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The following is a list of low-cost carriers 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. Regional airlines, which may compete with low-cost airlines on some routes, are listed at
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 airl ...
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Africa

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Air Cairo Air Cairo is a low-fare 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. I ...
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FlyEgypt flyEgypt is an Egyptian low-cost and charter airline headquartered in Cairo. History The airline was founded in 2014 as a single class charter operator and started operations on 12 February 2015 with a flight between Cairo and Jeddah Jedd ...
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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. History Willem Alexander Hondius was appointed as CEO in September 2013, repo ...
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Air Arabia Maroc Air Arabia Maroc ( ar, العربية للطيران المغرب) 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 In ...
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FlySafair FlySafair is an international low-cost airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Safair. The company slogan is ''For The Love Of Flying.'' History The airline was established in August 2013 and was grante ...
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Fastjet Zimbabwe Fastjet Zimbabwe Limited, also known and styled as fastjet Zimbabwe, is a low-cost airline that has been incorporated to operate flights under the fastjet brand in Zimbabwe. It is the second locally incorporated airline to operate under the fa ...


Americas

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Flybondi FB Líneas Aéreas S.A., operating as Flybondi, is a low-cost airline in Argentina. The airline, the first of its kind in the country, operates Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with bases in Buenos Aires and Córdoba. All aircraft are registered in Arge ...
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JetSmart Argentina JetSmart Airlines S.A., styled as JetSMART, is an Argentine airline owned by ultra low-cost carrier JetSmart, itself owned by Indigo Partners, a firm that also has stakes in US-based Frontier Airlines, Mexico-based Volaris, and Hungary-base ...
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Gol Transportes Aéreos Gol may refer to: Places * * Gol, Gilan, a village in Gilan Province, Iran * Gol, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Gol, Bukan, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Gol, Chaldoran, a village in West Azerbaijan ...
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Flair Airlines Flair Airlines is a Canadian 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 company slogan is ''Plane and Simple.'' The a ...
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Canada Jetlines Canada Jetlines, Ltd., operating as Jetlines, is a Canadian ultra low-cost airline headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario. Jetlines aims to meet the market demand in Canada for low-fare air travel, planning to follow the business model of Eu ...
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Lynx Air Lynx Air, legally incorporated as 1263343 Alberta Inc., is 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 n ...
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Sunwing Airlines Sunwing Airlines Inc. is a Canadian low-cost airline headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Sunwing Airlines offers scheduled and charter services from Canada and the United States to destinations within the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, ...
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Sky Airline Sky Airline, styled as SꓘY, is an airline based at Comodoro 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 u ...
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JetSmart JetSmart Airlines SpA, stylized as JetSMART, is a South American ultra low-cost carrier created by US investment fund (and co-founder of LBM Fermin Ithuralde) Indigo Partners, which also controls low-cost carriers like US airline Frontier Airli ...
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Viva Air Colombia Fast Colombia S.A.S., trading as Viva Air Colombia and formerly VivaColombia, is a Colombian low-cost airline based in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia. It is a subsidiary of Irelandia Aviation and third largest airline in the country. It is not l ...
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Ultra Air Ultra Air S.A.S is a Colombian low-cost airline headquartered in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia, with its main base located at José María Córdova International Airport, serving Medellín. History Ultra Air was founded in 2020 by founder an ...
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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 Mexican airline Volaris. Announced in March 2016, the airline began opera ...
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Air Caraïbes Air Caraïbes () is a French airline based in the French West Indies, with its headquarters in Les Abymes in Guadeloupe. The airline's main base of operations is at Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe, with a focus city at Mar ...
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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. History It was founded in 2020 as a joint-venture between the Venezuelan airline LASER ...
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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 new subsidiary of Mexican airline Volaris and a local flag carrier for El Salvador. History The airline had its first certificat ...
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EasySky EasySky is a low-cost airline based in Honduras. Its head office is located in Tegucigalpa, and since 2015, its primary operational base is at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa. Destinations EasySky flies to the following schedul ...
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Calafia Airlines Calafia Airlines is a Mexican low-cost airline founded in 1993, based in the Cabo San Lucas International Airfield. It was formerly named Aéreo Calafia till mid 2016, when as part of a commercial expansion project they decided to use a more com ...
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VivaAerobús Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V., trading as Viva Aerobus, is a Mexican low-cost airline fully owned by the largest bus company group in Mexico, IAMSA, and was co-founded by and invested in by Irelandia Aviation. Based in Monterrey Internati ...
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Volaris Volaris, legally ''Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación S.A.P.I. de C.V.'', is a Mexican low-cost airline based in Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City l-888-Ʒ9Ʒ-I394 with its hubs in Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Tijuana, and focu ...
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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 Li ...
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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 intern ...
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InterCaribbean Airways InterCaribbean Airways, Ltd. (formerly known as Air Turks & Caicos) is a low-cost airline, based in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The airline offers scheduled domestic and regional commercial passenger flight ser ...
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Allegiant Air Allegiant Air (usually shortened to Allegiant) is an ultra low-cost U.S. carrier that operates scheduled and charter flights. It is a major air carrier, the fourteenth-largest commercial airline in North America. Allegiant was founded in 1 ...
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Avelo Airlines Avelo Airlines () is an ultra low-cost U.S. carrier headquartered in Houston, Texas. It previously operated charter flights as ''Casino Express Airlines'' and ''Xtra Airways'', before transitioning to scheduled operations and rebranding as Av ...
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JetBlue JetBlue Airways Corporation (stylized as jetBlue) is a major American low cost airline, and the seventh largest airline in North America by passengers carried. The airline is headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the New York C ...
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Spirit Airlines Spirit Airlines Inc. (stylized as spirit) is a major ultra-low-cost U.S. carrier headquartered in Miramar, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, the Caribbean and Latin Americ ...
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Venezolana Venezolana - Linea Aérea de Venezuela RAV S.A. (also known as ''Venezolana de Aviación'') is a Venezuelan low-cost airline headquartered in Maracaibo. History The airline was founded by Venezuelan investors in 2001 as ''RAVSA - Rutas Aéreas d ...


