This statistic presents the busiest low cost carriers worldwide in 2016, with a breakdown by region. Europe leads the low cost carrier market, with just under 453 million passengers traveling on low-cost flights in 2016.
Distribution of low cost carriers worldwide in 2016, by passenger traffic (in millions)*
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Flight Airline Business. (June 1, 2017). Distribution of low cost carriers worldwide in 2016, by passenger traffic (in millions)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/601762/distribution-of-low-cost-carriers-by-region-and-passenger-traffic/
Flight Airline Business. "Distribution of low cost carriers worldwide in 2016, by passenger traffic (in millions)*." Chart. June 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/601762/distribution-of-low-cost-carriers-by-region-and-passenger-traffic/
Flight Airline Business. (2017). Distribution of low cost carriers worldwide in 2016, by passenger traffic (in millions)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/601762/distribution-of-low-cost-carriers-by-region-and-passenger-traffic/
Flight Airline Business. "Distribution of Low Cost Carriers Worldwide in 2016, by Passenger Traffic (in Millions)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/601762/distribution-of-low-cost-carriers-by-region-and-passenger-traffic/
Flight Airline Business, Distribution of low cost carriers worldwide in 2016, by passenger traffic (in millions)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/601762/distribution-of-low-cost-carriers-by-region-and-passenger-traffic/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Distribution of low cost carriers worldwide in 2016, by passenger traffic (in millions)* [Graph], Flight Airline Business, June 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/601762/distribution-of-low-cost-carriers-by-region-and-passenger-traffic/