The following is a list of low-cost airlines organised by home country. A low-cost airline or low-cost carrier (also known as a discount or budget carrier or airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services.
Africa
Americas
- 🇦🇷
- Flybondi[1]
- JetSmart Argentina[2]
- 🇧🇷
- Gol Transportes Aéreos
- Azul Linhas Aéreas
- 🇨🇦
- Air Canada Rouge
- Flair Airlines
- JetSmart[3]
- Sky Airline
- 🇨🇴
- Clic Air
- Wingo
- 🇨🇷
- Volaris Costa Rica
- 🇩🇴
- AraJet
- RED Air
- 🇸🇻
- Volaris El Salvador
- 🇲🇽
- Mexicana de Aviación[4][5]
- Viva
- Volaris
- Paranair
- 🇵🇪
- JetSmart Perú
- Sky Airline Peru
- Turks and Caicos
- InterCaribbean Airways[6]
- 🇺🇸
- Allegiant Air
- Avelo Airlines
- Breeze Airways
- Frontier Airlines
- JetBlue Airways
- Southwest Airlines
- Spirit Airlines
- Sun Country Airlines
Asia
- 🇨🇳
- 9 Air
- Beijing Capital Airlines
- China United Airlines
- Colorful Guizhou Airlines
- Jiangxi Air
- Lucky Air
- Ruili Airlines
- Spring Airlines
- Urumqi Air
- West Air
- 🇭🇰
- Greater Bay Airlines
- HK Express
- 🇮🇷
- Air1Air
- 🇯🇵
- Air Japan (Last operation on March 28, 2026)
- Jetstar Japan
- Peach Aviation
- Spring Airlines Japan
- Zipair Tokyo
- 🇵🇰
- Air Sial
- Airblue
- Fly Jinnah
- Serene Air
- 🇸🇬
- Scoot
- 🇹🇭
- Nok Air
- Thai AirAsia
- Thai AirAsia X
- Thai Lion Air
- Thai Summer Airways
- Thai VietJet Air
- Air Arabia
- Air Arabia Abu Dhabi
- flydubai
Europe
- 🇦🇹
- EasyJet Europe
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- TUI fly Belgium
- 🇨🇿
- Smartwings
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- TUI fly Nordic
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- TUI fly Nordic
- 🇫🇷
- French Bee
- Transavia France
- 🇩🇪
- Eurowings
- TUI fly Deutschland
- 🇭🇺
- Wizz Air
- Smartwings Hungary
- 🇮🇪
- Ryanair
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Aeroitalia[7]
- 🇲🇹 Malta
- Eurowings Europe
- Lauda Europe
- Malta Air
- Wizz Air Malta
- FlyOne
- HiSky
- 🇳🇱
- Transavia
- TUI fly Netherlands
- 🇳🇴
- Norse Atlantic Airways
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- TUI fly Nordic
- 🇵🇱
- Buzz
- Smartwings Poland
- FlyOne Romania
- HiSky Europe
- 🇷🇺
- Pobeda
- Smartavia[8]
- Azimuth
- 🇪🇸
- Air Europa Express
- Iberia Express
- Iberojet
- Level
- Volotea
- Vueling
- 🇸🇪
- Norwegian Air Sweden
- TUI fly Nordic
- 🇨🇭
- EasyJet Switzerland
- 🇺🇦
- SkyUp
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- Smartwings Slovakia
- 🇬🇧
- EasyJet
- Jet2.com
- Norse Atlantic UK
- Ryanair UK
- TUI Airways
- Wizz Air UK
Oceania
- 🇦🇺
- Jetstar
Largest low-cost carriers
This is a list of largest low-cost carriers in the world, ranked by number of transported passengers, shown below in millions.
- Notes
- Includes EasyJet Switzerland.
- Includes AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia, Thai AirAsia and Thai AirAsia X.
- Includes Batik Air, Wings Air, Batik Air Malaysia, Thai Lion Air, Super Air Jet, Lion BizJet (charter airline division) and Lion Parcel (cargo airline division).
- Includes Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and Wizz Air UK.
- Includes Jetstar Asia, Jetstar Japan and Jetstar Pacific.
- Includes Cebgo.
- Includes Transavia France.
- Includes Thai Vietjet Air.
- Includes Air Arabia Maroc, Air Arabia Egypt and Air Arabia Jordan.
- Includes Fastjet Tanzania and Fastjet Zimbabwe.
