Top Ten Largest Airlines in Europe by

2014
Air travels continue to be a growing market in London with more business and leisure trips on
Planes than before. Now it is one of the competitive market, with the rise of the budget airlines
and availability of bargains bought in advance.
Lufthansa Airlines-

Lufthansa is Europes largest airline both in terms of passengers carried and fleet size when
combining all subsidiaries. The company owns more than 620 aircraft and services well over 200
destinations. The turnover for last year is 30 billion.
Aeroflot Airlines Group-

Aeroflot is part of Russian airlines. Russian airlines basically operate from its basic airport
Sheremetyevo International Airport both domestic and international services. It has a fleet of 150
jets and flies to 130 destinations.
Air Berlin Group

Air Berlin is known as Germanys second largest airline, after Lufthansa and Europes eighth
largest airline. The airlines are largest in terms of passengers carried. Air Berlin is a member of
the one world alliance and owns the subsidiarys NIKI in Austria and Belair in Switzerland. The
airlines fly to170 destinations and have a fleet of 118 aircraft.

Thomson Airways-

Thomson airways are among world's largest airline offering flights from the UK to many
destinations like Africa, Asia and North America. Thomas Airways provides flights from
London to Montego Bay. The average time taken by the flight from London to Montego Bay is
9h 30minand total distance is 4,713 miles.
Turkish Airlines Group

Turkish airways have scheduled services to 261 destinations in Europe, Asia as well Africa from
February 2015 itself. It is also fourth-largest carrier in the world because of the number of
destinations. The Company has taken more than 18 billion Turkish lira in revenues last year.

TUI Airways

The TUI Group owns TUI fly airlines, its a germen airline. The Company owns eight European
airlines which makes it largest tourism group in Europe. TUI group operates scheduled flights to
more than 150 destinations worldwide. The departure of flights is from more than 60 airports in
nine European countries.
Easy Jet

UKs largest airline Easy Jet is based at London Luton Airport. The airline provides services in
32 countries with more than 600 routes. Easy Jet is the largest airline of the UK by the number of
passengers carried.
Air France-KLM Group

Air France is part of Franco-Dutch holding company. The airways own Air France and KLM.
Both the KLM and Air France were being merged in 2004 after that they are providing services
to more than 130 destinations worldwide.
British Airways Group

British Airlines is the sixth largest airline company in the world. British Airways has 290 planes
flies to more than 180 destinations. British Airways provides best services among the major
airlines and they fly non-stop.
Ryanair Airlines

Ryanair airlines are known as Europes most talked-about budget airline. The airline keeps
growing continuously. It is an Irish company which operates around 300 Boeing aircraft and
provides services in 28 countries in Europe.