Skytrax’s Best Low-Cost Airlines

Sun Country operates a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft from its Minneapolis base to leisure destinations throughout the U.S., the Caribbean and Central America.

Sun Country Airlines is ranked 89th on Skytrax’s list of the world’s top 100 airlines.

Jetstar Asia is the Singapore-based subsidiary of Australian low-cost airline Jetstar Airways, a subsidiary of Qantas.

Allegiant Air is the highest-ranked U.S.-based low-cost airline on the list, coming in at number 18. The Las Vegas-based leisure airline operates the Airbus A320 family of aircraft but is set to take delivery of the highly anticipated Boeing 737MAX aircraft later this year.

Ultra-low-cost airline JetSmart operates a fleet of Airbus A320 Family aircraft to destinations across South America from its headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

Sky Airlines won the award for Best Low-Cost Airline in South America, marking the fourth time the Chilean airline has won the award.

Jetstar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, has been named the top low-cost airline in the Australia/Oceania region. Jetstar operates a fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft and Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body jets.

Eurowings is a low-cost airline of the German Lufthansa Group. The airline operates a fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft across Europe and the Middle East.

Jet2 is a British low-cost airline that operates scheduled and charter flights to leisure destinations across Europe.

Flydubai is Dubai’s most famous low-cost airlineThe airline’s fleet consists entirely of Boeing 737 aircraft. By 2023, the airline will Introducing fully flat Business Class Suites On board The new Boeing 737MAX passenger plane.

EasyJet is the UK’s top low-cost airline, according to the latest Skytrax rankings.

Dublin-based Ryanair is perhaps the world’s best-known budget airline, best known for its laughably low prices and stingy business practices. The Irish airline is also one of the world’s largest airlines, operating a fleet of Boeing 737s.

Iberia Express is the low-cost airline of Iberia, the national airline of Spain. As such, it is one of the airlines that make up the International Airlines Group (IAG), along with British Airways, Aer Lingus, and fellow Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling.

airBaltic operates a fleet consisting entirely of Airbus A220s. The Latvian low-cost airline was one of the first airlines in the world to introduce the Canadian jet aircraft and remains one of the largest operators of the aircraft today.

Vueling is Spain’s largest low-cost airline. Like Spain’s flag carrier Iberia, Vueling is a subsidiary of IAG, along with British Airways and Aer Lingus.

IndiGo is a leading low-cost carrier in India and one of the world’s largest operators of Airbus A320 family aircraft. In 2023, the airline began trial operations of long-haul international flights with two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft leased from Turkish Airlines.

Transavia France is a low-cost airline subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group.

Saudi Arabia’s Flynas is ranked the best low-cost airline in the Middle East by Skytrax. Founded in 2007, the airline operates a fleet of Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft.

Spain’s Volotea is the highest-ranked of the nine European airlines on the list. The airline operates a fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft on flights throughout Europe and the Mediterranean.

Singapore’s Scoot is the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. The airline has won the award for World’s Best Long-haul Low-cost Airline.

AirAsia has been the world’s top low-cost airline for 15 consecutive years. The Malaysia-based airline and its subsidiaries across Southeast Asia operate an all-Airbus fleet.