The following is a list of the largest airlines in Europe by total scheduled and chartered passengers, in millions. The list includes companies headquartered in the Asian portions of Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan and airlines classified as European by the IATA. The order of the chart and its completion goes only up to the year 2023.

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Country	Airline/holding	'23	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Fleet	Destinations	Sources	Alliance	Association
Ireland  Malta  Poland  United Kingdom	Ryanair[lower-alpha 1]	181.74	160.4	72.4	52.01	152.4	139.2	128.77	116.8	101.4	86.4	81.40	79.61	76.4	72.7	65.3	57.7	49.0	40.5	430	186			A4E
Germany  Austria  Belgium   Switzerland	Lufthansa Group[lower-alpha 2]	122.5	101.77	46.9	36.35	145.2	142.3	130.04	117.4	115.2	112.5	110.4	108.9	112.0	95.1	81.2	76.4	68.8	59.1	728	321		Star Alliance	A4E IATA
United Kingdom  Ireland  Spain	International Airlines Group[lower-alpha 3]	115.6	94.73	38.86	31.3	118.3	112.92	104.83	100.7	94.9	77.3	67.22	54.6	51.7	50.6	53.3	59.8	61.7	63.2	520	248		oneworld	A4E ERA IATA
France  Netherlands	Air France-KLM[lower-alpha 4]	93.6	83.32	44.67	34.1	104.2	101.45	98.72	93.4	89.8	87.4	78.44	77.45	75.8	70.8	71.4	73.8	74.8	73.5	574	231		SkyTeam	A4E ERA IATA
Turkey	Turkish Airlines[lower-alpha 5]	83.4	71.82	44.8	27.95	74.28	75.16	68.61	62.8	61.2	54.8	48.3	39.0	32.6	29.1	25.1	22.6	19.6	16.9	400	337		Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
United Kingdom  Austria   Switzerland	EasyJet[lower-alpha 6]	82.8	69.7	20.4	16.09	103.3	88.5	81.63	74.5	69.9	65.3	61.33	59.21	55.5	49.7	46.1	44.6	38.2	33.0	300	136			A4E
Hungary  United Kingdom  Malta  United Arab Emirates	Wizz Air[lower-alpha 7]	60.3	45.6	21.7	16.67	39.8	33.81	28.27	22.78	19.2	15.8	13.5	12.0	11.2	9.6	7.8	5.8	4.2	3.0	168	144
Russia	Aeroflot Group[lower-alpha 8]	47.3	40.7	45.81	30.16	60.7	55.7	50.13	43.4	39.4	34.7	31.4	27.5	16.4	14.1	11.1	11.6	10.2	8.7	336	189		SkyTeam	IATA
Turkey	Pegasus Airlines	31.93	26.94	20.16	14.71	30.76	29.97	27.82	24.14	22.3	19.7	16.8	13.6	11.3	8.6	5.9	4.4	-	3.1	94	109			IATA
Sweden  Norway  Denmark  Ireland	SAS Group[lower-alpha 9]	21.1	17.87	10.19	8.81	29.8	30.0	28.37	29.4	27.1	27.3	25.56	25.32	24.7	23.1	22.8	27.0	27.2	26.9	134	124		Star Alliance	ERA IATA
Norway  Sweden	Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA[lower-alpha 10]	20.6	17.84	6.19	6.87	36.20	37.34	33.15	29.3	25.8	24.0	20.71	17.69	15.7	13.0	10.8	9.1	6.9	5.1	64	130			A4E
United Kingdom[needs update]	TUI Airways[lower-alpha 11]		16.7	2.02	2.02	26.0						33.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133	-			A4E IATA
United Kingdom	Jet2.com	16.57	15.53	3.17	2.85	14.39	12.09	9.64	6.67	5.85	6.0	5.5	4.78	4.2	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.9	2.8	90	50			A4E
Russia	S7 Airlines[lower-alpha 12]	15.9	16.03	17.83	12.35	17.9	15.96	14.25	13.15	10.6	10.1	9.3	8.3	5.1	4.8	5.6	5.9	5.7	4.9	100	121		oneworld	IATA
Portugal	TAP Air Portugal[lower-alpha 13]	15.9	13.76	5.83	4.66	17.05	15.89	14.27	11.72	11.3	11.4	10.7	10.2	9.8	9.1	8.4	8.7	7.9	6.9	110	88		Star Alliance	A4E ERA IATA
Greece  Cyprus	Aegean Airlines[lower-alpha 14]	15.46	12.5	7.19	5.17	14.99	13.97	13.22	12.46	11.6	10.2	8.8	8.9	9.9	10.1	10.2	11.3	11.1	10.1	67	153		Star Alliance	A4E IATA
Italy	ITA Airways	15	10.1	1.32	—																		oneworld	IATA
Turkey	SunExpress	12.6	10.7																					IATA
Finland	Finnair	10.9	9.10	2.85	3.48	14.65	13.28	11.90	10.87	10.2	9.6	9.27	8.77	8.0	7.1	7.4	8.3	8.7	8.8	73	103		oneworld	A4E IATA
Spain	Air Europa	10.7	10.03	5.04	4.26	13.13	11.84	10.6	10.6	10.2	8.1	9.0	8.1	8.7	8.9	9.0	9.7	9.9	8.1	59	44		SkyTeam	IATA
Spain	Volotea	10.4	9.4	6.0	3.8	7.6	6.57	4.82	4.3	2.5		1.8	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	60			A4E IATA
Poland	LOT Polish Airlines[lower-alpha 15]	10.03	9.3	4.2	3.59	11.79	10.61	6.89	5.58	6.1	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.5	5.0	4.0	4.3	3.7	-	91	120		Star Alliance	AIRE IATA
