The European low-cost airline market continued to evolve during 2009. After the demise of Sterling in 2008, last year saw the untimely end of operations for Flyglobespan, MyAir and SkyEurope. The clickair brand also disappeared as the airline completed its merger with fellow Spanish LCC Vueling. Meanwhile, airberlin (which will be removed from this analysis from 2010 as it really can no longer be considered an LCC by just about any definition), absorbed TUIfly.com’s “city centre” network. Among the real LCCs, passenger figures for 2009 show that Ryanair with 65.3 million passengers (+13.3%) extended its lead over easyJet with 46.1 million (+3.4%). Among the second-tier LCCs, Norwegian transported 10.8 million passengers, Aer Lingus (short-haul) 9.7 million, Vueling 8.2 million, Wizz Air 7.8 million (+33%) and germanwings 7.2 million (-6%).
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