Defunct low-cost carriers
Africa
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- Antinea Airlines
- Ecoair International
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- FlyEgypt
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- Atlas Blue
- Jet4you
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique
- Fastjet Mozambique
- 🇿🇦
- 1time
- Kulula
- Mango
- SA Express
- Skywise Airlines
- Velvet Sky
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania
- Fastjet Tanzania
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe flyafrica.com
Americas
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Norwegian Air Argentina
- Sol Líneas Aéreas
- 🇧🇧 Barbados
- REDjet
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- BRA Transportes Aéreos
- OceanAir
- WebJet Linhas Aéreas
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Air Canada Tango
- Canada 3000
- Canada Jetlines
- CanJet
- Greyhound Air
- Harmony Airways
- Jetsgo
- Lynx Air
- Swoop (re-integrated into WestJet)
- Sunwing Airlines (merged into WestJet)
- Vistajet
- Wardair
- WestJet (transitioned to full-service carrier)
- Zip
- Zoom Airlines
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- Latin American Wings
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- AIRES
- Intercontinental de Aviación
- Viva Air Colombia
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica
- 🇭🇳 Honduras
- EasySky
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Icaro Air
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Aero California
- Aladia
- Aviacsa
- Avolar
- Click Mexicana (until 2008; Click was rebranded MexicanaClick and was no longer a low-cost airline)
- Interjet
- Líneas Aéreas Azteca
- SARO
- TAESA Lineas Aéreas
- 🇵🇪 Peru
- Viva Air Perú
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Air Florida
- AirTran Airways (acquired by Southwest Airlines)
- America West Airlines (merged into US Airways)
- ATA Airlines
- Braniff (1991–1992)
- Eastern Air Lines (2015)[9]
- Hooters Air
- Independence Air
- JetTrain
- MetroJet
- Midway Airlines
- National Airlines
- Pacific Southwest Airlines
- People Express
- Safe Air
- Skybus Airlines
- SkyValue
- Song (operations folded into Delta Air Lines)
- Southeast Airlines
- Streamline Air
- Ted (operations folded into United Airlines)
- Tower Air
- ValuJet Airlines
- Vanguard Airlines
- Virgin America (merged with Alaska Airlines)
- Western Pacific Airlines
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- U Air
Asia
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- Fly Arna
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
- AZALJet
- Buta Airways
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain
- Bahrain Air
- Georgia
- Flyvista
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
- Oasis Hong Kong Airlines
- 🇮🇳 India
- Air Asia India (merged with Air India Express)
- Go First
- JetKonnect (merged with Jet Airways)
- Jetlite (merged with Jet Airways)
- Kingfisher Red
- Paramount Airways
- Simplifly Deccan
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Adam Air
- Bali Air
- Batavia Air
- Indonesia AirAsia X
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- Up
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Air Next
- AirAsia Japan
- Link Airs
- JAL Express
- Vanilla Air (merged with Peach Aviation)
- 🇯🇴 Jordan
- Air Arabia Jordan
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait
- Wataniya Airways
- 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
- Air Manas
- Macau
- Viva Macau
- 🇲🇾
- MYAirline
- Rayani Air
- 🇳🇵 Nepal
- Cosmic Air
- Fly Yeti
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Bhoja Air
- Rayyan Air
- Shaheen Air
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- Spirit of Manila Airlines
- Zest Airways (merged into Philippines AirAsia)
- Air Pohang
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
- Sama
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- Jetstar Asia
- Tigerair (merged with Scoot)
- Valuair (acquired in 2005 by Jetstar Asia; dissolved in 2014)
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Mihin Lanka (merged with SriLankan Airlines)
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- U-Land Airlines
- V Air
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- NokScoot
- One-Two-GO Airlines
- Solar Air
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- Kang Pacific Airlines
- Wizz Air Abu Dhabi
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- HumoAir
Europe
- 🇦🇱 Albania
- Albatros Airways
- Belle Air
- 🇦🇹
- Laudamotion
- Level Europe
- Niki
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Virgin Express (merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines)
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Eurocypria
- Helios Airways
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Blue Air Moravia
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Sterling Airlines
- Transavia Denmark
- 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands
- FaroeJet
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Flying Finn
- 🇫🇷 France
- Air Turquoise
- Flywest
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Air Berlin (became a full-service airline in 2010 and collapsed in 2017)
- DBA
- Germanwings (merged with Eurowings)
- HLX (merged with Hapagfly to Tuifly, city routes then sold to Air Berlin)
- OLT Express Germany
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- Ellinair
- Hellas Jet
- Macedonian Airlines
- 🇮🇸 Iceland
- Iceland Express
- Loftleiðir
- Play
- WOW Air
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Norwegian Air International
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Air One
- Air Service Plus
- Alpieagles
- Blu-express
- Club Air
- MyAir
- Volare Airlines
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- V Bird
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Color Air
- Feel Air
- Flyr
- Norwegian Long Haul
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Air Polonia
- Centralwings
- Direct Fly
- GetJet
- OLT Express Poland
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- Bees Airlines
- Blue Air
- Carpatair (now operates as a regional airline)
- Fly Romania
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Avianova
- Dobrolet
- Sky Express
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Centavia
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- SkyEurope
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Flyme
- FlyNordic
- Snowflake
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Bees Airline
- Wizz Air Ukraine
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- AB Airlines
- Air Scotland
- bmibaby
- Court Line
- Debonair
- Duo Airways
- Flybe
- flyglobespan
- Go
- Laker Airways
- Monarch Airlines
- Norwegian Air UK
Oceania
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Air Australia
- Bonza
- Compass Airlines
- East-West Airlines
- Impulse Airlines (acquired by Qantas and rebranded as Jetstar and QantasLink)
- Tigerair Australia
- Virgin Blue (transitioned into a full-service airline in 2011 and renamed Virgin Australia)
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Freedom Air
- Kiwi Airlines
- Pacific Blue Airlines (now codeshares with Air New Zealand and is a full service brand — Virgin Australia)
See also
References
- Flybondi official website^
- Indigo Partners acquires stake in Alas del Sur - report ch-aviation, ch-aviation GmbH, 2 July 2018, retrieved 2 November 2019^
- Jet Smart official website^
- Víctor Gamboa, Pedro Villa y Caña. Mexicana de Aviación vuelve a volar con viajes "más baratos" y equipaje de hasta 25 kilos sin costo El Universal, Compañía Periodística Nacional, 26 December 2023, retrieved 4 January 2024^
- Mexicana de Aviación will become the new regional, low-cost airline The Yucutan Times, 11 August 2023, retrieved 4 January 2024^
- InterCaribbean Airways^
- Low Cost Cheap Flights to and from Forli Airport^
- Smartavia войдет в лето с 15 воздушными судами, три из которых Airbus A320neo ATO, 17 April 2021^
- Eastern Air Lines^