Copping a super-cheap flight might seem like a good idea when you’ve finally had that annual leave approved, but the reality of flying on a budget can lead to everything from enduring terrible legroom to succumbing to hidden fees.
Thankfully, AirlineRatings.com has conducted some analysis into the world’s best low-cost airlines, to make those annoyances a little less likely. The platform has evaluated 12 criteria, including passenger reviews, product offerings, safety and incident ratings and the age of an operator’s fleet, awarded each airline a score out of seven, and the results have landed.
Europe did well overall, with nine low-cost airlines making the top 25, including Transavia, easyJet and Air Baltic, but Vietjet, a Vietnamese operator, won two awards in total: best ultra low-cost airline and best low-cost airline online hospitality.
Is your go-to airline for budget flights on the list? Take a look below.
The 25 best low-cost airlines in the world (in alphabetical order)
- AirAsia Group
- Air Baltic
- Air Canada Rouge
- Cebu Pacific
- easyJet
- Eurowings
- FlyDubai
- FlyNAS
- GOL
- Jetblue
- Jet2
- Jetstar Group
- Jeju Air
- Norwegian
- Peach
- Ryanair
- Scoot
- Spicejet
- Suncountry
- Southwest
- Transavia
- Vietjet
- Volotea
- Vueling
- WizzAir
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