The following is a list of

low-cost carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or ''discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing ope ...

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.

Regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In Nort ...

s, which may compete with low-cost airlines on some routes, are listed at list of regional airlines.

Africa

Mango, Boeing 737-85F, ZS-SJE (18927165270)

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Air Arabia Egypt Air Arabia Egypt ( ar, العربية للطيران مصر) is a low-cost carrier based in Egypt. The airline is a subsidiary of Air Arabia. The head office is in Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt. The airline secured it operating license from the Egyptia ...

:* Air Cairo :* FlyEgypt ; :* Jambojet :* Fly540 ; :* Air Arabia Maroc ; :*

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 Green Africa Airways was founded on 15 June 2015 by Babawande Afolabi, who serves as the ...

; :* FlySafair ; :* Fastjet Zimbabwe

Americas

FlyBondi Boeing 737-83N LV-HKR (2) (cropped)

; :* Flybondi :* JetSmart Argentina ; :* Gol Transportes Aéreos :*

Azul Brazilian Airlines Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S/A (''Azul Brazilian Airlines''; or simply Azul) is a Brazilian carrier based in Barueri, a suburb of São Paulo. The company's business model is to stimulate demand by providing frequent and affordable air ser ...

; :* Flair Airlines :* Canada Jetlines :*

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 ...

:* Sunwing Airlines :* Swoop ; :* Sky Airline :*

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 Air ...

; :* Viva Air Colombia :*

Wingo Wingo may refer to: * ''Barker v. Wingo'', a United States Supreme Court case * Wingo (airline), a low-cost airline based in Colombia, subsidiary of Copa Airline of Panama * Wingo Anderson (1886–1950), an American baseball pitcher * Wingo Branch, ...

:* Ultra Air ; :* Volaris Costa Rica ; :* Air Caraïbes ; :*

AraJet Arajet S.A. is an ultra low-cost startup airline based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Operations began on the 15th of September, 2022, with a flight to Barranquilla, Colombia. History Early operations In late 2014, Dominican Wings rec ...

:* RED Air ; :* Volaris El Salvador ; :* EasySky ; :* Calafia Airlines :*

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 Internat ...

:* Volaris ; :* JetSmart Perú :* Sky Airline Peru :*

Viva Air Perú Viva Air Perú S.A.C. is a Peruvian 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 affiliation with the other "V ...

; :* InterCaribbean Airways ; :*

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 ...

:* Avelo Airlines :*

Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines is a major ultra-low-cost U.S. airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It operates flights to over 100 destinations throughout the United States and 31 international destinations, and employs more than 3,000 staff. The ca ...

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 ...

Northern Pacific Airways Northern Pacific Airways is an upcoming low-cost airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, that plans to commence operations in Spring 2023. History The airline also operates inside Alaska under the brand and is the same company as Ra ...

Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co., typically referred to as Southwest, is one of the major airlines of the United States and the world's largest low-cost carrier. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has scheduled service to 121 destinations in the ...

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 Ameri ...

Sun Country Airlines Sun Country Airlines is an American ultra-low-cost passenger and cargo airline, and the eleventh largest in the US by passengers carried. Based at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport with headquarters on airport property, Sun Coun ...

; :* Venezolana

Asia

IndiGo Airbus A320neo F-WWDG (to VT-ITI) (28915135713)

Cebu Pacific A330-300 (RP-C3345) @ MNL, Feb 2020

HK Express, A320-200, B-LCB (18448456365)

Boeing 737-9GP-ER, Lion Airlines AN2050154

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Fly Arna Armenian National Airlines CJSC dba Fly Arna, styled as Fly Arna, is an Armenian low-cost airline based in Yerevan, Armenia. It is a joint-venture between low-cost carrier Air Arabia and the Armenian government-owned Armenia National Interests ...

:* FLYONE Armenia ; :*

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 an ...

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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� ...

:* Beijing Capital Airlines :* Chengdu Airlines :* Colorful Guizhou Airlines :*

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 ...

