British Airways aircraft | Image credit: Daniel Klien/Unsplash
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Widerøe Airlines leads the list of the most expensive airlines in Europe, followed by British Airways and Air France.
Wizz Air remains the least expensive airline in Europe.
AirAdvisor recently revealed the most and least expensive airlines in Europe for 2026. The ranking compares airlines based on their revenue per available seat kilometre (RASK), a measure calculated using annual passenger revenue and available seat kilometres. The analysis highlights the airlines with the highest and lowest RASK, indicating how much passenger revenue each carrier generates per seat kilometre.
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The most expensive airlines in Europe
Air France aircraft | Image credit: David Syphers/Unsplash
Here is AirAdvisor’s final ranking of the most expensive airlines in Europe, based on their 2025 RASK figures in Euro cents (1 Euro cent = one-hundredth of a Euro):
Widerøe (32 RASK)
British Airways (8.88 RASK)
Air France (8.5 RASK)
Austrian Airlines (8.5 RASK)
Lufthansa (8.45 RASK)
Aegean Airlines (8.39 RASK)
KLM (8.37 RASK)
ITA Airways (8.36 RASK)
SWISS (8.3 RASK)
Aer Lingus (8.07 RASK)
AirAdvisor also rolled out a list of the least expensive airlines in Europe. This list is also based on the 2025 RASK scores calculated in euro cents during the ranking analysis.
Wizz Air (4.33 RASK)
easyJet (5.21 RASK)
Ryanair (5.56 RASK)
Finnair (6.22 RASK)
Transavia (6.64 RASK)
Norwegian Air Shuttle (6.8 RASK)
TAP Portugal (6.96 RASK)
Iberia (EUR 7.08 RASK)
Turkish Airlines (7.29 RASK)
Vueling (7.49 RASK)
AirAdvisor ranked the most and least expensive airlines in Europe using Revenue per Available Seat Kilometre (RASK). RASK was calculated by dividing each airline’s annual passenger revenue by its annual available seat kilometres (ASK). A higher RASK indicates that an airline generates more passenger revenue per seat kilometre and is therefore considered more expensive, while a lower RASK indicates a relatively lower cost.
For more information, check out AirAdvisor’s official website.
(Feature image credit: Daniel Klien/Unsplash)
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The information in this article is accurate as of the date of publication.
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