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low-cost carrier
A low-cost carrier (LCC) or low-cost airline, also called a budget, or discount carrier or airline, is an airline that is operated with an emphasis on minimizing operating costs. It sacrifices certain traditional airline luxuries for cheaper fa ...
s organised by home country. A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills, discount or budget carrier or airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services.
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Air Arabia Egypt
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Air Cairo
Air Cairo is an airline based in Cairo, Egypt. The airline is part owned by Egyptair. Air Cairo operates scheduled flights to the Middle East and Europe and also operates charter flights to Egypt from Europe on behalf of tour operators. Its base ...
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Fly540
Five Forty Aviation Ltd, trading as Fly540, is a low-cost airline which commenced operations in 2006 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya, operating both passenger and cargo services. The airline had two subsidiary airlines, Fly540 Ghana (suspended in ...
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Jambojet
Jambojet Limited is a Kenyan low-cost airline that started operations on 1 April 2014. It is a subsidiary of Kenya Airways and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Air Arabia Maroc
Air Arabia Maroc () is a Moroccan low-cost airline, set up as a joint venture between various Moroccan investors and Air Arabia. Its head office is located in the Arrivals Terminal of Mohammed V International Airport in Nouaceur Province, Mo ...
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Green Africa Airways
Green Africa Airways Ltd is a Nigerian airline, based in Lagos, Nigeria. The airline was founded in 2015 and commenced flights on 12 August 2021.
History
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Fastjet
Fastjet Limited is an African airline that began flight operations in 2012. It is headquartered in Johannesburg and serves regional flights between South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
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FlySafair
FlySafair is an international low-cost airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a subsidiary of Safair and flies to 14 destinations in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company slogan is ''For The Love Of Flying.''
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Fastjet Zimbabwe
Fastjet Zimbabwe Limited, known and styled as fastjet Zimbabwe, is an IOSA registered Zimbabwean airline that has been incorporated to operate flights under the fastjet brand in Zimbabwe. It launched operations in October 2015 with flights fro ...
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Flybondi
FB Líneas Aéreas S.A., operating as Flybondi, is a low-cost airline, ultra low-cost airline in Argentina. The airline, the first of its kind in the country, operates Boeing 737 Next Generation, Boeing 737-800 aircraft from its bases in Buenos A ...
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JetSmart
JetSMART Airlines SpA, stylized as JetSMART, is a Chilean ultra low-cost carrier controlled by US investment fund Indigo Partners, which also controls low-cost carriers like Frontier Airlines, Mexico, Mexico's Volaris and Hungary, Hungary's Wizz ...
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Gol Transportes Aéreos
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Azul Linhas Aéreas
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Air Canada Rouge
Air Canada Rouge (''Rouge'' meaning 'red' in French) is a subsidiary of Air Canada focused on operating lower-cost flights for leisure travellers. It is fully integrated into the Air Canada mainline and Air Canada Express networks; flights ar ...
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Flair Airlines
Flair Airlines is a Canadian Low-cost carrier#Ultra low-cost carrier, ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. The airline operates scheduled passenger and chartered services with a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft''.'' The ...
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Sunwing Airlines
Sunwing Airlines Inc. was a Canadian low-cost airline headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with its main bases at Montréal–Trudeau International Airport and Toronto Pearson International Airport. From 2023 onwards, it was a subsidiary of W ...
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JetSmart
JetSMART Airlines SpA, stylized as JetSMART, is a Chilean ultra low-cost carrier controlled by US investment fund Indigo Partners, which also controls low-cost carriers like Frontier Airlines, Mexico, Mexico's Volaris and Hungary, Hungary's Wizz ...
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Sky Airline
Sky Airline, styled as SꓘY, is an airline based at Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile. It is the second largest airline in the country behind flag-carrier LATAM Airlines and the first airline to operate under a lo ...
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Clic Air
Clic Air (formerly known as ''EasyFly'' and officially ''Empresa Aérea de Servicios y Facilitación Logística Integral S.A.'') is a regional airline that operates in Colombia
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Wingo
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Volaris Costa Rica
Vuela Aviacion S.A., operating as Volaris Costa Rica, is a low-cost airline based at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, Costa Rica. It is a subsidiary of the Mexican Volaris. Announced in March 2016, the airline began opera ...
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AraJet
Arajet S.A., is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Dominican Republic., with headquarters in Santo Domingo. The airline provides Low-cost carrier, low-cost flights to destinations in North, Central, and South America. Operations began on ...
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RED Air
RED Air S.R.L. is a low-cost leisure airline with facilities in Las Américas International Airport and main offices in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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Volaris El Salvador
Vuela El Salvador S.A. de C.V., operating as Volaris El Salvador, is a low-cost airline based in San Salvador. It is a subsidiary of the Mexican Volaris and a local flag carrier for El Salvador.
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Mexicana de Aviación Mexicana de Aviación may refer to the following Mexican airlines:
* Mexicana de Aviación (1921–2010)
* Mexicana de Aviación (2023–present)
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Viva
Viva may refer to:
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* Viva (network operator), a Dominican mobile network operator
* Viva Energy, an Australian petroleum company
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Volaris
Volaris (legally ''Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación S.A.B. de C.V.'') is a Mexican low-cost airline based in Santa Fe, Mexico City, Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City with its operating bases in Canc ...
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Paranair
Paranair S.A. (legally ''Compañía de Aviación Paraguaya S.A.'') is a Paraguayan airline based at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, in the country's capital of Asunción. It utilizes a fleet of Bombardier CRJ100/200 aircraft to operate ...
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JetSmart Perú
JetSmart Airlines Perú S.A.C., styled as JetSMART, is a Peruvian airline owned by the Chilean ultra low-cost carrier JetSmart, itself owned by Indigo Partners. Its primary base of operations is Jorge Chávez International Airport, servicing Lim ...
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Sky Airline Peru
SKY Airline Perú, also known as SꓘY or SKY Peru, is an airline based in Lima, Peru and is the second largest airline in the Peruvian market. It is a subsidiary of Sky Airline, which is based in Chile. It operates scheduled domestic and interna ...
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InterCaribbean Airways
InterCaribbean Airways, Ltd. (formerly known as Air Turks & Caicos) is a regional airline based in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory. The airline offers scheduled passenger flights and cha ...
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Allegiant Air
Allegiant Air is an American ultra low-cost carrier, ultra-low cost airline headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. The airline focuses on serving leisure traffic from small and medium-sized cities which it considers to be underserved, using an ult ...
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Avelo Airlines
Avelo Airlines, Inc. () is an American ultra-low cost airline headquartered in Houston, Texas. It previously operated charter flights as ''Casino Express Airlines'' and ''Xtra Airways'' before transitioning to scheduled operations and rebrandi ...
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Breeze Airways
Breeze Airways, legally Breeze Aviation Group, Inc., is an American low-cost airline headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The airline was founded by David Neeleman, who previously co-founded Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue, and Azul Linhas ...
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Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines, Inc. is a major American ultra low-cost airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It operates flights to over 120 destinations in the United States, Caribbean, Mexico and Central America, and employs more than 5,000 staff. ...
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JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways Corporation, stylized as jetBlue, is an American major airline headquartered in Long Island City, in Queens, New York City. Primarily a point-to-point carrier, JetBlue's network features six focus cities including its main hub a ...
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Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines Co., or simply Southwest, is a Major airlines of the United States, major airline in the United States that formerly operated on a low-cost carrier model. It is headquartered in the Love Field, Dallas, Love Field neighborhood ...
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Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines, Inc. is an American ultra-low cost airline headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Spirit was the ...
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Sun Country Airlines
Sun Country Airlines is an ultra-low cost airline in the United States. Based at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport with headquarters on airport property, Sun Country operates to about 140 destinations in the United States, Canad ...
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Kam Air
Kam Air is the largest private Afghan airline. Founded in 2003, Kam Air has 11 aircraft and a workforce of over 800 people, operating scheduled domestic passenger services throughout Afghanistan and international services to destinations in Cent ...
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FlyOne Armenia
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Fly Dhaka Airlines
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AirAsia Cambodia
AirAsia Cambodia () is a Cambodian low-cost airline based at Phnom Penh International Airport. It is a joint venture between the Malaysian AirAsia and Cambodian local enterprise Sivilai Asia. The airline was launched on 9 December 2022 and st ...
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Cambodia Airways
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9 Air
9 Air () is a Chinese low-cost airline headquartered in Baiyun, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. 9 Air was created as a subsidiary of Juneyao Air in 2014.*
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Beijing Capital Airlines
Beijing Capital Airlines (), commonly known as Capital Airlines, is a Chinese low-cost airline based at Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines.
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Chengdu Airlines
Chengdu Airlines is an airline headquartered in Shuangliu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. A subsidiary of Sichuan Airlines, it operates a network of scheduled domestic passenger flights out of its hub at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and C ...
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China United Airlines
China United Airlines (CUA) () is a low-cost airline and a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines. It is headquartered at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing.
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Colorful Guizhou Airlines
Colorful Guizhou Airlines is a low-cost Chinese regional airline with its headquarters in Guiyang, Guizhou, and with its fleet based at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport. It is intended to improve air service in Western China, particula ...