:* Jiangxi Air :* Lucky Air :* Ruili Airlines :*

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 Au ...

:* Urumqi Air :* West Air ; :*

Greater Bay Airlines Greater Bay Airlines Company Limited (GBA, ), is a Hong Kong-based Low Cost Carrier established as ''Donghai Airlines'' in 2010, and rebranded in July 2020 as ''Greater Bay Airlines''. The company's inaugural passenger flight (from Hong Kong to ...

HK Express Hong Kong Express Airways Limited (), commonly known as Hong Kong Express or HK Express, 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 C ...

; :* AirAsia India :* Air India Express :* Akasa Air :* Go First :*

IndiGo Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue (a primary color in the RGB color space), as well as to some variants of ultramarine, based on the ancient dye of the same name. The word "indigo" comes from the Latin word ''indicum'', ...

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 f ...

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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 201 ...

:* Indonesia AirAsia :*

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 l ...

:* Super Air Jet :* TransNusa :*

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 ar ...

; :*

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 Jul ...

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 o ...

:* Peach Aviation :* Skymark Airlines :* Spring Airlines Japan :* ZIPAIR Tokyo ; :* FlyArystan ; :*

Air Manas Air Manas is a low-cost airline headquartered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with its base at Manas International Airport.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, Pakis ...

; :*

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 ...

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 Internati ...

:* MYAirline ; :*

Salam Air SalamAir ( ar, طيران السلام, Ṭayarān as-salām) is a low-cost airline from Oman headquartered and based at Muscat International Airport. History Salam Air is owned by the Muscat National Development and Investment Company (ASAAS) w ...

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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 ...

:* Fly Jinnah ; :*

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 ...

:* Philippines AirAsia ; :*

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 ...

:* Flyadeal ; :* Jetstar Asia Airways :* Scoot ; :* Air Busan :* Air Premia :* Air Seoul :* Eastar Jet :*

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 ...

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 ...

:* T'way Air :* Aero_K ; :* Tigerair Taiwan ; :* Nok Air :* Thai AirAsia :*

Thai AirAsia X Thai AirAsia X ( th, ไทยแอร์เอเชีย เอกซ์) is a Thai long-haul low-fare airline based at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. It is a joint venture of AirAsia X from Malaysia and Thai AirAsia. History On 18 Sep ...

:* Thai Lion Air :* Thai Vietjet Air ; :* Air Arabia :*

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 ...

:* Wizz Air Abu Dhabi ; :* Pacific Airlines :*

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 establi ...

Europe

; :* Albawings ; :* EasyJet Europe :* Eurowings Europe ; :*

Smartwings Smartwings, a.s. (formerly ''Travel Service, a.s.'') is a low-cost leisure 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 an ...

; :* French Bee :*

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 S.A. & Transavia Airlines C.V. based at Paris-Orly Airport. It shares its corporate des ...

; :*

Eurowings Eurowings GmbH is a German low-cost carrier headquartered in Düsseldorf and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group. Founded in 1996, it serves a network of domestic and European destinations and formerly also operated some long-hau ...

; :* Wizz Air ; :*

Play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

; :*

Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier founded in 1984. It is headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland and has its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports. It forms the largest part of the Ryanair Holdings family ...

; :* Aeroitalia ; :* Malta Air :* Lauda Europe :*

Wizz Air Malta Wizz Air Malta is a Maltese subsidiary of the European ultra low-cost carrier Wizz Air. The company operated its first flight on 27 September 2022 from Rome Fiumicino to Malta International Airport. It's flying with Maltese-registered aircraft, fo ...

; :* FlyOne :*HiSky ; :*

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 Schip ...

; :* Flyr :*

Norse Atlantic Airways Norse Atlantic Airways AS () is a Norwegian low-cost, long-haul airline headquartered in Arendal, Norway. Founded in February 2021, the airline operates a fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft between Europe and North America. Its inaugural flight t ...