Asia

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FLYONE Armenia FlyOne Armenia LLC, styled as FlyOne Armenia, is an Armenian low-cost airline based in Yerevan, Armenia. It is a subsidiary of the Moldovan low-cost airline FlyOne. History The airline was created following a 60 million euro ($67.8 million) in ...
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Buta Airways Buta Airways is an Azerbaijani low-cost virtual carrier headquartered in Baku, with its primary operational base at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Azerbaijan Airlines. History In December 2016, it was ann ...
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9 Air 9 Air Co., Ltd., operating as 9 Air, () is a Chinese low-cost airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, China. 9 Air was created as a subsidiary of Juneyao Airlines in 2014. * * * Former address: Address in Chinese "广东省广州 ...
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Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing Capital Airlines (), commonly known as Capital Airlines, is a Chinese low-cost airline based in Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines. History The company was established in 1995 as Deer Jet Airl ...
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Chengdu Airlines Chengdu Airlines Co., Ltd. (), a subsidiary of Sichuan Airlines, is an airline headquartered in Shuangliu District, Chengdu, China. It operates a network of scheduled domestic passenger flights out of its hub at Chengdu Shuangliu International ...
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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, particul ...
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China United Airlines China United Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a low-cost carrier and a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines with its headquarters and main hub on the grounds of Beijing Daxing International Airport in Daxing District, Beijing, operating scheduled fl ...
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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. The airline flies to six destinations us ...
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Lucky Air Lucky Air () is a low cost carrier 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 is Kunm ...
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Ruili Airlines Ruili Airlines Co., Ltd. is a Chinese Low Cost Carrier (LCC) based at Kunming Changshui International Airport. It provides both domestic and international services to destinations in China and in Southeast Asia (Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Sihano ...
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Spring Airlines Spring Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a low-cost carrier with its headquarters in the Homeyo Hotel () in Changning District, Shanghai, China. While the company adopted the English name "Spring Airlines", the Chinese name literally means "Spring Autum ...
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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 in Ürümqi. The airl ...
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AirAsia India AirAsia India is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka. The airline was a joint venture between Tata Sons and AirAsia Bhd. Tata Sons currently holds 100% stake in the airline, after AirAsia Bhd sold its ...
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Air India Express Air India Express is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Kochi, Kerala. It is operated by Air India Express Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian flag carrier airline Air India. It operates around 649 flights per week to 33 de ...
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Go First Go First, founded as GoAir, is an Indian ultra-low-cost airline based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned by the Indian business conglomerate Wadia Group. In October 2017, it was the fifth largest airline in India with an 8.4% passenger mar ...
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SpiceJet SpiceJet is an Indian budget airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana. It is the second largest airline in the country by number of domestic passengers carried, with a market share of 13.6% as of March 2019. The airline operates 630 daily fl ...
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Citilink PT Citilink Indonesia, operating as Citilink, is a low-cost airline headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. Established in July 2001 as a low-cost brand of Garuda Indonesia, it operates shuttle services between Indonesian cities. Since 30 July 2012 ...
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Indonesia AirAsia PT Indonesia AirAsia, operating as Indonesia AirAsia, is a low-cost airline based in Tangerang, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic, international services and is an Indonesian associate carrier of Malaysian low-fare airline AirAsia. It ...
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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 large ...