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Jiangxi Air
Jiangxi Air Co., Ltd. is a Chinese low-cost carrier with its headquarters at Nanchang Changbei International Airport, Jiangxi. It is a joint venture between XiamenAir and the Jiangxi Provincial Government.
History
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Lucky Air
Lucky Air () is a Chinese low-cost airline based in Kunming, Yunnan, China. The airline started with flights connecting Kunming with Dali and Xishuangbanna, and later expanded to other domestic and international destinations. Its main base i ...
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Ruili Airlines
Sunan Ruili Airlines Co., Ltd., branded as Ruili Airlines is a Chinese low-cost carrier headquartered at Wuxi Shuofang Airport, with hubs at Kunming Changshui International Airport and Dehong Mangshi International Airport. It provides both dom ...
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Spring Airlines
Spring Airlines Co., Ltd. ( is a low-cost carrier headquartered in Changning, Shanghai, China. While the company adopted the English name "Spring Airlines", the Chinese name literally means "Spring-Autumn Airlines."
Spring Airlines is the aviat ...
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Urumqi Air
Urumqi Air () is a low-cost airline headquartered in Ürümqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It operates scheduled passenger services. Its main hub is Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
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West Air
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Greater Bay Airlines
Greater Bay Airlines Company Limited (GBA), commonly known as Greater Bay Airlines (), is a Hong Kong–based carrier established in 2020. The company's inaugural passenger flight (from Hong Kong to Bangkok) was conducted in July 2022.
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HK Express
Hong Kong Express Airways or HK Express (HKE) is a Hong Kong–based low-cost airline fully owned by Cathay Pacific Airways. It provides scheduled air service to 27 destinations in Asia, including China, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, S ...
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Air India Express
Air India Express is an India, Indian low-cost airline and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India. It is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The airline operates more than 2000 flights per week to 45 destinations across India, the Middle ...
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Akasa Air
SNV Aviation Private Limited (d/b/a Akasa Air), is an List of Indian airlines, Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by Vinay Dube and Aditya Ghosh with investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala holding a 46% s ...
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IndiGo
InterGlobe Aviation Limited (d/b/a IndiGo), is an India, Indian airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. It is the largest List of airlines of India, airline in India by passengers carried and fleet size, with a 64.1% domestic market ...
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SpiceJet
SpiceJet is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. , it is the fourth largest airline in India by number of domestic passengers carried, with a market share of 4% and connects 73 destinations, including 60 Indi ...
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Citilink
PT Citilink Indonesia, operating as Citilink, is an Indonesian low-cost airline headquartered in Jakarta. Established in July 2001 as a low-cost brand of Garuda Indonesia, it operates services to domestic and regional destinations. Since 30 Jul ...
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Indonesia AirAsia
PT Indonesia AirAsia, operating as Indonesia AirAsia, is an Indonesian low-cost airline based in Tangerang, Banten. It operates scheduled domestic and international services and is an Indonesian associate carrier of the Malaysian AirAsia. Its ...
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Lion Air
PT Lion Mentari Airlines, operating as Lion Air, is an Indonesian low-cost airline based in Jakarta. Lion Air is the country's largest privately run airline, the second largest low-cost airline in Southeast Asia (after AirAsia) and the largest ...
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Super Air Jet
Super Air Jet is an Indonesian Low-cost carrier#Ultra low-cost carrier, ultra low-cost airline based in Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. The airline was founded in March 2021 and commenced operations on 6 August 2021.
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TransNusa
TransNusa is an airline headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was launched in August 2005, serving various destinations from Kupang, Timor, using aircraft chartered from Pelita Air and Trigana Air Service. In August 2011, TransNusa received it ...
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Wings Air
PT Wings Abadi Airlines, operating as Wings Air, is a scheduled commuter passenger low-cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The airline operates out of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar as well as several other airports aro ...
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Air Japan
Air Japan, legally , is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered on the grounds of Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba. Initially founded in 1990 as a charter airline, it was relaunched in 2022 as the low-cost long-haul arm of the ...
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Jetstar Japan
Jetstar Japan is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered in Narita, Chiba, Narita, Chiba Prefecture. The airline serves destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, using a fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft. It is a joint venture between Qa ...
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Peach Aviation
, operating as Peach, is a Japanese low-cost airline. Its head office is at Kansai International Airport and in Tajiri, Osaka, Tajiri, Osaka Prefecture.
History
Peach was formed in February 2011 as A&F Aviation, a joint venture between All Ni ...
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Spring Airlines Japan
Spring Japan Co., Ltd (operating as Spring Japan, previously Spring Airlines Japan) is a low-cost airline headquartered in Kozunomori, Narita, Chiba, Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The airline began operations in August 2014, having originally ...
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Zipair Tokyo
Zipair, legally , is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered on the grounds of Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba, Narita, Chiba Prefecture. Initially founded in 2018, the airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines, fro ...
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FlyArystan
FlyArystan is a low-cost airline headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is the country's first low-cost carrier. The company slogan is ''Say YES! to Travel.''
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Jazeera Airways
Jazeera Airways K.S.C () is a Kuwaiti low-cost airline with its head office on the premises of Kuwait International Airport in Al Farwaniyah Governorate, Kuwait. It operates scheduled services in the Middle East, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, I ...
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AirAsia
Capital A Berhad (), operating as AirAsia (stylised as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Established in 1993 and commencing operations in 1996, the airline is the largest in M ...
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AirAsia X
AirAsia X Berhad, operating as AirAsia X (formerly FlyAsianXpress Sdn. Bhd.), is a Malaysian long-haul, low-cost airline and a subsidiary of the AirAsia, AirAsia Group. The airline was initially established in 2006 as FlyAsian Express (FAX) an ...
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Firefly
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Buddha Air
Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd () is an airline based in Lalitpur, Nepal. It operates domestic flights within Nepal as well as international services to Varanasi, India, from its main base in Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu.Flight International ...
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Salam Air
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Airblue
Airblue Limited (stylized as airblue) is a private Pakistani airline with its head office on the ground floor of the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) Towers in Islamabad, Pakistan. Airblue operates scheduled domestic and international flights, t ...
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Fly Jinnah
Fly Jinnah or FJ is a first low-cost carrier (LCC) owned and operated jointly by Lakson Group of Pakistan and Air Arabia Group of the United Arab Emirates. The joint venture was announced on 3 September 2021. The airline is based in Karachi and ...
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Serene Air
SereneAir () is a privately owned Pakistani airline that began operating services in January 2017. SereneAir operates scheduled domestic flights within Pakistan and its first international flight departed for Sharjah, United Arab Emirates on 16 ...
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Cebgo
Cebgo, Inc., operating as Cebgo (stylized in all lowercase), is the wholly-owned regional subsidiary of Cebu Pacific. It is the successor company to South East Asian Airlines and Tigerair Philippines. It is now owned by JG Summit, the parent com ...
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Cebu Pacific
Cebu Air, Inc. (), operating as Cebu Pacific (stylized in lowercase), is a Philippine low-cost airline based in Pasay, Metro Manila. Founded in 1988, the airline was the first low-cost carrier in Asia and is also the largest airline in the Phi ...
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PAL Express
Air Philippines Corporation, operating as PAL Express and formerly branded as Air Philippines and Airphil Express, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Philippine Airlines. It is PAL's regional brand, with services from its hubs in Manila, Clark, Ce ...
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Philippines AirAsia
Philippines AirAsia, Inc. is a Philippine low-cost airline based at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila. The airline is the Philippine affiliate of the Malaysian AirAsia. The airline started as a joint venture among three F ...
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Royal Air Philippines
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Sky Pasada
WCC Aviation, Inc., operating as Sky Pasada, is an airline based in Binalonan, Pangasinan, Philippines owned and operated by the Guico family. Founded in 2010, it primarily serves the northern Luzon provinces of Batanes, Cagayan and Isabela as ...
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SkyJet Airlines
Magnum Air (SkyJet), Inc., operating as SkyJet Airlines (styled as SKYJET Airlines), is a Philippine low-cost regional airline based in Manila, Philippines. Previously an air charter company, SkyJet commenced commercial operations on 14 December ...
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Flyadeal
flyadeal (Arabic: طيران أديل, romanized: Tayaran Adil) is a Saudi Arabian low-cost airline headquartered at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. It is a subsidiary of Saudia, Saudi Arabia's flag carrier.
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Flynas
Flynas (stylized flynas; ), formerly Nas Air, is a private Saudi low-cost airline "joint-stock company". It is the first low-cost airline in Saudi Arabia. The company's headquarters are located in Riyadh.
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Jetstar Asia
Jetstar Asia Airways Pte Ltd (operating as Jetstar Asia) is an outgoing Singaporean low-cost airline headquartered at Changi Airport. It operates services to regional destinations in Southeast Asia to countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Mala ...
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Scoot
Scoot Pte Ltd, operating as Scoot, is a low-cost airline based in Singapore and a subsidiary of the country's flag carrier Singapore Airlines. It began its operations on 4 June 2012 on medium and long-haul routes from Singapore, predominantly t ...