Norwegian Air Norway Norwegian Air Norway AS is a Norwegian airline and a fully integrated subsidiary of low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle, using its corporate identity. The airline is based at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, with its aircraft registered in Nor ...

Norwegian Air Shuttle Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, trading as Norwegian, is a Norwegian low-cost airline and Norway's largest airline. It is the fourth largest low-cost carrier in Europe behind Wizz Air, easyJet and Ryanair, the second-largest airline in Scandinavia ...

; :*

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 '' Reve ...

; :*

Citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. The genus ''Citrus'' is nati ...

:* Pobeda :*

Smartavia Smartavia, formerly known as Nordavia (until March 2019), is a Russian Low-cost carrier, low-cost airline with its head office in Arkhangelsk, Russia. It mainly operates scheduled domestic and regional services. Its main bases are Arkhangelsk Air ...

; :* Air Europa Express :* Iberia Express :*

Level Level or levels may refer to: Engineering *Level (instrument), a device used to measure true horizontal or relative heights *Spirit level, an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal or vertical * Canal pound or level * Re ...

:* Volotea :*

Vueling Vueling S.A. is a Spanish low-cost airline based at El Prat de Llobregat in Greater Barcelona with hubs at Barcelona–El Prat Airport (main), Paris-Orly Airport in Paris, France and Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy (s ...

; :* Norwegian Air Sweden ; :*

EasyJet Switzerland EasyJet Switzerland SA, styled as easyJet, is a Swiss low-cost airline based in Meyrin, canton of Geneva.Pegasus Airlines Pegasus Airlines ( tr, Pegasus Hava Taşımacılığı A.Ş.) (), sometimes stylized as Flypgs, is a Turkish low-cost carrier headquartered in the Kurtköy area of Pendik, Istanbul with bases at several Turkish airports. History On 1 Dece ...

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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 ...

; :*

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 airli ...

:* Flypop :* Jet2.com :*

Norse Atlantic UK Norse Atlantic UK Ltd is a British airline and integrated subsidiary of Norwegian low-cost airline Norse Atlantic Airways. The airline plans to operate a fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft based at London's Gatwick Airport during 2023. History Fo ...

Ryanair UK Ryanair UK is a British low-cost airline with its second base at Stansted Airport. The airline is the UK subsidiary of the low-cost Irish airline group Ryanair Holdings, and a sister airline to Ryanair, Buzz and Malta Air. It commenced operati ...

:* Wizz Air UK

Oceania

; :* Jetstar Airways

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 EasyJet Switzerland SA, styled as easyJet, is a Swiss low-cost airline based in Meyrin, canton of Geneva.AirAsia India,

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 Internati ...

, Indonesia Airasia, Philippines AirAsia, Thai AirAsia and

. :* Includes

Batik Air Batik Air is an Indonesian scheduled airline which was founded in 2012 and made its maiden flight on 3 May 2013 from Jakarta to Manado and Yogyakarta. History Lion Air, the parent company, established Batik Air as a full-service airline which ...

, Batik Air Malaysia, Thai Lion Air, Super Air Jet, Lion BizJet (charter airline division) and Lion Parcel (cargo airline division). :* Includes Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and Wizz Air UK. :* Includes Jetstar Asia Airways,

and

Jetstar Pacific 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 Ci ...

. :* Includes Cebgo. :* Includes

. :* Includes Thai Vietjet Air. :* Includes Air Arabia Maroc,

and

Air Arabia Jordan Air Arabia Jordan was a low-cost carrier based in Jordan. The airline was a joint venture between the RUM Group in Jordan and Air Arabia and was the first low-cost airline based in Jordan. History In January 2015 Air Arabia announced the acquis ...

. :* 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 Fly5 ...

and Fastjet Zimbabwe.

Defunct low-cost carriers

Africa

; :* Antinea Airlines :*

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 flights ...

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Atlas Blue Atlas Blue was a low-cost airline with its head office on the grounds of Marrakech-Menara Airport in Marrakech, Morocco, operating out of Menara International Airport. Atlas Blue was a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc (RAM), operating chartered and ...

