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 and Azerbaijan.
Rank | Country | Airline/Holding | '19 | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | '08 | '07 | '06 | Fleet | Destinations | Sources | Alliance | Association | 1 | {{flag|Germany}} {{flag|Austria}} {{flag|Belgium}} {{flag|Switzerland}} {{flag|Italy}} | 1|1}} | 17.99 (Feb) | 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[1] | 321 | [https://investor-relations.lufthansagroup.com/en/finanzberichte/traffic-figures.html][https://investor-relations.lufthansagroup.com/fileadmin/downloads/en/financial-reports/traffic-figures/lufthansa/2018/LH-Investor-Info-2018-10-e.pdf] | Star Alliance | A4E |
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2 | Ireland}} {{flag|Austria}} {{flag|Poland}} {{flag|United Kingdom}} | 2|2}} | 19.9 (Feb) | 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 |
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3 | {{flag|United Kingdom}} {{flag|Ireland}} {{flag|Spain}} {{flag|France}} {{flag|Austria}} | 3|3}} | 15.22 (Feb) | 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 |
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4 | France}} {{flag|Netherlands}} | 4|4}} | 14.39 (Feb) | 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 | [https://www.airfranceklm.com/sites/default/files/trafic_nov18_va_vdef.pdf] | SkyTeam | A4E |
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5 | United Kingdom}} {{flag|Switzerland}} {{flag|Austria}} | 5|5}} | 88.04 | 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 |
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6 | Turkey}} | 6|6}} | 10.80 (Feb) | 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 | 337 | 291 | | Star Alliance | AIRE |
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7 | Russia}} | 7|7}} | 8.17 (Feb) | 55.71 | 50.13 | 43.4 | 39.4 | 34.7 | 31.4 | 27.5 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 364 | 189 | | SkyTeam |
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8 | Norway}} {{flag|Sweden}} {{flag|Ireland}} {{flag|United Kingdom}} {{flag|Argentina}} | Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA | 5.15 (Feb) | 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 | 152 | 130 | [https://www.norwegian.no/om-oss/selskapet/investor-relations/reports-and-presentations/monthly-traffic-figures/] | A4E |
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9 | Hungary}} {{flag|United Kingdom}} | 9|9}} | 5.12 (Feb) | 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 | 100 | 144 | [https://corporate.wizzair.com/en-GB/investor_relations/traffic_statistics] |
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10 | Sweden}} {{flag|Norway}} {{flag|Denmark}} {{flag|Ireland}} | 8|8}} | 3.86 (Feb) | 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 | 156 | 157 | [https://www.sasgroup.net/en/sas-traffic-figures-december-2018/] | Star Alliance |
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11 | Turkey}} | Pegasus Airlines | 4.37 (Feb) | 29.97 | 27.82 | 24.14 | 22.3 | 19.7 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | - | 3.1 | 79 | 102 | [https://www.kap.org.tr/en/Bildirim/746678] | |
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12 | Italy}} | 10|10}} | 21.49 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 22.0 | 18.0 | 24.4 | 24.1 | 103 | 123 | [https://www.air-journal.fr/2019-01-15-alitalia-les-revenus-et-le-trafic-passagers-augmentent-en-2018-5209689.html] | SkyTeam |
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13 | Russia}} | 12|12}} | 2.22 (Feb) | 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 | 74 | 104 | [https://www.s7.ru/home/about/news/s7-airlines-increased-passenger-transportation-by-12] | oneworld |
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14 | Portugal}} | 11|11}} | 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 | 87 | 88 | | Star Alliance | A4E |
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15 | Greece}} {{flag|Cyprus}} | 13|13}} | 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 | 59 | 103 | | Star Alliance | A4E |
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16 | Finland}} | Finnair | 2.0 (Feb) | 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 |
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17 | Spain}} | Air Europa | 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 | [https://www.globalia.com/en/financiero/FIN_27-07-2018_09:09:09:93033474.pdf;jsessionid=7FB5897F036846CC91EE8370DE2E4BAA] | SkyTeam |