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Air Busan
Air Busan Co., Ltd., operating as Air Busan () is a low-cost airline based in Busanjin-gu, Busan, South Korea. It is a subsidiary of Asiana Airlines. The airline began its operation in 2007 as Busan International Airlines Company (); it launched ...
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Air Premia
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Air Seoul
Air Seoul () is a South Korean low-cost carrier and a subsidiary of Asiana Airlines. The airline is based at Incheon International Airport just outside of Seoul, from which it operates flights to international destinations. It launched operation ...
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Eastar Jet
Eastar Jet (ESR; ) is a South Korean low-cost carrier with its headquarters in Gangseo-gu, Seoul.
History
Eastar Jet was established on October 26, 2007, and its air operator's certificate was acquired the following year on August 6. On Janua ...
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Jeju Air
Jeju Air Co., Ltd. () is the first and the largest South Korean low-cost airline. Named after Jeju Island, the airline is headquartered in Jeju City with its largest base at Jeju International Airport. It is a founding member of the Value Allia ...
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Jin Air
Jin Air Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean low-cost airline. As of April 2018, it operates flights to six domestic cities and 26 international destinations. It launched its first long haul route, between Incheon and Honolulu, in December 2015. It has ...
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T'way Air
T'way Air Co., Ltd. () — formerly Hansung Airlines — is a South Korean low-cost airline based in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. It operates scheduled domestic, regional and long-haul flights from its two bases at Gimpo and Incheon.
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Tigerair Taiwan
Tigerair Taiwan () is a Taiwanese low-cost airline based at Taoyuan International Airport. It was formed as a joint venture between China Airlines Group (80%), Mandarin Airlines (10%) and Tiger Airways Holdings (10%). In 2017, China Airlines acq ...
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Nok Air
Nok Airlines plc, trading as Nok Air (; , from [] meaning 'bird') is a low-cost airline in Thailand operating mostly domestic services from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport.
History
Nok Air was established in February 2004 as Sky A ...
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Thai AirAsia
Thai AirAsia (, ) is a Thai low-cost airline. It is a joint venture of Malaysian AirAsia () and Thailand's Asia Aviation. It serves AirAsia's regularly scheduled domestic and international flights from Bangkok and other cities in Thailand.
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Thai AirAsia X
Thai AirAsia X () is a Thai long-haul low-cost airline based at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. It is a joint venture of AirAsia X from Malaysia and Thai AirAsia.
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Thai Lion Air
Thai Lion Mentari Co. Ltd, trading as Thai Lion Air (), is a Thai low-cost airline operating with Thai partners as an associate company of the Indonesian Lion Air. The carrier operates from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, with plan ...
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Thai Summer Airways
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Thai VietJet Air
Thai Vietjet Air JSC Limited, operating as Thai VietJet Air () or Vietjet Thailand, is a low-cost airline of Thailand and an associate company of Vietnamese VietJet Air ().
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Air Arabia
Air Arabia ( ''al-ʿArabiyya Lit-Ṭayarāan'') is an Emirati low-cost airline with its head office in the A1 Building Sharjah Freight Center, Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The airline operates scheduled services to ...
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Air Arabia Abu Dhabi
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi is an Emirati low-cost airline. It was established in October 2019 by Etihad Airways as a joint venture with Air Arabia to expand into the growing low-cost market, it launched operations in July 2020. The airline is based in ...
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flydubai
Dubai Aviation Corporation (), doing business as flydubai (), is an Emirati government-owned airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The airline mainly operates out of Terminal 2 at Dubai International Airport, though some flights fly out ...
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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (Arabic: طيران ويز أبو ظبي) is an Emirati low-cost airline based at Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
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Pacific Airlines
Pacific Airlines Joint Stock Aviation Company (, operating as Pacific Airlines) is a low-cost airline and ground services provider headquartered in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with its primary operating base at Tan Son Nhat ...
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VietJet Air
Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (), operating as VietJet Air or Vietjet, is a Vietnamese low-cost airline based in Hanoi. It was the first privately owned airline to be established in Vietnam, being granted its initial approval to operate ...
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EasyJet Europe
EasyJet Europe Airline GmbH (trading as easyJet) is a European low-cost airline founded in 2017 and based in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled flights across Europe and is a subsidiary of EasyJet plc.
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Eurowings Europe
Eurowings Europe is a low-cost airline registered in Malta. Eurowings Europe operates and maintains aircraft used on flights that are scheduled, marketed and sold by its sister airline, the Germany based Eurowings. Both airlines are wholly own ...
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Smartwings
Smartwings, a.s. (formerly ''Travel Service, a.s.'') is a Czech airline with its head office on the property of Václav Havel Airport Prague in Ruzyně, 6th district, Prague. It is the biggest airline in the Czech Republic, and it operates sch ...
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French Bee
French Bee SAS, styled as French bee, and formerly named ''French Blue'', is a French low-cost, long-haul airline based at Paris Orly Airport. It operates a scheduled network between France and worldwide leisure destinations with a fleet of Ai ...
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Transavia France
Transavia Airlines S.A.S., trading as Transavia France and formerly branded as ''transavia.com France'', is a French low-cost airline owned by Air France–KLM and was based at Paris Orly Airport. It shares its corporate design, website and o ...
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Eurowings
Eurowings GmbH is a Germany, German low-cost carrier headquartered in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group. Founded in 1996, it serves a network of domestic and European destinations and main ...
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Wizz Air
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Play
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Ryanair
Ryanair is an Irish Low-cost carrier#Ultra low-cost carrier, ultra low-cost airline group headquartered in Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. The parent company, Ryanair Holdings plc, includes subsidiaries Ryanair , Malta Air, Buzz (Ryanair), Buzz ...
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Aeroitalia
Aeroitalia Società a responsabilità limitata, SRL is an Italy, Italian airline. It operates a fleet of Boeing 737 Next Generation, Boeing 737s and ATR 72s from operating bases in Milan Bergamo Airport, Bergamo, Comiso Airport, Comiso and Rome ...
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Lauda Europe
Lauda Europe Limited is a Maltese low-cost airline operating on behalf of its parent company Ryanair. The airline performs wet-lease flights for Ryanair and charter services.
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Malta Air
Malta Air is a low-cost airline that operates from Malta. It originally started as a joint venture between Ryanair and the Government of Malta.
The new airline initially operated six former Ryanair aircraft. Ryanair planned to assign 66 routes ...
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Wizz Air Malta
Wizz Air Malta is a Malta, Maltese low-cost airline and a subsidiary of the Hungarian ultra low-cost airline group Wizz Air, Wizz Air Holdings.
History
The company's Air operator's certificate, AOC was issued by the European Union Aviation Safet ...
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FlyOne
FLYONE is a privately owned Moldovan low-cost airline headquartered in Chișinău, Moldova. FLYONE was launched in 2016 and has managed in a short time to become one of the leaders of the aviation industry in Republic of Moldova. It operates sch ...
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HiSky
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Transavia
Transavia Airlines C.V., trading as Transavia and formerly branded as ''transavia.com'', is a Dutch low-cost airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of KLM and therefore part of the Air France–KLM group. Its main base is Amsterdam Airport Sch ...
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Norse Atlantic Airways
Norse Atlantic Airways Aksjeselskap, AS is a Norwegian Low-cost carrier, low-cost, long-haul airline headquartered in Arendal, Norway. Founded in February 2021, the airline operates a fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft between Europe, North America, ...
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Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Shuttle Aksjeselskap, ASA, trading as Norwegian, is a Norway, Norwegian Low-cost carrier, low-cost airline and Scandinavia's second-largest airline, behind Scandinavian Airlines. It is the fourth largest low-cost carrier in Europe ...
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Buzz
Buzz may refer to:
People
* Buzz (nickname), a list of people
* J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner (born 1967; aka ''Dr. Buzz''), American forensic psychologist and journalist
Fictional characters
* Buzz, a character in the 1987 American comedy movie ...
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Dan Air
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Fly Lili
Fly Lili is a Romanian airline based at Aurel Vlaicu International Airport in Bucharest.
History
In April 2023, the company started its first regular charter flights, between Bucharest–Băneasa and Antalya.
Beginning in June 2024, the compan ...
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HiSky Europe
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Pobeda
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Smartavia
Smartavia, formerly known as Nordavia (until March 2019), is a Russian low-cost airline with its head office in Arkhangelsk, Russia. It mainly operates scheduled domestic and regional services. Its main bases are Arkhangelsk Airport, Pulkovo Air ...
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Azimuth
An azimuth (; from ) is the horizontal angle from a cardinal direction, most commonly north, in a local or observer-centric spherical coordinate system.
Mathematically, the relative position vector from an observer ( origin) to a point ...
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Air Europa Express
Air Europa Express (legally incorporated as ''Aeronova, S.L.U.'' and previously doing business as Aeronova) is a Spanish regional airline, regional low-cost airline. It is a subsidiary of Globalia (which is also the parent company of Air Europa). ...
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Iberia Express
Iberia Express is a Spanish low-cost airline owned by Iberia, which operates short- and medium-haul routes from its parent airline's hub at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, providing feeder flights onto Iberia's long-haul network.