:* Jet4you ; :* Fastjet Mozambique ; :* 1time :*

Mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree '' Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in Sout ...

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:* Kulula :* Skywise Airlines :*

SA Express South African Express Airways SOC Ltd, known as South African Express or simply SA Express, was a state-owned airline based in South Africa that started operations on 24 April 1994. Although the airline was operationally independent of South ...

; :*

; :* Zimbabwe flyafrica.com

America

; :* LASA Líneas Aéreas :* Norwegian Air Argentina :* Sol Líneas Aéreas ; :* REDjet ; :*

BRA Transportes Aéreos BRA (Brasil Rodo Aéreo) Transportes Aéreos was a short-lived Brazilian low-fare airline based in São Paulo, Brazil, which used to operate both domestic and international scheduled services, as well as charter flights. Its main base was São ...

:* OceanAir :* WebJet Linhas Aéreas ; :*

Latin American Wings Latin American Wings (LAW) was a short-lived scheduled charter airline based at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile. At the time that operations were suspended, LAW flew to six destinations using Boeing 737-3 ...

; :* Air Canada Tango :* Canada 3000 :* CanJet :* Canada Jetlines :* Greyhound Air :* Harmony Airways :*

Jetsgo Jetsgo Corporation was a Canadian low-cost carrier based in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal. Jetsgo served 19 destinations across Canada, 10 destinations in the United States, and 12 scheduled weekend-charter destinations in the Caribbean. ...

:* Vistajet :*

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 folded into Canadian Airlines in 1989. ...

WestJet WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian airline headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, near Calgary International Airport. It is the second-largest Canadian airline, behind Air Canada, operating an average of 777 flights and carrying more than 66,130 ...

(transitioned to full-service carrier) :*

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:* Zoom Airlines ; :*

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 sc ...

:* Intercontinental de Aviación :* Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica ; :* Icaro Air ; :* Aero California :* Aladia :*

Aviacsa Consorcio Aviaxsa, S.A. de C.V., doing business as Aviacsa, was a low-cost airline of Mexico with its headquarters in Hangar 1 of Zone C on the property of Mexico City International Airport in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, Mexico. The airlin ...

:* Avolar :*

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) :* Interjet :* Líneas Aéreas Azteca :*

SARO Saro may refer to: Places * Saro, Cantabria, a municipality in Spain *Särö, a locality situated in Halland County, Sweden *Saro, Mali, a village in the Ségou Region of Mali *Saro, the ancient name for the Korean kingdom of Silla and its capit ...

:* TAESA Lineas Aéreas ; :* Air Florida :*

AirTran Airways AirTran Airways was a low-cost U.S. airline that was originally headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and ceased operation following its acquisition by Southwest Airlines. AirTran Airways was established in 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines by th ...

(acquired by

) :*

America West Airlines America West Airlines was a major American airline, founded in 1981, with service commencing in 1983, and having reached US$1 billion in annual revenue in 1989, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. At the time of its acquisition of US Airways, Ameri ...

(merged into

US Airways US Airways (formerly USAir) was a major United States airline that operated from 1937 until its merger with American Airlines in 2015. It was originally founded in Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called All American Aviation, which soon ...

:* ATA Airlines :*

Braniff (1991-1992) Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an airline in the United States that once flew air carrier operations from 1928 un ...

:* Eastern Air Lines (2015)http://iaerogroup.com/ :* Hooters Air :*

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 carrier, no-frills 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 ...

:* Midway Airlines :* National Airlines :*

Pacific Southwest Airlines Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a regional airline, regional List of airlines of the United States, U.S. airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1998. It was the first large low-cost carrier, discount airl ...

:* People Express :* Safe Air :* Skybus Airlines :* SkyValue :*

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(operations folded into

Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines, Inc., typically referred to as Delta, is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier. One of the world's oldest airlines in operation, Delta is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline, along wi ...