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TransNusa PT TransNusa Aviation Mandiri, operating as TransNusa, is an Indonesian low-cost carrier based in Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. It was launched in August 2005, serving various destinations from Kupang, Timor, using aircraft cha ...
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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 a ...
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Fuji Dream Airlines is a Japanese regional airline headquartered in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. It operates a fleet of Embraer E-Jets with three main hubs at Shizuoka Airport, Nagoya Airfield and Kobe Airport. The airline commenced operations on J ...
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Jetstar Japan is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered in Narita, Chiba. Initially planned to commence flights in late 2012, it launched ahead of schedule on 3 July 2012. The airline serves destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, using a fleet of ...
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Peach Aviation , operating as Peach, is a Japanese budget airline. Its head office is at Kansai International Airport and in Tajiri, Osaka Prefecture. History Peach was formed in February 2011 as A&F Aviation, a joint venture between All Nippon Airways ...
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Skymark Airlines () is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered at Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. It operates scheduled services with a main base at Haneda Airport, but is also the dominant carrier at Kobe Airport, and the only Japanese airline offerin ...
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Spring Airlines Japan is a low-cost airline headquartered in Kozunomori, Narita, Japan. The airline began operations in August 2014, having originally planned to begin operations in autumn 2013. It is a subsidiary of Japan Airlines. History Spring Airlines announc ...
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ZIPAIR Tokyo Zipair, officially , is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered on the grounds of Tokyo Narita Airport. Initially founded in 2018, the airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines, from which it leases its fleet of Boeing 787 Dream ...
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FlyArystan FlyArystan is a low-cost airline based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is the wholly owned low cost subsidiary of Air Astana, the country's leading airline. FlyArystan's foundation was approved by Air Astana's joint shareholders, Samruk-Kazyna Sovereig ...
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Jazeera Airways Jazeera Airways K.S.C ( ar, طيران الجزيرة) is a Kuwaiti airline with its head office on the grounds of Kuwait International Airport in Al Farwaniyah Governorate, Kuwait. It operates scheduled services in the Middle East, Nepal, Pakist ...
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AirAsia Capital A Berhad, () operating as AirAsia (stylized as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet size and destinations. AirAsia operat ...
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AirAsia X AirAsia X (previously known as ''FlyAsianXpress Sdn. Bhd.''), is a long-haul budget airline based in Malaysia, and a sister company of AirAsia. It commenced operations on 2 November 2007 with its first service flown from Kuala Lumpur Internat ...
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MYAirline MYAirline is a low cost carrier based in Malaysia founded in 2021. It is headquartered in Subang Jaya, Selangor and primarily operates from KLIA2, the low-cost carrier terminal of Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The airline began its maide ...
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Airblue Airblue Limited (stylized as airblue) is a private Pakistani airline with its head office on the 12th floor of the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) Towers in Islamabad, Pakistan. Airblue operates scheduled domestic and international flights, the ...
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Fly Jinnah Fly Jinnah or FJ is a low cost carrier (LCC) owned and operated jointly by Lakson Group and Air Arabia Group of the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُ ...
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Cebu Pacific Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific (), is a low-cost airline of the Philippines. Founded in 1988, it is Asia's oldest low-cost airline. It offers scheduled flights to both domestic and international destinations. The airline operates fl ...
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Philippines AirAsia Philippines AirAsia, Inc. is a low-cost airline based at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The airline is the Philippine affiliate of AirAsia, a low-cost airline based in Malaysia. The airline started as a j ...
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Flynas Flynas ( ar, طيران ناس), stylized ''flynas'', formerly Nas Air, is a Saudi low-cost airline, the country first budget airline. The company's head office is located in Riyadh. History Saudi Arabian Airlines was the only airline in the c ...