Histo ...
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Iberojet
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Level
Level or levels may refer to:
Engineering
*Level (optical instrument), a device used to measure true horizontal or relative heights
* Spirit level or bubble level, an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal or vertical
*C ...
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Volotea
Volotea () is a Spanish low-cost airline registered in Castrillón and headquartered in Barcelona.
History
Foundation and early years
Volotea was established by Alaeo S.L. from Barcelona, a company created by former Vueling founders, Carlo ...
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Vueling
Vueling S.A. (, ) is a List of airlines of Spain, Spanish low-cost airline based at Viladecans in Greater Barcelona with operating bases at Barcelona–El Prat Airport (main); Orly Airport, Paris-Orly Airport in Paris, France; Schiphol Airport, ...
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Norwegian Air Sweden
Norwegian Air Sweden AOC Aktiebolag, AB is a Sweden, Swedish airline and fully integrated subsidiary of low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle, using its corporate identity. The airline operates Boeing 737 Next Generation, Boeing 737 aircraft fro ...
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EasyJet Switzerland
EasyJet Switzerland SA (styled as easyJet) is a Switzerland, Swiss low-cost airline based in Meyrin, in the canton of Geneva.[AJet
AJet, formerly branded as AnadoluJet until 31 March 2024, is a Turkish low-cost airline operating domestic flights as well as international flights to Northern Cyprus, Europe and Western Asia from its base at Sabiha Gökçen International Airp ...]
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Pegasus Airlines
Pegasus Airlines () (), sometimes stylized as Flypgs, is a Turkish low-cost airline headquartered in the Kurtköy area of Pendik, Turkey, with bases at several Turkish airports.
History
Foundation and early years
On 1 December 1989, two b ...
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SkyUp
SkyUp Airlines LLC is a Ukrainian charter and low-cost airline headquartered in Kyiv, which began its operation in May 2018. During 2021, the airline carried 2,546,899 passengers, performed 15,962 flights, and transported 786.5 tons of cargo. It ...
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EasyJet
EasyJet plc (styled as easyJet) is a British multinational low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport. It operates domestic and international scheduled services on 927 routes in more than 34 countries via its affiliate airlin ...
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Jet2.com
Jet2.com Limited is a British low-cost airline based at Leeds Bradford Airport, England. It offers scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom. As of 2022, it is the third-largest scheduled airline in the UK, behind easyJet and Br ...
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Norse Atlantic UK
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Ryanair UK
Ryanair UK is a British low-cost airline. The airline is the UK subsidiary of the Low-cost carrier, low-cost Irish airline group Ryanair Holdings and a sister airline to Ryanair, Buzz (Ryanair), Buzz and Malta Air. It commenced operations in Mar ...
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Wizz Air UK
Wizz Air UK Ltd. is a British low-cost airline and subsidiary of Wizz Air, Wizz Air Holdings plc, using its corporate identity. Founded to enable Wizz Air to retain full UK market access post-Brexit, it is headquartered at London Luton Airport, ...
Oceania
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Jetstar
Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd, doing business as, trading as Jetstar, is an Australian low-cost airline headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, created in response to the threat posed by the ...
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
EasyJet Switzerland SA (styled as easyJet) is a Switzerland, Swiss low-cost airline based in Meyrin, in the canton of Geneva.[AirAsia X
AirAsia X Berhad, operating as AirAsia X (formerly FlyAsianXpress Sdn. Bhd.), is a Malaysian long-haul, low-cost airline and a subsidiary of the AirAsia, AirAsia Group. The airline was initially established in 2006 as FlyAsian Express (FAX) an ...]
,
Indonesia AirAsia
PT Indonesia AirAsia, operating as Indonesia AirAsia, is an Indonesian low-cost airline based in Tangerang, Banten. It operates scheduled domestic and international services and is an Indonesian associate carrier of the Malaysian AirAsia. Its ...
,
Philippines AirAsia
Philippines AirAsia, Inc. is a Philippine low-cost airline based at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila. The airline is the Philippine affiliate of the Malaysian AirAsia. The airline started as a joint venture among three F ...
,
Thai AirAsia
Thai AirAsia (, ) is a Thai low-cost airline. It is a joint venture of Malaysian AirAsia () and Thailand's Asia Aviation. It serves AirAsia's regularly scheduled domestic and international flights from Bangkok and other cities in Thailand.
H ...
and
Thai AirAsia X
Thai AirAsia X () is a Thai long-haul low-cost airline based at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. It is a joint venture of AirAsia X from Malaysia and Thai AirAsia.
History
On 18 September 2013, AirAsia X signed a shareholders a ...
.
:* Includes
Batik Air
PT Batik Air Indonesia, operating as Batik Air, is an Indonesian scheduled airline headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta. Established in 2012 as the full-service division of the Lion Air Group, Batik Air conducted it ...
,
Wings Air
PT Wings Abadi Airlines, operating as Wings Air, is a scheduled commuter passenger low-cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The airline operates out of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar as well as several other airports aro ...
,
Batik Air Malaysia
Batik Air Malaysia (formerly known as Malindo Air) is a Malaysian full-service airline and a subsidiary of Indonesia's Lion Air Group. Headquartered in Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, the airline operates domestic and international fligh ...
,
Thai Lion Air
Thai Lion Mentari Co. Ltd, trading as Thai Lion Air (), is a Thai low-cost airline operating with Thai partners as an associate company of the Indonesian Lion Air. The carrier operates from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, with plan ...
, Super Air Jet, Lion BizJet (charter airline division) and Lion Parcel (cargo airline division).
:* Includes
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (Arabic: طيران ويز أبو ظبي) is an Emirati low-cost airline based at Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
History
On 12 December 2019, it was announced by Wizz Ai ...
and
Wizz Air UK
Wizz Air UK Ltd. is a British low-cost airline and subsidiary of Wizz Air, Wizz Air Holdings plc, using its corporate identity. Founded to enable Wizz Air to retain full UK market access post-Brexit, it is headquartered at London Luton Airport, ...
.
:* Includes
Jetstar Asia
Jetstar Asia Airways Pte Ltd (operating as Jetstar Asia) is an outgoing Singaporean low-cost airline headquartered at Changi Airport. It operates services to regional destinations in Southeast Asia to countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Mala ...
,
Jetstar Japan
Jetstar Japan is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered in Narita, Chiba, Narita, Chiba Prefecture. The airline serves destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, using a fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft. It is a joint venture between Qa ...
and
Jetstar Pacific
Pacific Airlines Joint Stock Aviation Company (, operating as Pacific Airlines) is a low-cost airline and ground services provider headquartered in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with its primary operating base at Tan Son Nhat ...
.
:* Includes
Cebgo
Cebgo, Inc., operating as Cebgo (stylized in all lowercase), is the wholly-owned regional subsidiary of Cebu Pacific. It is the successor company to South East Asian Airlines and Tigerair Philippines. It is now owned by JG Summit, the parent com ...
.
:* Includes
Transavia France
Transavia Airlines S.A.S., trading as Transavia France and formerly branded as ''transavia.com France'', is a French low-cost airline owned by Air France–KLM and was based at Paris Orly Airport. It shares its corporate design, website and o ...
.
:* Includes
Thai Vietjet Air
Thai Vietjet Air JSC Limited, operating as Thai VietJet Air () or Vietjet Thailand, is a low-cost airline of Thailand and an associate company of Vietnamese VietJet Air ().
History
Thai VietJet Air received its air operator's certificate in ...
.
:* Includes
Air Arabia Maroc
Air Arabia Maroc () is a Moroccan low-cost airline, set up as a joint venture between various Moroccan investors and Air Arabia. Its head office is located in the Arrivals Terminal of Mohammed V International Airport in Nouaceur Province, Mo ...
,
Air Arabia Egypt and
Air Arabia Jordan.
:* Includes
Fastjet Tanzania
Fastjet Airlines Limited (Tanzania), also known as Fastjet Tanzania, was a low-cost airline that operated flights under the fastjet brand in Tanzania. The airline was founded in 2011 as ''Fly540 Tanzania'', but through the acquisition of Fly540 ...
and
Fastjet Zimbabwe
Fastjet Zimbabwe Limited, known and styled as fastjet Zimbabwe, is an IOSA registered Zimbabwean airline that has been incorporated to operate flights under the fastjet brand in Zimbabwe. It launched operations in October 2015 with flights fro ...
.
Defunct low-cost carriers
Africa
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Antinea Airlines
Antinea Airlines was a passenger and cargo airline based in Algiers Houari Boumedienne Airport, Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered t ...
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Ecoair International
Ecoair International was an airline based in Algiers, Algeria, founded in 1999. In 2002 it was integrated into Khalifa Group, the parent company of Khalifa Airways. Operating out of Houari Boumedienne Airport, Ecoair International provided flight ...
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Atlas Blue
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Jet4you
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Fastjet Mozambique
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1time
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Kulula
Kulula.com (stylized as kulula.com) and commonly referred to as Kulula was a South African low-cost airline, operating on major domestic routes from O. R. Tambo International Airport and Lanseria International Airport, both serving the city of ...