) :* Southeast Airlines :*

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. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

) :* Tower Air :*

ValuJet Airlines ValuJet Airlines, later known as AirTran Airlines after joining forces with AirTran Airways, was an ultra low-cost U.S. airline, headquartered in unincorporated Clayton County, Georgia, that operated regularly scheduled domestic and intern ...

:* Vanguard Airlines :*

Virgin America Virgin America Inc. was a low-cost U.S. airline that operated from 2007 until 2018, when it was acquired by Alaska Airlines. The airline primarily focused on operating low-fare service between cities on the West Coast and other major metropol ...

(merged with

Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines is a major American airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the sixth largest airline in North America when measured by fleet size, scheduled passengers carried, and the nu ...

) :* Western Pacific Airlines ; :* U Air

Asia

; :* AZALJet ; :* Bahrain Air ; :* Flyvista ; :* Oasis Hong Kong Airlines ; :* Adam Air :*

Bali Air Bali Air was a subsidiary of Bouraq Indonesia Airlines based in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng. The airline ceased scheduled operations in 2005 after its parent company declared bankruptcy. History Formerly known as Bali Intern ...

:* Batavia Air :* Indonesia AirAsia X ; :*

JetKonnect 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 April 17, 2019, JetLite grounded all of its flights and ceased all operations ...

(merged with Jet Airways) :* Jetlite (merged with Jet Airways) :* Kingfisher Red :* Paramount Airways :*

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 ap ...

; :* Up ; :* AirAsia Japan :*

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. O ...

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 Airport ...

:* Vanilla Air (merged with Peach Aviation) ; :*

; :* Viva Macau ; :* Cosmic Air :* Fly Yeti ; :*

Rayyan Air Rayyan Air was a Pakistani airline based in Pakistan and the UAE. Rayyan Air held Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Air Operator Certificate alongside Charter Licence for passenger, cargo, and charter operations. The company ended cargo operati ...

:* Bhoja Air :* Shaheen Air ; :* Spirit of Manila Airlines :* Zest Airways (merged into Philippines AirAsia) ; :*

Sama Sama or SAMA may refer to: Places * Sama, Burkina Faso, a town in the Kouka Department, Banwa Province, Burkina Faso * Sama, China (Sanya), a city in Hainan, China * Sama, Chalus, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Sama, Nowshahr, a vil ...

; :* Tigerair (merged with Scoot) :* Valuair (acquired in 2005 by Jetstar Asia Airways; dissolved in 2014) ; :* Air Pohang ; :* Mihin Lanka (merged with

SriLankan Airlines SriLankan Airlines (formerly known as Air Lanka) is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance. It is currently the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of aircraft and destinations and was launched i ...

) ; :*

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 Buil ...

:* V Air ; :* NokScoot :* One-Two-GO Airlines :*

Solar Air Solar Aviation Co.,Ltd., which operated as Solar Air, ( th, โซล่าแอร์) was a Thai airline based at the Don Mueang International Airport. The airline ceased all operations in 2010. Destinations This is a list of destinations that ...

; :* Kang Pacific Airlines '' :* Wataniya Airways

Europe

; :* Albatros Airways :* Belle Air ; :*

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 has been a subsidiary of Ryanair Holdings since 2018, as are Ryanair DAC, Ryan ...

:* Level Europe :*

Niki __NOTOC__ Niki may refer to: People * Niki (given name) * NIKI (singer), Indonesian singer and songwriter * Niki DeMar, American singer * Niki Etsuko (1928–1986), Japanese author of mystery fiction Places * Niki, Hokkaido, a town in Japan * Ni ...

; :* Virgin Express (merged with SN Brussels Airlines 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 cre ...

) ; :* Wizz Air Bulgaria ; :* Eurocypria :* Helios Airways ; :*

Blue Air Moravia Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when obse ...

; :* Sterling Airlines :*

Transavia.com Denmark Transavia Denmark ApS, also known as Transavia.com Denmark or Transavia Denmark and trading as transavia.com, was a Danish based low-cost airline operating as a subsidiary of Transavia group. Its main base was at Copenhagen Airport. Transavia ...