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Jetstar Asia Airways Jetstar Asia Airways Pte Ltd (operating as Jetstar Asia) is a low-cost airline based in Singapore. It is one of the Asian offshoots of parent Jetstar Airways, the low-cost subsidiary airline of Australia's Qantas airline. It operates service ...
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Scoot Scoot Pte Ltd, operating as Scoot, is a Singaporean low-cost airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. It began its operations on 4 June 2012 on medium and long-haul routes from Singapore, predominantly to various airports 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 Air Premia () is a budget hybrid carrier based in Seoul, South Korea. The airline was founded in 2017 by the former president of Jeju Air, Kim Jong-Chul. Operations The company was established on July 27, 2017, by the ex-president of Jeju Air ...
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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 in Seoul, from which it operates flights to international destinations. It launched operations on 11 J ...
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Eastar Jet Eastar Jet (ESR) () is a South Korean low-cost airline with its headquarters in Banghwa-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul. On January 7, 2009, Eastar Jet made its maiden flight from Gimpo International Airport to Jeju International Airport. Now, the ai ...
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Jeju Air Jeju Air Co., Ltd. (), is the first and largest South Korean low-cost airline. It offers scheduled domestic services, as well as international destinations including China, Japan, Russia, the Mariana Islands, and various Southeast Asian countries ...
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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. In 2018, it is the third largest Korean low-cost carrier in the international market, carried 2.9 million domestic ...
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Aero_K Aero K Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a low cost airline based in South Korea. It was founded in 2017 and received its first aircraft in 2021. The name is derived from spelling "Korea" backwards. History Aero K was founded in 2017 originally named ...
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Tigerair Taiwan Tigerair Taiwan () is a low-cost carrier (LCC) based at Taoyuan International Airport. It was formed as a joint venture between China Airlines Group and Budget Aviation Holdings. Prior to 2016, China Airlines held 80 percent of the share while ...
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Nok Air Nok Air (, th, นกแอร์, derived from ''nok'' (นก), the Thai word for ''bird'') is a low-cost airline in Thailand operating mostly domestic services out of Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport. Thai Airways International o ...
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Thai AirAsia Thai AirAsia (, th, ไทยแอร์เอเชีย) is a joint venture of Malaysian low-fare airline AirAsia ( th, แอร์เอเชีย) and Thailand's Asia Aviation. It serves AirAsia's regularly scheduled domestic and int ...
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Thai Lion Air Thai Lion Mentari Co. Ltd, trading as Thai Lion Air ( th, ไทยไลอ้อนแอร์), is a Thai low-cost airline, operating with Thai partners as an associate company of Lion Air of Indonesia. The carrier operates from Bangkok's Do ...
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Thai Vietjet Air Thai Vietjet Air Joint Stock Company Limited, operating as Thai VietJet Air ( th, ไทยเวียดเจ็ทแอร์), also recognized as Vietjet Air Thailand or simply Thai Vietjet, is a Thai low-cost airline and an associate comp ...
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flydubai Flydubai ( ar, فلاي دبي), legally Dubai Aviation Corporation ( ar, مؤسسة دبي للطيران), is an Emirati government-owned low-cost airline in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with its head office and flight operations in Terminal 2 ...
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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Wizz Air Abu Dhabi LLC is an Emirati scheduled low-cost airline based at Abu Dhabi International Airport, UAE. The airline is a joint venture with state-owned ADQ (formerly, Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, ADDH), which owns 51 percent ...
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Pacific Airlines Pacific Airlines Joint Stock Aviation Company (, operating as Pacific Airlines) is a low-cost airline headquartered in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. With its operating base at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh ...
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VietJet Air VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company ( vi, Công ty Cổ phần Hàng không VietJet), trading as VietJet Air (or simply Vietjet), is an international low-cost airline from Vietnam. It was the first privately owned new-age airline to be establ ...


