This statistic illustrates the low cost carriers worldwide with the greatest number of seats for the year ending June 30, 2019. During this period, the U.S. based low-cost airline, Southwest Airlines, had the highest number of seats with 211 million.
Leading low cost airlines worldwide in 2019, by number of seats (in million seats)*
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Leading low cost airlines worldwide in 2019, by number of seats (in million seats)*
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Flight Airline Business. (May 29, 2019). Leading low cost airlines worldwide in 2019, by number of seats (in million seats)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869256/low-cost-carriers-number-of-seats/
Flight Airline Business. "Leading low cost airlines worldwide in 2019, by number of seats (in million seats)*." Chart. May 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869256/low-cost-carriers-number-of-seats/
Flight Airline Business. (2019). Leading low cost airlines worldwide in 2019, by number of seats (in million seats)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869256/low-cost-carriers-number-of-seats/
Flight Airline Business. "Leading Low Cost Airlines Worldwide in 2019, by Number of Seats (in Million Seats)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869256/low-cost-carriers-number-of-seats/
Flight Airline Business, Leading low cost airlines worldwide in 2019, by number of seats (in million seats)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869256/low-cost-carriers-number-of-seats/ (last visited May 05, 2025)
Leading low cost airlines worldwide in 2019, by number of seats (in million seats)* [Graph], Flight Airline Business, May 29, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/869256/low-cost-carriers-number-of-seats/
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