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Mango
A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree '' Mangifera indica''. It originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South and Southeast As ...
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SA Express
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Skywise Airlines
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Velvet Sky
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Fastjet Tanzania
Fastjet Airlines Limited (Tanzania), also known as Fastjet Tanzania, was a low-cost airline that operated flights under the fastjet brand in Tanzania. The airline was founded in 2011 as ''Fly540 Tanzania'', but through the acquisition of Fly540 ...
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Zimbabwe flyafrica.com
Americas
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Norwegian Air Argentina
Norwegian Air Argentina S.A.U. was an Argentine Low-cost carrier, low-cost airline The airline operated Boeing 737 Next Generation, Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with bases in Buenos Aires and Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba. All aircraft were aircraft ...
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Sol Líneas Aéreas
SOL S.A. Líneas Aéreas was an Argentine airline founded in 2005, and operating since August 2006 pursuant to an agreement between Transatlántica Group and the government of Santa Fe Province, who sought to improve air connections between the ...
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REDjet
REDjet Caribbean Ltd., operating as REDjet (Airone Caribbean/Airone Ventures Limited), was a startup low-cost carrier based at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Christ Church, Barbados,"." REDjet. Retrieved on April 13, 2011. "Its corp ...
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BRA Transportes Aéreos
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OceanAir
Oceanair was a regional airline that was based at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It competed on domestic routes with Prinair; and on routes to the Virgin Islands with Prinair and with Aero Virgin Islands; ...
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WebJet Linhas Aéreas
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Air Canada Tango
Air Canada Tango was a low-cost subsidiary branch of Air Canada, which was established in 2001 to offer no-frills service on some of Air Canada's routes and to reduce operating costs at the struggling main company. Based in Toronto, Tango opera ...
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Canada 3000
Canada 3000 Airlines Inc. was a Canadian discount charter airline offering domestic and international flights. It was the largest charter airline in the world at the time of its operation, with over 90 destinations worldwide, although it changed ...
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Canada Jetlines
Canada Jetlines, Ltd., operating and branded as jetlines, was a Canadian airline headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario. It operated scheduled and charter flights in the Americas and the Caribbean. The airline launched its inaugural flight on ...
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CanJet
CanJet was a Canadian low-cost airline headquartered in Enfield, Nova Scotia, Enfield, Nova Scotia and based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. In addition to initially flying scheduled passenger service, CanJet operated charter flights ...
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Greyhound Air
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Harmony Airways
Harmony Airways was a Canadian airline headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. It operated holiday flights from Canada to Mexico, Hawaii and Las Vegas. Its main base was Vancouver International Airport.Flight Interna ...
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Jetsgo
Jetsgo Corporation was a short-lived Canadian low-cost airline based in the Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Saint-Laurent Borough#Canada, borough of Montreal. Jetsgo served 19 destinations across Canada, 10 destinations in the United States, and 12 sche ...
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Lynx Air
Lynx Air, legally incorporated as 1263343 Alberta Inc., was a Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier based in Calgary, Alberta. It previously operated as Enerjet and was rebranded as Lynx Air on November 16, 2021. The first flight under the Lynx Air ...
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Swoop (re-integrated into WestJet)
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Vistajet
VistaJet is a global business aviation company founded in 2004 by billionaire Thomas Flohr. The firm flies between any two points, under a "pay for hours flown" fare structure.
In January 2023, its fleet consisted of over 360 planes including ...
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Wardair
Wardair Canada was a privately run Canadian airline, founded by Max Ward in 1952 under the name Wardair Ltd, before formally changing its name to "Wardair Canada" in 1976. The airline was acquired by and merged into Canadian Airlines in 1989.
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WestJet
WestJet Airlines, is a Canadian airline headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Founded in 1994, it is the second-largest airline in Canada and the eighth-largest airline in North America by frequency. It began operations in 1996 with 220 employee ...
(transitioned to full-service carrier)
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Zip
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Zoom Airlines
Zoom Airlines Inc. was a Canadian low-fare scheduled transatlantic airline with its headquarters in the Place Bell Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario. Zoom operated year-round scheduled services to Europe, and charter services to South America, ...
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Latin American Wings
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AIRES
Aerovías de Integración Regional S.A. (Acronym: ''AIRES'', lit. ''airs''), d/b/a LATAM Airlines Colombia (formerly known as LAN Colombia), is a Colombian airline. It is the second-largest air carrier in Colombia, after Avianca. It operates ...
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Intercontinental de Aviación
Intercontinental de Aviación S.A. (English; and ''Inter'' for short) was an airline based in Bogotá, Colombia. It operated domestic services and flights to neighboring countries. Its main hub was located at El Dorado International Airport in Bo ...
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Viva Air Colombia
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Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica
Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica was a low-cost airline based in San José, Costa Rica. Its main hub was Juan Santamaría International Airport.
History
The airline was established in 2003 in San José by Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela
Aeropo ...
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EasySky
EasySky was a low-cost airline based in Honduras. Its head office is located in Tegucigalpa, and since 2015, its primary operational base was at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa.
Destinations
EasySky flew to the following schedu ...
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Icaro Air
Icaro Air was an airline based in Quito, Ecuador. Its main base was Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito.
Founded in 1971, Icaro operated domestic passenger service under Icaro Express.
History Early and later operations
The company ...
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Aero California
Aero California (at times shortened as ''AeroCal'') was a low-cost airline with its headquarters in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, operating a network of domestic passenger flights with its airline hub, hub at the city's Manuel Márquez d ...
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Aladia
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Aviacsa
Consorcio Aviaxsa, S.A. de C.V., doing business as Aviacsa, was a low-cost airline of Mexico, founded in 1990. The airline operated domestic services until the airline's grounding in 2011, radiating from major hubs at Monterrey, Mexico City, and ...
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Avolar
Avolar Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V. ( sensational spelling of "a volar", roughly meaning "Let's fly") was a low-cost airline based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, with corporate offices in Tijuana. The airline operated a domestic network of 1 ...
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Click Mexicana
MexicanaClick, formerly Click Mexicana, was Mexicana's regional operator, serving most of Mexicana's domestic routes between more than 25 Mexican cities. It was founded as a low-cost carrier, but changed its market to regional operations after i ...
(until 2008; Click was rebranded MexicanaClick and was no longer a low-cost airline)
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Interjet
InterJet was a private jet charter operator in the Greek business aviation market. InterJet was based in Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal ...
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Líneas Aéreas Azteca
Líneas Aéreas Azteca was an airline based in Mexico City, Mexico. It operated domestic scheduled services and international services to the USA. Its main base was Mexico City International Airport, with a hub at Tijuana International Airport ...
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SARO
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TAESA Lineas Aéreas
TAESA (Transportes Aéreos Ejecutivos S.A.) was a low cost airline with its headquarters in No. 27 of Hangar Zone C on the grounds of Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico.
History
The airline, owned by Carlos Hank Gonzá ...
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Viva Air Perú
Viva Air Perú S.A.C. was a Peru, Peruvian low-cost carrier, ultra low-cost carrier. It was created by Irelandia Aviation, which also developed similar carriers Viva Air Colombia and Mexico's VivaAerobús, the latter of which has no legal affilia ...
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Air Florida
Air Florida was an American low-cost carrier that operated under its own brand from 1972 to 1984. During the period from 1972 to 1978 Air Florida was an intrastate airline. Until a high-profile 1982 aircraft crash in Washington DC, Air Florida ...
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AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways was a low-cost airline in the United States that operated from 1993 until it was acquired by Southwest Airlines May 2, 2011.
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, AirTran Airways was established in 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines b ...
(acquired by
Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines Co., or simply Southwest, is a Major airlines of the United States, major airline in the United States that formerly operated on a low-cost carrier model. It is headquartered in the Love Field, Dallas, Love Field neighborhood ...
)
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America West Airlines
America West Airlines was an airline in the United States that operated from 1981 until it merged with US Airways in 2007. It was headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. Its main hub was at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, with secondary hubs ...
(merged into
US Airways
US Airways was a major airline in the United States. It was originally founded in History of aviation in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called All American Aviation, which soon became a commercial passenger airline. In 1953, it ...
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ATA Airlines
ATA Airlines, Inc., formerly known as American Trans Air and commonly referred to as ATA, was an American low-cost and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ATA operated scheduled passenger flights throughout the U.S. mainland and ...
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Braniff (1991–1992)
Braniff International Airlines, Inc. was a low-fare airline formed in 1991 from the assets of two earlier airlines that used the Braniff name. It was headquartered in the Dallas, Texas, area and owned by BNAir, Inc., a subsidiary of BIA-COR Ho ...
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Eastern Air Lines (2015)
Eastern Air Lines Group, Inc. was an American low-cost airline based in Miami, Florida, founded in 2015. It operated charter flights between Miami and destinations in the United States, Caribbean and Latin America.
In 2017, Swift Air acquired ...
Eastern Air Lines
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:*Hooters Air
Hooters Air was an airline headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States. Hooters Air flights were operated by Winston-Salem, North Carolina–based Pace Airlines both as ad hoc private charters, and as scheduled USDOT public cha ...