Europe

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Albawings Albawings is an Albanian low-cost airline headquartered in Tirana and based at its hub at Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza. History Albawings was founded in February 2015. Albawings was awarded the Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) by t ...
; :*EasyJet Europe :*Eurowings Europe ; :*Smartwings ; :*French Bee :*Transavia France ; :*Eurowings ; :*Wizz Air ; :*Play (airline), Play ; :*Ryanair ; :*Aeroitalia ; :*Malta Air :*Lauda Europe :*Wizz Air Malta ; :*FlyOne :*HiSky ; :*Transavia ; :*Flyr (airline), Flyr :*Norse Atlantic Airways :*Norwegian Air Norway :*Norwegian Air Shuttle ; :*Buzz (Ryanair), Buzz ; :*Citrus (airline), Citrus :*Pobeda (airline), Pobeda :*Smartavia ; :* Air Europa Express :* Iberia Express :* Level (airline), Level :* Volotea :* Vueling ; :*Norwegian Air Sweden ; :*EasyJet Switzerland ; :*Pegasus Airlines ; :*SkyUp ; :*EasyJet :*Flypop :*Jet2.com :*Norse Atlantic UK :*Ryanair UK :*Wizz Air UK


Oceania

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List of largest low-cost carriers

This is a list of largest low-cost carriers in the world, ranked by number of transported passengers, shown below in millions. ;Notes :* Includes EasyJet Switzerland. :* Includes
AirAsia India AirAsia India is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka. The airline was a joint venture between Tata Sons and AirAsia Bhd. Tata Sons currently holds 100% stake in the airline, after AirAsia Bhd sold its ...
, Airasia X, Indonesia Airasia,
Philippines AirAsia Philippines AirAsia, Inc. is a low-cost airline based at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The airline is the Philippine affiliate of AirAsia, a low-cost airline based in Malaysia. The airline started as a j ...
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Thai AirAsia Thai AirAsia (, th, ไทยแอร์เอเชีย) is a joint venture of Malaysian low-fare airline AirAsia ( th, แอร์เอเชีย) and Thailand's Asia Aviation. It serves AirAsia's regularly scheduled domestic and int ...
and Thai AirAsia X. :* Includes Batik Air,
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 a ...
, Batik Air Malaysia,
Thai Lion Air Thai Lion Mentari Co. Ltd, trading as Thai Lion Air ( th, ไทยไลอ้อนแอร์), is a Thai low-cost airline, operating with Thai partners as an associate company of Lion Air of Indonesia. The carrier operates from Bangkok's Do ...
, Super Air Jet, Lion BizJet (charter airline division) and Lion Parcel (cargo airline division). :* Includes
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Wizz Air Abu Dhabi LLC is an Emirati scheduled low-cost airline based at Abu Dhabi International Airport, UAE. The airline is a joint venture with state-owned ADQ (formerly, Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, ADDH), which owns 51 percent ...
and Wizz Air UK. :* Includes
Jetstar Asia Airways Jetstar Asia Airways Pte Ltd (operating as Jetstar Asia) is a low-cost airline based in Singapore. It is one of the Asian offshoots of parent Jetstar Airways, the low-cost subsidiary airline of Australia's Qantas airline. It operates service ...
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Jetstar Japan is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered in Narita, Chiba. Initially planned to commence flights in late 2012, it launched ahead of schedule on 3 July 2012. The airline serves destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, using a fleet of ...
and Jetstar Pacific. :* Includes Cebgo. :* Includes Transavia France. :* Includes
Thai Vietjet Air Thai Vietjet Air Joint Stock Company Limited, operating as Thai VietJet Air ( th, ไทยเวียดเจ็ทแอร์), also recognized as Vietjet Air Thailand or simply Thai Vietjet, is a Thai low-cost airline and an associate comp ...
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Air Arabia Maroc Air Arabia Maroc ( ar, العربية للطيران المغرب) 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 In ...
, Air Arabia Egypt and Air Arabia Jordan. :* Includes Fastjet Tanzania and
Fastjet Zimbabwe Fastjet Zimbabwe Limited, also known and styled as fastjet Zimbabwe, is a low-cost airline that has been incorporated to operate flights under the fastjet brand in Zimbabwe. It is the second locally incorporated airline to operate under the fa ...
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Defunct low-cost carriers