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18 | United Kingdom}} | Jet2.com | 9.64 | 6.67 | 5.85 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 60 | 50 | [https://www.caa.co.uk/uploadedFiles/CAA/Content/Standard_Content/Data_and_analysis/Datasets/Airline_data/2017/Annual_2017/Table_0_1_7_1_All_Scheduled_Services_2017.pdf] | A4E |
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19 | United Kingdom}} {{flag|Jersey}} | 14|14}} | 9.05 | 8.4 | | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 76 | 77 | [https://www.caa.co.uk/uploadedFiles/CAA/Content/Standard_Content/Data_and_analysis/Datasets/Airline_data/2017/Annual_2017/Table_0_1_7_1_All_Scheduled_Services_2017.pdf] | ERA |
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20 | Russia}} | Ural Airlines | 1.12 (Feb) | 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 | 42 | 66 | [https://www.uralairlines.ru/good-info/news-and-press-releases/uralskie-avialinii-podveli-itogi-yubileynogo-2018-goda/] | n/a |
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21 | Poland}} {{flag|Estonia}} {{flag|Hungary}} | 15|15}} | 8.56 | 6.89 | 5.58 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 80 | 111 | | Star Alliance | AIRE ERA
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22 | Czech Republic}} | 16|16}} | 8.8 | 8.17 | 7.3 | | 6.57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | ? | | n/a |
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23 | Ukraine}} | Ukraine International Airlines | 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 | [https://www.avianews.com/ukraine/2018/01/23_mau_2017.shtml][2] | - | AIRE |
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24 | Russia}} | 17|17}} | 1.11 (Feb) | 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 | | - |
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25 | United Kingdom}} | Virgin Atlantic | 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 | [https://www.caa.co.uk/uploadedFiles/CAA/Content/Standard_Content/Data_and_analysis/Datasets/Airline_data/2017/Annual_2017/Table_0_1_7_1_All_Scheduled_Services_2017.pdf] | - |
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26 | Romania}} | Blue Air | 5.06 | 3.59 | 2.02 | 1.36 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 29 | 104 | [https://boardingpass.ro/cifre-operationale-blue-air-pentru-anul-2016] | n/a |
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27 | Spain}} | Volotea | 6.57 | 4.82 | 4.3 | | | 1.8 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 60 | | A4E |
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28 | Russia}} | Nordwind Airlines | 0.58 (Feb) | 4.92 | 3.55 | 1.79 | 2.67 | 4.47 | 3.66 | 2.17 | 1.72 | 1.19 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 97 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20150703130136/http://www.favt.ru/favt_new/?q=dejatelnost%2Fvozdushnye_perevozki%2Fperevozki_passazhirov] | n/a |
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29 | Russia}} | Azur Air | 0.51 (Feb) | 4.24 | 3.75 | 2.34 | 2.35 | 0.21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | | | | |
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30 | Iceland}} | 18|18}} | 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 | [https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/07/1681585/0/en/Traffic-Data-December-2018.html?print=1] | n/a | A4E |
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31 | Latvia}} | AirBaltic | 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 | [https://www.airbaltic.com/en/airbaltic-serves-record-4.1-million-passengers-in-2018] | n/a | A4E |
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32 | Belarus}} | Belavia | 3.0 | 2.49 | | - | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | - | 0.7 | - | - | - | 29 | 48 | [https://en.belavia.by/news/3821652/] | n/a |
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33 | Iceland}} | WOW air (Operations stopped as of March 28th 2019) | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.49 | 0.4 | 0.09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 38 | [https://wowair.is/investors/media/traffic-data//] | n/a | - |
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34 | Serbia}} | Air Serbia | 2.61 | 2.62 | 2.55 | 2.3 | - | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 22 | 41 | [https://www.airserbia.com/en/corporate/news/air-serbia-records-operational-growth-in-2016-as-network-expands-to-new-york] | Etihad Airways Partners |
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35 | Russia}} | Red Wings Airlines | 0.31 (Feb) | 2.62 | 1.62 | 0.92 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 0.35 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.88 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 20 | | n/a |