:*Independence Air
Independence Air was a low-cost airline, owned by FLYi, Inc., headquartered in the Loudoun Gateway Corporate Center in Dulles, Virginia, United States (near Washington, D.C.) that operated from 1989 until 2006. Its route network focused on the ...
:*MetroJet
MetroJet was a low-cost airline brand operated as a wholly owned division of US Airways from 1998 until 2001.
History
After the conclusion of painstaking labor negotiations in 1997, US Airways sought to head off burgeoning competition from l ...
:* Midway Airlines
:* National Airlines
:*Pacific Southwest Airlines
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a low-cost carrier, low-cost US airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. It was the first substantial scheduled low-cost carrier, discount airline. PSA called itself "Th ...
:* People Express
:* Safe Air
:*Skybus Airlines
Skybus Airlines Inc. was a privately held airline based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It operated as an ultra low-cost carrier modeled after the European airline Ryanair, and aimed to be the least expensive airline in the United States. T ...
:* SkyValue
:*Song
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(operations folded into Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a Major airlines of the United States, major airline in the United States headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, operating nine hubs, with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being its ...
)
:*Southeast Airlines
Southeast Airlines was established in 1993 as Sun Jet International and was founded by Tom Kolfenbach.
It was a low fare public charter airline which operated scheduled passenger service in the United States, headquartered in Largo, Florida, fl ...
:*Streamline Air
Streamline Air was an American regional-airline based at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. The airline started operations on April 4, 2011. Streamline operated four daily flights between its two destinations. Streamline Air, LLC. was a s ...
:* Ted (operations folded into United Airlines
United Airlines, Inc. is a Major airlines of the United States, major airline in the United States headquartered in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois that operates an extensive domestic and international route network across the United States and six ...
)
:*Tower Air
Tower Air was a certificated FAR 121 U.S. charter airline that also operated scheduled passenger service from 1983 until 2000 when the company declared bankruptcy and was liquidated. Scheduled flights were initially offered over a New York – Bru ...
:*ValuJet Airlines
ValuJet Airlines was an ultra low-cost airline in the United States that operated from 1992 until 1997, when it was rebranded as AirTran Airlines after joining forces with AirTran Airways. It was headquartered in unincorporated Clayton County ...
:*Vanguard Airlines
Vanguard Airlines was a low-cost airline based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, where it operated a hub from 1994 through 2002. For a time, Vanguard also had significant operations at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illi ...
:*Virgin America
Virgin America Inc. was a low-cost airline headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Burlingame, California. It primarily focused on operating low-fare, higher-quality service between cities on the West Coast of the United States a ...
(merged with Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest airline in North America when measured by scheduled passengers carried, as of 2024. Alaska, togethe ...
)
:*Western Pacific Airlines
Western Pacific Airlines, or WestPac, was an airline which operated in the United States from 1995 to 1998. A low-cost carrier, it was formed in 1994 under the name Commercial Air, later changed to Western Pacific, and began operating scheduled ...
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:* U Air
Asia
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:* AZALJet
:* Buta Airways
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:* Bahrain Air
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:* Flyvista
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:*Oasis Hong Kong Airlines
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited () was a long-haul, low-cost Asian airline. It operated scheduled services to London Gatwick Airport and Vancouver International Airport from its hub, Hong Kong International Airport. The airline offered low ...
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:*Air Asia India
AIX Connect, formerly known as AirAsia India, was an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India Limited which in turn is owned by Tata Group. The airline was founded as ...
(merged with Air India Express
Air India Express is an India, Indian low-cost airline and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India. It is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The airline operates more than 2000 flights per week to 45 destinations across India, the Middle ...
)
:*Go First
Go First, founded as GoAir, was an Indian low-cost airline based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Owned by the Indian business conglomerate Wadia Group, it commenced operations on 4 November 2005 and operated a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft in an all ...
:* JetKonnect (merged with Jet Airways
Jet Airways Limited, trading as Jet Airways, was an Indian full-service airline based in Delhi, with a training and developmental centre in Mumbai. Incorporated in April 1993 as a limited liability company, the airline began operations as an ...
)
:*Jetlite
JetLite was a low-cost subsidiary of Jet Airways. It was formerly known as ''Air Sahara'' until the buyout by Jet Airways which rebranded the airline as JetLite. On 17 April 2019, JetLite grounded all of its flights and ceased all operations ...
(merged with Jet Airways
Jet Airways Limited, trading as Jet Airways, was an Indian full-service airline based in Delhi, with a training and developmental centre in Mumbai. Incorporated in April 1993 as a limited liability company, the airline began operations as an ...
)
:*Kingfisher Red
Kingfisher Airlines Limited was an airline group based in India. It was established in 2003 and started its commercial operations in 2005. Through its parent company United Breweries Group, it had a 50% stake in low-cost carrier Kingfisher Re ...
:*Paramount Airways
Paramount Airways was an airline based in Chennai, India. It operated scheduled services, mainly targeting business travellers until it ceased operations in 2010. Its hub was Chennai International Airport and was the first airline in India to ...
:*Simplifly Deccan
Simplifly Deccan, formerly known as Air Deccan, was the first Indian low-cost carrier. Headquartered in Bengaluru, it operated domestic flights from seven base airports using a fleet of Airbus A320, ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft. The airline appe ...
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:*Adam Air
Adam Air (incorporated as PT. Adam SkyConnection Airlines) was a privately owned airline based in West Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It operated scheduled domestic services to over 20 cities and international services to Penang and Singapore. Its ...
:* Bali Air
:*Batavia Air
PT. Metro Batavia, operating as Batavia Air, was an airline based in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Surabaya. Until January 31, 2013, the airline operated domestic flights to around 42 destinations and several nearby regional international ...
:*Indonesia AirAsia X
Indonesia AirAsia X was a joint venture of Malaysian long haul low-fare airline AirAsia X and Indonesia AirAsia. The airline ceased all operations on 14 January 2019.
History
Indonesia AirAsia X is the medium and long-haul operation of the br ...
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:* Up
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:*Air Next
was a low-cost airline based on the grounds of Fukuoka Airport in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan and a wholly owned subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). It operated domestic services from its main base at Fukuoka Airport. ...
:*AirAsia Japan
was the name of two incarnations of a Japanese low-cost airline, which had operated as a joint venture between the Malaysian AirAsia and Japanese partners.
AirAsia Japan's first incarnation was founded in July 2011, and was based at Tokyo's ...
:*Link Airs
was a regional airline startup headquartered on the fifth floor of the Fukuoka Gion Daiichi Seimei Building (福岡祇園第一生命ビル ''Fukuoka Gion Daiichi Seimei Biru'') in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, which planned to serve Fukuoka Airpor ...
:*Vanilla Air
was a low-cost airline in Japan wholly owned by All Nippon Airways. Its head office was within Terminal 2 of Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba, Narita, Chiba Prefecture. The airline ceased operations in October 2019 on its merger w ...
(merged with Peach Aviation
, operating as Peach, is a Japanese low-cost airline. Its head office is at Kansai International Airport and in Tajiri, Osaka, Tajiri, Osaka Prefecture.
History
Peach was formed in February 2011 as A&F Aviation, a joint venture between All Ni ...
)
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:* Air Arabia Jordan
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:*Wataniya Airways
Kuwait Wataniya Airways (K.S.C.) (), doing business as Wataniya Airways (), was a publicly-traded company on the Kuwait Stock Exchange. Wataniya Airways' hub was the Sheikh Saad Terminal in Kuwait while its corporate headquarters were on the prop ...
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:* Air Manas
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:*Viva Macau
Viva Macau Airlines was a Macanese long-haul, low-cost carrier based at Macau International Airport. The airline operated flights to Australia and Asia.”Viva Macau – Con Korfiatis’ Paper Napkin Airline” – Airliners, March/April 2009
...
;
:* MYAirline
:* Rayani Air
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:*Cosmic Air
Cosmic Air Pvt. Ltd. ( Nepali: कस्मिक एयर) was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It operated scheduled domestic and international services out of Tribhuvan International Airport. After already having been forced to temporar ...
:* Fly Yeti
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:*Bhoja Air
Bhoja Air () was a Pakistani airline based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
The airline was founded in 1993 and operated a small domestic network of scheduled passenger flights. Due to financial difficulties, the airline completely suspended operat ...
:* Rayyan Air
:*Shaheen Air
Shaheen Air International () was a private Pakistani airline with its head office at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi and was founded by the Shah family. It remained Pakistan's second-largest airline until its liquidation in 2018 due to f ...
;
:*Spirit of Manila Airlines
Spirit of Manila Airlines Corporation, operated as Spirit of Manila Airlines, was a low-cost airline based in Roxas Sea Front Garden in Pasay, Philippines. Its main hub was Clark International Airport. The airline's tagline/slogan was: "I am goin ...
:*Zest Airways
Zest Airways, Inc., operated as AirAsia Zest (formerly Asian Spirit and Zest Air), was a Filipino low-cost airline based at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila in the Philippines. It operated scheduled domestic and inter ...
(merged into Philippines AirAsia
Philippines AirAsia, Inc. is a Philippine low-cost airline based at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila. The airline is the Philippine affiliate of the Malaysian AirAsia. The airline started as a joint venture among three F ...