Russia	Ural Airlines	9.41	8.49	9.20	5.60	9.62	9.0	8.0	6.47	5.4	5.1	4.4	3.5	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.0	47	66			IATA
Kazakhstan	Air Astana[lower-alpha 16]	8.1	7.4	6.62	3.70	5.12	4.32	4.19	3.75	3.86	3.77	3.68	3.24	3.06	2.57	2.20	2.30	2.13	1.47	34	69			IATA
Germany	Condor		7.0																					IATA
Russia	UTair Aviation	6.06	5.54	7.12	4.90	8.09	7.65	7.3	6.65	8.8	11.2	10.4	7.8	5.8	5.2	3.9	3.23	2.93	2.42	66	117			IATA
Russia	Nordwind Airlines			5.93	2.94	5.54	4.92	3.55	1.79	2.67	4.47	3.66	2.17	1.72	1.19	-	-	-	-	26	97			IATA
Czech Republic  Hungary  Poland  Slovakia	Smartwings[lower-alpha 17]		5.2	2.53	1.8	9.6	8.8	8.17	7.3		6.57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	?		oneworld	IATA
United Kingdom	Virgin Atlantic	5.3	4.4	1.10	1.19	5.87	5.4	5.20	5.20	5.94	6.2	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.7	5.7	5.1	4.6	40	37		SkyTeam	IATA
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Airways	5	4.23			3.80	3.17	2.7	2.47	2.57	2.63	2.58	2.64											IATA
Latvia	AirBaltic	4.54	3.44	1.6	1.36	5.05	4.14	3.52	2.89	2.6	2.8	2.95	3.08	3.4	3.2	2.8	-	2.0	1.4	32	60			A4E IATA
Iceland	Icelandair Group[lower-alpha 18]	4.3	3.66	1.46	0.89	4.41	4.14	4.05	3.67	3.0	2.9	2.6	2.4	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.5	47	36			A4E IATA
Greece	Sky Express	4.3	3.30	1.72		1.20	1.00	0.50	0.17	0.07	—									17	43			ERA
Serbia	Air Serbia	4.19	2.75	1.59	0.87	2.81	2.48	2.61	2.62	2.55	2.3	-	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.2	22	41			ERA IATA
Russia	Azur Air			3.73	1.93	5.79	4.24	3.75	2.34	2.35	0.21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
Russia	Smartavia			3.62	1.64	2.03	1.19	1.09	0.96	0.73	0.76	0.76	0.81	1.47	1.4	-	-	-	-	15	67			IATA
Russia	Red Wings Airlines			3.00	1.54	3.07	2.62	1.62	0.92	1.04	0.92	0.35	0.82	0.78	0.88	-	-	-	-	18	20
Belarus	Belavia					4.00	3.39	3.0	2.49	2.09	1.97	1.6	1.3	1.0		0.7				29	48			IATA
Norway	Widerøe	3.3	3.28	2.45	1.77	3.00																		ERA IATA
Luxembourg	Luxair[lower-alpha 19]	2.5	2.05	1.08	0.66	2.15	2.13	1.93	1.84	1.81	1.68	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2		17	59			A4E ERA IATA
Portugal	SATA Group[lower-alpha 20]	2.4	1.92	1.28	0.67	1.71	0.89	0.99	0.86															ERA IATA
Romania	TAROM		2.3		0.90	3.3	2.80	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	1.7	2.0	1.9	1.5	25	50		SkyTeam	IATA
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan Airlines		2.25	0.87	0.57	2.60	1.89	2.29						1.4	1.0					28	22			IATA
Poland	Enter Air		2.2	1.72			1.12	1.17	1.11	1.17	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	—			19	74
Russia	Azimuth			2.09	1.22	1.25	0.67	0.07	—											11	31
Croatia	Croatia Airlines	1.73	1.45	0.79	0.62	2.18	2.17	2.13	1.94	1.8	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.5		13	40		Star Alliance	ERA IATA
Russia	Pegas Fly			1.72	0.76	2.16	2.02	1.38	0.99	1.08	1.24	0.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	29
Malta	Air Malta						1.7	1.5		1.73	1.74	1.76	1.66	1.68	1.68	1.64	1.74	1.63	1.61	8	37			ERA IATA
Iceland	PLAY	1.52	0.79	0.10	—
Russia	NordStar	1.26	1.08	1.16	0.88	1.28	1.42	1.4	1.29	1.13	1.1	1.24	1.16	0.77	0.54	-	—			15	50			IATA
United Kingdom	Loganair	1.23	1.29	0.73	0.35	0.95	0.76	0.77	0.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	44			ERA
Russia	Yamal Airlines			1.26	0.70	1.75	1.97	1.79	1.45	1.43	1.45	1.3	0.91	0.57	0.5					36	38
Ukraine  Malta	SkyUp[lower-alpha 21]		1.08	2.57	1.25	1.71	0.44	—												14	64
Russia	I-Fly						1.13	0.75	0.4	0.61	0.97	1.05	0.63	0.41	0.38	-	-	-	-	10	30
Norway	Norse Atlantic Airways	0.98	0.30		—
Bulgaria	Bulgaria Air			0.65	0.54	1.40	1.27	1.24	1.25	1.27	1.40						1.20	1.12		10	26			IATA
Ukraine	Windrose					1.44	1.30													12	19
Ukraine	Ukraine International Airlines	-	-	2.79	1.73	7.97	8.08	6.93	6.0	4.8	3.8	4.5	2.8	1.9	1.7	0.8	1.7	0.3		42	80			IATA

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