; :*

FaroeJet FaroeJet was an airline based in Vágar Airport on the island of Vágar of Faroe Islands. It was the second airline of Faroe Islands, the other one being Atlantic Airways. The airline ceased all operations on December 15, 2006, because of financ ...

; :* Flying Finn ; :* Air Turquoise :* Flywest ; :* Air Berlin (became a full-service airline in 2010 and collapsed in 2017) :* DBA :* Germanwings (merged with

) :* 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 Greece, 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 c ...

Hellas Jet Hellas Jet was a charter airline based in Athens, Greece, operating services to Greece from destinations in Europe. Its main base was Athens International Airport. Hellas Jet was a licensed scheduled and charter carrier, holding a Joint Aviation ...

:* Macedonian Airlines ; :* Iceland Express :* Loftleiðir :* WOW Air ; :* Norwegian Air International ; :* Air One :* 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. History The airline was originally estab ...

:* MyAir :* Volare Airlines ; :* V Bird ; :* Color Air :* Feel Air :*

Norwegian Long Haul Norwegian Long Haul AS was a division of Norwegian Air Shuttle that operated long-haul flights between Europe, Asia, and North America with an all- Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. Norwegian Long Haul was registered in Dublin, Ireland, and was m ...

; :* Air Polonia :* Centralwings :*

Direct Fly Direct Fly was a regional airline based in Warsaw, Poland. It operated domestic services. Its main base was Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport.Flight International 3 April 2007 History The airline started operations on 12 April 2006.OLT Express Poland ; :*

Blue Air Blue Air is a Romanian low-cost airline headquartered in Bucharest, with its hub at Henri Coandă International Airport. It is the largest Romanian airline by scheduled passengers flown. In 2017, Blue Air carried over 5 million passengers, a 40% ...

(Suspended) :* Carpatair (now operates as a regional airline) :* Fly Romania ; :* Avianova :* Dobrolet :* Sky Express ; :*

Centavia Centavia (Central European Aviation) was a short-lived Serbian low cost airline. Its hub airport was Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport in Serbia while its technical base was in Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany. The airline declared bankruptcy on 8 Nov ...

; :* SkyEurope ; :* Spanair ; :*

Flyme Fly Me Europe AB, operating as FlyMe, was a low-cost airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It operated flights from Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö to destinations within Europe. Its main hub was Göteborg Landvetter Airport, with hubs at Malm� ...

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 has achieved a sufficient size, and may have amalgamated with others, which falls through the Earth's atmosphere as snow.Knight, C.; Knight, N. (1973). Snow crystals. Scientific American, vol. 228, no. ...

; :* Bees Airline :* Wizz Air Ukraine ; :* Air Scotland :* bmibaby :* Court Line :* Debonair :*

Duo Airways Duo Airways was an airline based in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European ma ...

:* Flybe :* flyglobespan :* Go :* Laker Airways :*

Monarch Airlines Monarch Airlines, also known as Monarch, was a British 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 before aband ...

:* Norwegian Air UK

Oceania

; :* Air Australia :* Compass Airlines :* East-West Airlines :* Impulse Airlines (acquired by

Qantas Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the List of airlines by foundation date, world's third-oldest airline sti ...

and rebranded as

Jetstar Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd, operating as Jetstar, is an Australian low-cost airline (self-described as "value-based") headquartered in Melbourne. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, created in response to the threat posed by airline Virgi ...

and QantasLink) :* Tigerair Australia :*Virgin Blue (transitioned into a full-service airline in 2011 and renamed

Virgin Australia Virgin Australia, the trading name of Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd, is an Australian-based airline. It is the largest airline by fleet size to use the Virgin brand. It commenced services on 31 August 2000 as ''Virgin Blue'', with two a ...

) ; :* Freedom Air :* Kiwi Airlines :*

Pacific Blue Airlines The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

(now codeshares with

Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Limited () is the flag carrier airline of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 20 domestic and 30 international destinations in 18 countries, primarily around and within the Pacif ...

and is a full service brand —

)

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