)
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:* Air Pohang
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:* Sama
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:*Tigerair
Tiger Airways Singapore Pte Ltd, operating as Tigerair, was a low-cost airline headquartered in Singapore. It operated services to regional destinations in Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, Taiwan, China and India from its main base at Singapore Ch ...
(merged with Scoot
Scoot Pte Ltd, operating as Scoot, is a low-cost airline based in Singapore and a subsidiary of the country's flag carrier Singapore Airlines. It began its operations on 4 June 2012 on medium and long-haul routes from Singapore, predominantly t ...
)
:*Valuair
Valuair (Chinese (language), Chinese: 惠旅航空) was a Singapore-based low-cost carrier. It was launched on 5 May 2004, initially offering services to Bangkok and Hong Kong, before expanding to Indonesia, Mainland China and other cities in ...
(acquired in 2005 by Jetstar Asia
Jetstar Asia Airways Pte Ltd (operating as Jetstar Asia) is an outgoing Singaporean low-cost airline headquartered at Changi Airport. It operates services to regional destinations in Southeast Asia to countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Mala ...
; dissolved in 2014)
;
:*Mihin Lanka
Mihin Lanka was a Low-cost carrier, low-fare leisure airline based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was owned by the Sri Lankan government. The airline operated scheduled flights from its hub at Bandaranaike International Airport to a number of cities in ...
(merged with SriLankan Airlines
SriLankan Airlines is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance. It was launched in 1979 as Air Lanka following the termination of operations of the original Sri Lankan flag carrier Air Ceylon. As of t ...
)
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:*U-Land Airlines
U-Land Airlines () was a Taiwanese low-cost carrier based in Taipei. The airline was the first low-cost carrier in Taiwan, which operated domestic and short-haul international routes. Having gone bankrupt in 2001, it was affiliated to U-Land Bu ...
:*V Air
V Air was a short-lived Taiwanese low-cost airline based in Taipei active from 2014 through 2016. It was a franchise subsidiary of TransAsia Airways serving flights to Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Cambodia from its base at Taiwan Taoyuan Int ...
;
:*NokScoot
NokScoot Airlines Company Limited (commonly referred to as NokScoot) was a Thailand-based low-cost airline, operating medium- to long-haul international services out of Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport. On 26 June 2020, the airline c ...
:*One-Two-GO Airlines
One-Two-Go Airlines Co. Ltd () was a low-cost airline based in Don Mueang district, Bangkok, Thailand. Its main base was Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok. It was owned and managed by Orient Thai Airlines and CEO Udom Tantiprasongchai a ...
:* Solar Air
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:*Kang Pacific Airlines
Kang Pacific Airlines was a low-cost carrier operating out of Fujairah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates. The airline made its first, and only flight on 6 June 2008.
History
Kang Pacific Airline was incorporated in the United Ki ...
Europe
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:*Albatros Airways
Albatros Airways Sh.p.k was a low-cost airline based in Tirana in Albania. It flew to destinations in Italy using Fokker 100 aircraft. Its main base was Rinas Mother Teresa Airport (TIA), Tirana. On 1 September 2006 the airline was grounded, on ...
:*Belle Air
Belle Air Sh.p.k (stylized as ''belleair'') was a privately owned Albanian low-cost airline headquartered in Tirana.
History
Belle Air was founded in 2005. It ceased operations on 24 November 2013 . Their fleet has been returned to the lessors ...
;
:*Laudamotion
Lauda, legally ''Laudamotion GmbH'' (formerly ''Amira Air''), was an Austrian low-cost airline based in Concorde Business Park in Schwechat, near Vienna, Austria. It was a subsidiary of Ryanair Holdings since 2018, along with Ryanair DAC, Ryan ...
:*Level Europe
Level Europe GmbH was an Austrian airline owned by Vueling, and by extension the International Airlines Group (IAG). It operated short-haul flights within Europe from bases at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Vienna International Airport sharing ...
:*Niki __NOTOC__
Niki may refer to:
People
* Niki (given name)
* Niki (singer)
* Ni-Ki, member of the South Korean boy band Enhypen.
Places
* Niki, Hokkaido, a town in Japan
* Niki, Florina, a village in Greece
Other uses
* Niki (airline), former ...
;
:*Virgin Express
N.V. Virgin Express S.A. was a Belgian airline created within the Virgin Group. It operated flights mainly to southern Europe from its hub at Brussels Airport. Ticket sales were mainly through the Internet. The airline merged with SN Brussels ...
(merged with SN Brussels Airlines
SN Brussels Airlines (SNBA) was the flag carrier of Belgium, which mainly operated from Brussels Airport. SNBA was the trading name of the Belgian airline Delta Air Transport. SNBA was a full-service airline, connecting Brussels with the rest ...
to form Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier and largest airline of Belgium, based and headquartered at Brussels Airport. It operates to over 100 destinations in Europe, North America and Africa and also offers charter services, maintenance and crew ...
)
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:*Wizz Air Bulgaria
Wizz Air Bulgaria Airlines EAD was the Bulgarian division of the Hungarian Wizz Air.
History
The Bulgarian company was awarded licenses to begin services to Greece, Turkey and Moldova in 2006.
In 2011 Wizz Air Bulgaria merged with its parent ...
;
:*Eurocypria
Eurocypria Airlines Limited was a charter airline with its head office in the Artemis Building in Larnaca, Cyprus, owned by the government of Cyprus, operating mostly chartered flights. Its main base was Larnaca International Airport, with a seco ...
:*Helios Airways
Helios Airways was a low-cost Cyprus, Cypriot airline operating Scheduled air transport, scheduled and charter airline, charter flights between Cyprus and many European and African destinations. It had its corporate headquarters on the grounds of ...
;
:* Blue Air Moravia
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:*Sterling Airlines
Sterling Airlines A/S was a low-cost airline with its head office at Copenhagen Airport South in Dragør, Dragør Municipality, Denmark. It was created in September 2005 through the merger of two Danish airlines — Sterling European Airli ...
:*Transavia Denmark
Transavia Denmark ApS, also known as Transavia.com Denmark or Transavia Denmark and trading as transavia.com, was a Denmark, Danish based low-cost airline operating as a subsidiary of Transavia group. Its main base was at Copenhagen Airport. Tran ...
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:* FaroeJet
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:*Flying Finn
"The Flying Finn" (, ) is a nickname given to several Finnish athletes who were noted for their speed. Originally, it was given to several Finnish middle and long-distance runners. The term was later extended to notable Finnish racing driver ...
;
:* Air Turquoise
:* Flywest
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:*Air Berlin
Air Berlin plc & Co. Luftverkehrs KG (), branded as airberlin or airberlin.com, was a major German airline. At its peak, it was Germany's second-largest airline after Lufthansa, as well as Europe's tenth-largest airline in terms of passengers c ...
(became a full-service airline in 2010 and collapsed in 2017)
:* DBA
:*Germanwings
Germanwings GmbH was a German low-cost airline wholly owned by Lufthansa which operated under the Eurowings brand. It was based in Cologne with hubs at Cologne Bonn Airport, Stuttgart Airport, Hamburg Airport, Berlin Tegel Airport, Munich ...
(merged with Eurowings
Eurowings GmbH is a Germany, German low-cost carrier headquartered in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group. Founded in 1996, it serves a network of domestic and European destinations and main ...
)
:* HLX (merged with Hapagfly to Tuifly, city routes then sold to Air Berlin)
:*OLT Express Germany
OLT Express Germany (formerly OLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH or OLT) was an airline based in Bremen in Germany. The company moved to Bremen from Emden in February 2012. It operated regional scheduled and charter flights linking northern G ...
;
:* Ellinair
Ellinair was a Greek airline headquartered in Thessaloniki operating scheduled and charter flights.
History
The new airline was established on 19 February 2013 and its first flight was operated in February 2014. The name Ellinair is a combinati ...
:* Hellas Jet
:* Macedonian Airlines
Macedonian Airlines (, transliterated ''Makedonikes Aerogrammes'') was a subsidiary of Olympic Airlines, Olympic Airways, the former national flag carrier of Greece. The company ceased operations in 2003, when it took over the operations of Oly ...
;
:*Iceland Express
Iceland Express was a low-fare airline headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland that was acquired by WOW air. It operated services to several destinations in Europe using wet-leased aircraft. Its main base was Keflavík International Airport.
His ...
:*Loftleiðir
Loftleiðir (, ), internationally known as Icelandic Airlines (abbreviated IAL) or Loftleiðir Icelandic, was a private Icelandic airline headquartered on the grounds of Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík, which operated mostly trans-Atlantic flig ...
:* WOW Air
;
:*Norwegian Air International
Norwegian Air International was an Republic of Ireland, Irish airline and fully integrated subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, using its corporate identity. It operated flights to destinations in Europe and the Middle East from various European ...
;
:*Air One
Air One S.p.A. was an Italian low-cost airline which operated as Air One "Smart Carrier". It operated as Alitalia's low-cost subsidiary with operating bases located in Catania, Palermo, Pisa, Venice and Verona; while Tirana was a focus city. "Ai ...