Africa

; :*Antinea Airlines :*Ecoair International ; :*Atlas Blue :*Jet4you ; :*Fastjet Mozambique ; :*1time :*Mango (airline), Mango :*Velvet Sky (airline), Velvet Sky :*Kulula.com, Kulula :*Skywise Airlines :*SA Express ; :*Fastjet Tanzania ; :*Zimbabwe flyafrica.com


America

; :*LASA Líneas Aéreas :*Norwegian Air Argentina :*Sol Líneas Aéreas ; :*REDjet ; :*BRA Transportes Aéreos :*OceanAir :*WebJet Linhas Aéreas ; :*Latin American Wings ; :*Air Canada Tango :*Canada 3000 :*CanJet :*
Canada Jetlines Canada Jetlines, Ltd., operating as Jetlines, is a Canadian ultra low-cost airline headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario. Jetlines aims to meet the market demand in Canada for low-fare air travel, planning to follow the business model of Eu ...
:*Greyhound Air :*Harmony Airways :*Jetsgo :*Vistajet :*Wardair :*WestJet (transitioned to full-service carrier) :*Zip (airline), Zip :*Zoom Airlines ; :* AIRES :* Intercontinental de Aviación :*Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica ; :*Icaro Air ; :*Aero California :*Aladia :*Aviacsa :*Avolar :*MexicanaClick, Click Mexicana (until 2008; Click was rebranded MexicanaClick and was no longer a low-cost airline) :*Interjet :*Líneas Aéreas Azteca :*SARO (airline), SARO :*TAESA Lineas Aéreas ; :*Air Florida :*AirTran Airways (acquired by Southwest Airlines) :*America West Airlines (merged into US Airways :*ATA Airlines :*Braniff (1991-1992) :*Eastern Air Lines (2015)http://iaerogroup.com/ :*Hooters Air :*Independence Air :*MetroJet :*Midway Airlines (1993–2003), Midway Airlines :*National Airlines (N7), National Airlines :*Pacific Southwest Airlines :*People Express :*Safe Air :*Skybus Airlines :*SkyValue :*Song (airline), Song (operations folded into Delta Air Lines) :*Southeast Airlines :*Streamline Air :*Ted (airline), Ted (operations folded into United Airlines) :*Tower Air :*ValuJet Airlines :*Vanguard Airlines :*Virgin America (merged with Alaska Airlines) :*Western Pacific Airlines ; :*U Air


