9	36.35	145.2	142.3	130.04	117.4	115.2	112.5	110.4	108.9	112.0	95.1	81.2	76.4	68.8	59.1	728	321		Star Alliance	A4E IATA
3	United Kingdom  Ireland  Spain	International Airlines Group[lower-alpha 3]	94.73	38.86	31.3	118.3	112.92	104.83	100.7	94.9	77.3	67.2	54.6	51.7	50.6	53.3	59.8	61.7	63.2	520	248		oneworld	A4E
4	France  Netherlands	Air France-KLM[lower-alpha 4]	83.32	44.67	34.1	104.2	101.45	98.72	93.4	89.8	87.4	78.4	77.5	75.8	70.8	71.4	73.8	74.8	73.5	574	231		SkyTeam	A4E IATA
5	Turkey	Turkish Airlines[lower-alpha 5]	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	400	337		Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
6	United Kingdom  Austria   Switzerland	EasyJet[lower-alpha 6]	69.7	20.4	16.09	103.3	88.5	81.63	74.5	69.9	65.3	61.4	59.2	55.5	49.7	46.1	44.6	38.2	33.0	300	136			A4E
7	Hungary  United Kingdom  Malta  United Arab Emirates	Wizz Air[lower-alpha 7]	45.6	21.7	16.67	39.8	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
8	Russia	Aeroflot Group[lower-alpha 8]	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
9	Turkey	Pegasus Airlines	26.94	20.16	14.71	30.76	29.97	27.82	24.14	22.3	19.7	16.8	13.6	11.3	8.6	5.9	4.4	-	3.1	94	109			IATA
10	Sweden  Norway  Denmark  Ireland	SAS Group[lower-alpha 9]	17.87	10.19	8.81	29.8	30.0	28.37	29.4	27.1	27.3	25.4	25.4	24.7	23.1	22.8	27.0	27.2	26.9	134	124		Star Alliance
11	Norway  Sweden	Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA[lower-alpha 10]	17.84	6.19	6.87	36.20	37.34	33.15	29.3	25.8	24.0	20.7	17.7	15.7	13.0	10.8	9.1	6.9	5.1	64	130			A4E
12	Russia	S7 Airlines[lower-alpha 11]	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
13	United Kingdom	Jet2.com	15.53	3.17	2.85	14.39	12.09	9.64	6.67	5.85	6.0	5.5	4.8	4.2	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.9	2.8	90	50			A4E
14	Portugal	TAP Air Portugal[lower-alpha 12]	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	A4E IATA
15	Greece  Cyprus	Aegean Airlines[lower-alpha 13]	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	A4E IATA
16	United Kingdom	TUI Airways[lower-alpha 14]	11.29	2.02	2.02	11.82						33.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133	-			A4E
17	Russia	Ural Airlines	7.32 (Oct)	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
18	Poland	LOT Polish Airlines[lower-alpha 15]	9.3	4.2	3.59	11.79	10.61	6.89	5.58	6.1	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.5	5.0	4.0	4.3	3.7	-	91	120		Star Alliance	AIRE ERA IATA
19	Finland	Finnair	9.09	2.85	3.48	14.65	13.28	11.90	10.87	10.2	9.6	9.3	8.8	8.0	7.1	7.4	8.3	8.7	8.8	73	103		oneworld	A4E IATA
20	Russia	UTair Aviation		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	3.2	2.9	2.4	66	117			IATA
21	Spain	Volotea			3.8	7.6	6.57	4.82	4.3			1.8	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	60			A4E
22	Spain	Air Europa			3.13	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	42	44		SkyTeam	IATA
23	Russia	Nordwind Airlines		5.93	2.94	5.54	4.92	3.55	1.79	2.67	4.47	3.66	2.17	1.72	1.19	-	-	-	-	26	97			IATA
24	Czech Republic  Hungary  Poland  Slovakia	Smartwings[lower-alpha 16]	5.2	2.53	1.8	9.6	8.8	8.17	7.3		6.57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	?
25	United Kingdom	Virgin Atlantic	4.15	1.10	1.19	5.87	5.4	5.20	5.20	5.94	6.2	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.7	5.7	5.1	4.6	40	37		SkyTeam	IATA
26	Russia	Azur Air		3.73	1.93	5.79	4.24	3.75	2.34	2.35	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
27	Russia	Smartavia		3.62	1.64	2.03	1.19	1.09	0.96	0.73	0.76	0.76	0.81	1.47	1.4	-	-	-	-	15	67			IATA
28	Ukraine	Ukraine International Airlines		3.2	1.8	7.96	8.08	6.93	6.0	4.8	3.8	4.5	2.8	1.9	1.7	0.8	1.7	0.3	-	42	80			AIRE IATA
29	Kazakhstan	Air Astana				5.06	4.32	4.19	3.75	3.86	3.77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	69
30	Russia	Red Wings Airlines		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
31	Belarus	Belavia				4.00	3.39	3.0	2.49		-	1.6	1.3	1.0	-	0.7	-	-	-	29	48			IATA ERA
32	Iceland	Icelandair Group[lower-alpha 17]	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	28	36			A4E
33	Greece	Sky Express	3.5	1.50		1.20	1.00	0.50	0.17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	43			ERA
34	Latvia	AirBaltic	3.44	1.6	1.36	5.05	4.14	3.52	2.89	2.6	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.4	3.2	2.8	-	2.0	1.4	32	60			A4E
35	Serbia	Air Serbia	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	22	41			IATA
36	Russia	Azimuth		2.09	1.22	1.25	0.67	0.07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	31
37	Russia	Pegas Fly		1.72	0.76	2.16	2.02	1.38	0.99	1.08	1.24	0.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	29
38	Romania	TAROM			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	1.9	1.5	25	50		SkyTeam	IATA
39	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines					1.89	2.29			-	-	-	1.4	1.0	-	-	-	-	28	22			IATA
40	Russia	Yamal 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
41	Malta	Air Malta					1.7	1.5			-	-	1.7	1.8	-	-	-	-	-	8	37			IATA ERA
42	Ukraine	SkyUp			1.25	1.71	0.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	64
43	Ukraine	Windrose				1.44	1.30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	19
44	Russia	NordStar		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
45	Croatia	Croatia Airlines	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	40		Star Alliance	AIRE IATA ERA
46	Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air			0.54	1.40	1.27	1.24	1.25	1.27	1.40	-	-	-	-	-	1.20	1.12	-	10	26			IATA
47	Luxembourg	Luxair			0.26	2.15	2.13	1.93	1.84	1.81	1.68	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	-	17	59			A4E IATA ERA
48	United Kingdom	Loganair	1.29	0.73	0.35	0.95	0.76	0.77	0.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	44
49	Poland	Enter Air					1.12	1.17	1.11	1.17	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	19	74	n/a
50	Russia	I-Fly					1.13	0.75	0.4	0.61	0.97	1.05	0.63	0.41	0.38	-	-	-	-	10	30