:* Air Service Plus
:* Alpieagles
:* Blu-express
:*Club Air
Club Air was an airline based in Verona, Italy operating domestic flights within Italy and international flights to Albania, France, Moldova, Kosovo, Romania and Ukraine. It had a hub at Verona Airport. Another European-based airline operating Bo ...
:*MyAir
My Way Airlines S.r.l., operated as MyAir.com, was a low-cost airline based in Torri di Quartesolo, Vicenza, Italy. It operated scheduled services linking a dozen Italian cities and international flights to France, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Mor ...
:*Volare Airlines
C.A.I. Second S.p.A. was an Italian airline operating flights for its parent company, Alitalia. When Alitalia merged with Air One, it didn't close C.A.I. (at that time known as Volare S.p.A. and then Volareweb.com) so that it could preserve slot ...
;
:*V Bird
V Bird (legally ''V Bird Airlines Netherlands BV'') was a low-cost airline based in the Netherlands which operated services to northern and southern Europe. Its head office was on the grounds of Maastricht Aachen Airport in Beek
Beek (; ) ...
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:*Color Air
Color Air AS was the first Norway, Norwegian low-cost airline. It operated from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen in 1998 and 1999 with a fleet of three Boeing 737 Classic#737-300, Boeing 737-300 aircraft. Color Air was a brand extension of Color Line (f ...
:* Feel Air
:* Flyr
:*Norwegian Long Haul
Norwegian Long Haul Aksjeselskap, AS was a division of Norwegian Air Shuttle that operated Flight length, long-haul flights between Europe, Asia, and North America. The airline's fleet consisted of the Boeing 787. The airline was registered in D ...
;
:*Air Polonia
Air Polonia was the first privately owned low-cost airline in Poland with its headquarters in Warsaw and its largest operations base at Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport. On 5 December 2004 Air Polonia ceased operations due to financial difficulti ...
:*Centralwings
Centralwings was a charter airline based in Warsaw, Poland. The airline operated as a low-cost airline and then became a charter-only operation in October 2008. It was a subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, operating international services in Eur ...
:* Direct Fly
:*GetJet
:* OLT Express Poland
;
:*Blue Air
Blue Air was a Romanian low-cost airline headquartered in Bucharest, with its hub at Henri Coandă International Airport. It was the largest Romanian airline by scheduled passengers flown. In 2017, Blue Air carried over 5 million passengers, ...
:*Carpatair
Carpatair S.A. (corporation), S.A. is a privately-owned Romanian Air charter, charter and former regional airline headquartered in Timișoara.
History
Carpatair was established in 1999 and started operations in February 1999 in Cluj-Napoca. Th ...
(now operates as a regional airline)
:* Fly Romania
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:* Avianova
:* Dobrolet
:*Sky Express Sky Express may refer to:
* Sky Express (Greece), a Greek airline
* Sky Express (Russia), a defunct Russian airline
{{disambiguation ...
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:* Centavia
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:* SkyEurope
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:*Spanair
Spanair S.A. was a Spanish airline, with its head office in the Spanair Building in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, near Barcelona. Until 2009, it was a subsidiary of the SAS Group; the same parent company in control of Scandinavian Airlines and held ...
;
:* Flyme
:*FlyNordic
FlyNordic was an airline based in Stockholm, Sweden. It operated scheduled and charter services in Scandinavia and Europe. Its main base was Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Stockholm. In 2007, the airline was bought by Norwegian Air Shuttle and became ...
:*Snowflake
A snowflake is a single ice crystal that is large enough to fall through the Earth's atmosphere as snow.Knight, C.; Knight, N. (1973). Snow crystals. Scientific American, vol. 228, no. 1, pp. 100–107.Hobbs, P.V. 1974. Ice Physics. Oxford: C ...
;
:*Bees Airline
Bees Airline is a Ukraine, Ukrainian Low-cost carrier, low-cost airline, which commenced operations in March 2021. Its head office was in Kyiv.
History
The airline was established in late 2019 and received its Air Operator Certificate (Air oper ...
:*Wizz Air Ukraine
Wizz Air Ukraine () was the Ukrainian division of the Hungarian Wizz Air based at Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport with additional minor operations out of Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport. It ceased operations by 20 April 2015.
...
;
:*AB Airlines
AB Airlines was an airline with its head office in the Enterprise House, Stansted Airport in Uttlesford, Essex.
:* Air Scotland
:*bmibaby
Bmibaby Limited (styled as bmibaby.com) was a British low-cost airline that flew to destinations in the United Kingdom and Europe from its bases at Birmingham and East Midlands airports. It was a subsidiary of British Midland International, it ...
:*Court Line
Court Line was a 20th-century British Tramp trade, tramp shipping company that was founded in 1905. In the 1960s it diversified into shipbuilding and Air charter, charter aviation. Its merchant shipping interests were based in Port of London, Lo ...
:* Debonair
:*Duo Airways
Duo Airways was an airline based in the United Kingdom. Its main bases were Birmingham Airport and Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport is an international airport located in the Ingliston area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located west o ...
:*Flybe Flybe may refer to:
* Flybe (1979–2020)
Flybe (pronounced ), styled as flybe, was a British airline based in Exeter, England. Launched in 1979 as Jersey European Airways, and renamed Flybe in 2002, at various points it was the largest ind ...
:*flyglobespan
Flyglobespan was a Scotland, Scottish low-cost airline based in Edinburgh. It operated scheduled services from five airports across Scotland, England and Ireland to destinations in Europe, North America, North Africa and South Africa. Its main ...
:* Go
:*Laker Airways
Laker Airways was a private British airline founded by Sir Freddie Laker in 1966. It was originally a charter airline flying passengers and cargo worldwide. Its head office was located at Gatwick Airport in Crawley, England.
It became the sec ...
:*Monarch Airlines
Monarch Airlines, simply known as Monarch, was a British Air charter, charter and scheduled airline founded by Bill Hodgson and Don Peacock and financed by the Swiss Sergio Mantegazza family. The company later became a low-cost airline in 2004 ...
:* Norwegian Air UK
Oceania
;
:*Air Australia
Strategic Airlines Pty Ltd, trading as Air Australia Airways, was an Australian airline flying domestic and international scheduled passenger flights. Strategic Aviation, a sister company, flew air charter flights using the Air Australia fle ...
:*Bonza
Bonza Aviation Pty Ltd, operating as Bonza, was a short-lived Australian low-cost airline, headquartered on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast. Founded in October 2021, Bonza commenced operations on 31 January 2023. The airline ente ...
:* Compass Airlines
:* East-West Airlines
:*Impulse Airlines
Impulse Airlines was an Australian airline which operated regional and low-cost trunk services between 1992 and 2004. It was acquired by Qantas in 2001 to form the basis of Qantas' new regional airline QantasLink. The airline had its head offi ...
(acquired by Qantas
Qantas ( ), formally Qantas Airways Limited, is the flag carrier of Australia, and the largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations in Australia and List of largest airlines in Oceania, Oceania. A foundi ...
and rebranded as Jetstar
Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd, doing business as, trading as Jetstar, is an Australian low-cost airline headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, created in response to the threat posed by the ...
and QantasLink
QantasLink is a full-service, Regional airline, regional brand of Australian flag carrier airline Qantas. As of 2024, QantasLink provides over 2,000 flights each week to 65 metropolitan, regional and remote destinations across Australia, as wel ...
)
:*Tigerair Australia
Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd, operating as Tigerair Australia, was an Australian low-cost airline. Founded by Tiger Airways Holdings, it commenced services in the domestic airline market on 23 November 2007 as Tiger Airways Australia. It lat ...
:*Virgin Blue (transitioned into a full-service airline in 2011 and renamed Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia, formerly known as Virgin Blue, is an Australian airline based in Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of two active airlines (the other being Virgin Atlantic) to use the Virgin Group, Virgin brand, as well as the larger by fleet ...
)
;
:*Freedom Air
Freedom Air (legally ''Freedom Air International'') was a New Zealand low-cost airline which operated since 8 December 1995 to March 2008. It was part of the Air New Zealand Group which ran scheduled passenger services from New Zealand to Aust ...
:* Kiwi Airlines
:* Pacific Blue Airlines (now codeshares with Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand Limited () is the flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 20 domestic and 28 international destinations in 18 countries, primarily within the Pacific Rim. The airline h ...
and is a full service brand — Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia, formerly known as Virgin Blue, is an Australian airline based in Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of two active airlines (the other being Virgin Atlantic) to use the Virgin Group, Virgin brand, as well as the larger by fleet ...
)
See also
* Flag carrier
A flag carrier is a transport company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given sovereign state, enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by that government for international operations.
Histo ...
* List of regional airlines
The following is a list of regional airlines organized by home country.
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Defunct regional airlines
Africa
Asia
Europe
Americas
Oceania
See also
* List of airlines
* List of low-cost air ...
* Lists of airlines
Lists of passenger airlines cover existing and defunct airlines. Complete lists are given in alphabetical sequence by the name of the continent from which they operate.
Lists are also given by size, by business model and by other characteristics. ...
References
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