Asia

; :*AZALJet ; :*Bahrain Air ; :*Flyvista ; :*Oasis Hong Kong Airlines ; :*Adam Air :*Bali Air :*Batavia Air :*Indonesia AirAsia X ; :*JetKonnect (merged with Jet Airways) :*Jetlite (merged with Jet Airways) :*Kingfisher Airlines, Kingfisher Red :*Paramount Airways :*Simplifly Deccan ; :*Up (airline), Up ; :*AirAsia Japan :*Air Next :*Link Airs :*Vanilla Air (merged with
Peach Aviation , operating as Peach, is a Japanese budget airline. Its head office is at Kansai International Airport and in Tajiri, Osaka Prefecture. History Peach was formed in February 2011 as A&F Aviation, a joint venture between All Nippon Airways ...
) ; :*Air Arabia Jordan ; :*Viva Macau ; :*Cosmic Air :*Fly Yeti ; :*Rayyan Air :*Bhoja Air :*Shaheen Air ; :*Spirit of Manila Airlines :*AirAsia Zest, Zest Airways (merged into
Philippines AirAsia Philippines AirAsia, Inc. is a low-cost airline based at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The airline is the Philippine affiliate of AirAsia, a low-cost airline based in Malaysia. The airline started as a j ...
) ; :*Sama (airline), Sama ; :*Tigerair (merged with
Scoot Scoot Pte Ltd, operating as Scoot, is a Singaporean low-cost airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. It began its operations on 4 June 2012 on medium and long-haul routes from Singapore, predominantly to various airports t ...
) :*Valuair (acquired in 2005 by
Jetstar Asia Airways Jetstar Asia Airways Pte Ltd (operating as Jetstar Asia) is a low-cost airline based in Singapore. It is one of the Asian offshoots of parent Jetstar Airways, the low-cost subsidiary airline of Australia's Qantas airline. It operates service ...
; dissolved in 2014) ; :*Air Pohang ; :*Mihin Lanka (merged with SriLankan Airlines) ; :*U-Land Airlines :*V Air ; :*NokScoot :*One-Two-GO Airlines :*Solar Air ; :*Kang Pacific Airlines '' :*Wataniya Airways


Europe

; :*Albatros Airways :*Belle Air ; :*Laudamotion :*Level Europe :*Niki (airline), Niki ; :*Virgin Express (merged with SN Brussels Airlines to form Brussels Airlines) ; :*Wizz Air Bulgaria ; :*Eurocypria :*Helios Airways ; :*Blue Air Moravia ; :*Sterling Airlines :*Transavia.com Denmark ; :*FaroeJet ; :*Flying Finn (airline), Flying Finn ; :*Air Turquoise :*Flywest ; :*Air Berlin (became a full-service airline in 2010 and collapsed in 2017) :*DBA (airline), DBA :*Germanwings (merged with Eurowings) :*Hapag-Lloyd-Express (airline), HLX (merged with Hapagfly to Tuifly, city routes then sold to Air Berlin) :*OLT Express Germany ; :* Ellinair :* Hellas Jet :* Macedonian Airlines ; :*Iceland Express :*Loftleiðir :*WOW Air ; :*Norwegian Air International ; :*Air One :*Air Service Plus :*Alpieagles :*Blue Panorama Airlines, Blu-express :*Club Air :*MyAir :*Volare Airlines ; :*V Bird ; :*Color Air :*Feel Air :*Norwegian Long Haul ; :*Air Polonia :*Centralwings :*Direct Fly :*GetJet :*OLT Express Poland ; :*Blue Air (Suspended) :*Carpatair (now operates as a regional airline) :*Fly Romania ; :*Avianova (Russia), Avianova :*Dobrolet (low-cost airline), Dobrolet :*Sky Express ; :*Centavia ; :*SkyEurope ; :*Spanair ; :*Flyme :*FlyNordic :*Snowflake (airline), Snowflake ; :*Bees Airline :*Wizz Air Ukraine ; :*Air Scotland :*bmibaby :*Court Line :*Debonair (airline), Debonair :*Duo Airways :*Flybe :*flyglobespan :*Go (airline), Go :*Laker Airways :*Monarch Airlines :*Norwegian Air UK


Oceania

; :*Air Australia :*Compass Airlines (Australia), Compass Airlines :*East-West Airlines (Australia), East-West Airlines :*Impulse Airlines (acquired by Qantas and rebranded as Jetstar and QantasLink) :*Tigerair Australia :*Virgin Blue (transitioned into a full-service airline in 2011 and renamed Virgin Australia) ; :*Freedom Air :*Kiwi Travel International Airlines, Kiwi Airlines :*Virgin Australia Airlines (NZ), Pacific Blue Airlines (now codeshares with Air New Zealand and is a full service brand — Virgin Australia)


See also

* Flag carrier * List of regional airlines * Lists of airlines


References

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