Largest airlines in Europe based on passengers

In 2022, Lufthansa was the airline company that carried the most travelers in Europe, amounting to 101.8 million passengers. Turkish Airlines ranked second, with approximately 71.8 million passengers. Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines had a market value of 12.1 and 8.9 billion U.S. dollars, respectively, as of May 2023.

Leading airlines in Europe in 2022, based on passenger traffic (in millions)

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Data has been compiled by Statista using the following sources:
Monthly data for Ryanair has been added up and can be accessed here.
Data for Lufthansa can be accessed here.
Data for Aeroflot Group can be accessed here.
Data for Turkish Airlines can be accessed here.
Data for Air France-KLM can be accessed here.
Data for EasyJet can be accessed here .
Data for Wizz Air can be accessed here.
Data for Pegasus Airlines can be accessed here>.
Data for SAS Scandinavian Airlines can be accessed here.
Data for Norwegian can be accessed here.