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36 | Romania}} | TAROM | 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 | [https://static.skyteam.com//contentapi/globalassets/about-us/pdf/skyteam_factsheet_summer2017.pdf?_ga=2.151946224.832234210.1499078591-1823304378.1483959553] | SkyTeam |
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37 | Azerbaijan}} | Azerbaijan Airlines | 0.47 (March) | 2.29 | | | - | - | - | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 22 | | n/a |
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38 | Croatia}} | Croatia Airlines | 2.17 | 2.125 | 1.94 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | - | 13 | 40 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20130304191248/http://www.staralliance.com/en/about/airlines/] [https://www.croatiaairlines.com/hr/O-nama/Mediji/press/2577/Croatia-Airlines-u-2018-godini-prevezao-rekordan-broj-putnika] | Star Alliance | AIRE |
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39 | Italy}} | 19|19}} | | 2.63 | | - | - | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 22 | 40 | [https://www.enac.gov.it/Home/] | n/a |
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40 | Russia}} | Pegas Fly | 0.31 (Feb) | 2.02 | 1.38 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 1.24 | 0.28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 29 | | n/a |
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41 | Luxembourg}} | Luxair | 1.93 | 1.84 | 1.81 | 1.68 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | 17 | 59 | [https://www.luxairgroup.lu/about/facts&figures] | n/a | A4E |
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42 | Russia}} | Yamal Airlines | 0.18 (Feb) | 1.97 | 1.79 | 1.45 | 1.43 | 1.45 | 1.3 | 0.91 | 0.57 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 38 | | n/a |
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43 | Malta}} | Air Malta | | | | - | - | 1.7 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 37 | | n/a |
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44 | Russia}} | Royal Flight | 0.21 (Feb) | 1.73 | 1.5 | 0.99 | 0.87 | 0.62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 13 | | n/a |
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45 | Russia}} | NordStar | 0.16 (Feb) | 1.42 | 1.4 | 1.29 | 1.13 | 1.1 | 1.24 | 1.16 | 0.77 | 0.54 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 50 | | n/a |
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46 | Bulgaria}} | Bulgaria Air | 1.30 | 1.28 | 1.25 | 1.28 | 1.40 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.20 | 1.12 | - | 12 | 21 | [https://www.air.bg/bg/za-bylgarija-er/medija] | n/a |
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47 | Slovenia}} | Adria Airways | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.24 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 23 | [https://www.adria.si/assets/Letna-porocila/EN/adria-airways-annual-report-2013.pdf] | Star Alliance | AIRE |
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48 | Russia}} | Nordavia | 0.16 (Feb) | 1.19 | 1.09 | 0.96 | 0.728 | 0.763 | 0.765 | 0.814 | 1.47 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 30 | [https://www.favt.ru/dejatelnost-vozdushnye-perevozki-perevozki-passazhirov/] | n/a |
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49 | Russia}} | I-Fly | 1.13 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.61 | 0.97 | 1.05 | 0.63 | 0.41 | 0.38 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 30 | [https://www.favt.ru/dejatelnost-vozdushnye-perevozki-perevozki-passazhirov/] | n/a |
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50 | Poland}} | Enter Air | 1.12 | 1.17 | 1.11 | 1.17 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | 19 | 74 | n/a | n/a |
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51 | Greece}} | Ellinair | 1.04 | 0.79 | 0.57 | 0.31 | 0.14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 30 | [https://www.metaforespress.gr/aeroporika/%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%86%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-1-%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84-%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD/] |
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1. ^https://investor-relations.lufthansagroup.com/fileadmin/downloads/en/financial-reports/traffic-figures/lufthansa/2018/LH-Investor-Info-2018-11-e.pdf
2. ^https://cfts.org.ua/news/2019/01/15/mau_ozvuchila_passazhiropotok_za_2018_god_51204