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World’s Best Low-Cost Airlines 2026

AirAsia is named the World's Best Low-Cost Airline, this success for a remarkable 17th consecutive year in 2026. Scoot is ranked No. 2 in this category and also wins the award for the World’s Best Long Haul Low-Cost Airline. In third place globally is Vueling, which also receives the top award as the Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe.

World’s Best Low-Cost Airlines 2026

1

AirAsia

2

Scoot

3

Vueling Airlines

4

Eurowings

5

Iberia Express

6

Volotea

7

Transavia France

8

Flynas

9

IndiGo

10

Allegiant Air

11

Ryanair

12

Jet2.com

13

EasyJet

14

HK Express

15

Peach

16

JetSMART Airlines

17

FlyArystan

18

flyDubai

19

Sun Country Airlines

20

airBaltic

World’s Best Long Haul Low-Cost Airlines 2026

1

Scoot

2

Jetstar Airways

3

LEVEL

4

Discover Airlines

5

Air Canada rouge

6

ZIPAIR

7

Norse Atlantic Airways

8

Air Japan

9

Cebu Pacific

10

Air Premia

Best Low-Cost Airlines in Africa 2026

1

FlySafair

2

Fastjet

3

LIFT

4

Air Cairo

5

Jambojet

Best Low-Cost Airlines in Asia 2026

1

AirAsia

2

Scoot

3

IndiGo

4

HK Express

5

Peach

6

ZIPAIR

7

West Air

8

Spring Airlines

9

Citilink

10

Akasa Air

Best Low-Cost Airlines in Europe 2026

1

Vueling Airlines

2

Eurowings

3

Iberia Express

4

Volotea

5

Transavia France

6

Ryanair

7

Jet2.com

8

EasyJet

9

airBaltic

10

Pegasus Airlines

Best Low-Cost Airlines in China 2026

1

West Air

2

Spring Airlines

3

Urumqi Air

4

9 Air

5

Colorful Guizhou Airlines

Best Low-Cost Airlines in the Middle East 2026

1

Flynas

2

flyDubai

3

flyadeal

4

Air Arabia

5

SalamAir

Best Low-Cost Airlines in India & South Asia 2026

1

IndiGo

2

Akasa Air

3

Air India Express

4

SpiceJet

5

airblue

Best Low-Cost Airlines in Central Asia & CIS 2026

1

FlyArystan

2

FLYONE

3

Uzbekistan Airways Express

Best Low-Cost Airlines in North America 2026

1

Allegiant Air

2

Sun Country Airlines

3

Southwest Airlines

4

Air Canada rouge

5

Frontier Airlines

Best Low-Cost Airlines in South America 2026

1

JetSMART Airlines

2

SKY Airline

3

Gol

4

Clic

5

Wingo

Best Low-Cost Airline in Indonesia 2026

1

AirAsia Indonesia

Best Low-Cost Airline in the UK 2026

1

Ryanair

Best Low-Cost Airline in Germany 2026

1

Eurowings

Best Low-Cost Airline in Japan 2026

1

Peach

Best Low-Cost Airline in the USA 2026

1

Allegiant Air

Best Low-Cost Airline in Eastern Europe 2026

1

airBaltic

Best Low-Cost Airline in Southern Europe 2026

1

Vueling Airlines

Best Low-Cost Airline in Northern Europe 2026

1

Norse Atlantic Airways

Best Low-Cost Airline in Western Europe 2026

1

Eurowings

Best Low-Cost Airline in Central Europe 2026

1

Wizz Air

Best Low-Cost Airline in Vietnam 2026

1

VietJet Air

Best Low-Cost Airline in Turkey 2026

1

Pegasus Airlines

Best Low-Cost Airline in India 2026

1

IndiGo

Best Low-Cost Airline in Australia 2026

1

Jetstar Airways

Best Low-Cost Airline in South Korea 2026

1

T'way Airlines

Best Low-Cost Airline in France 2026

1

Transavia France

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