An AirAsia flight attendant in front of an AirAsia Airbus A320. Lim Huey Teng/Reuters
Airline ratings company Skytrax has released its 2024 list of the world's best low-cost airlines.
AirAsia has been named the world's top low-cost airline for the 15th consecutive year.
Allegiant Air is the highest-ranked U.S. airline on this list.
AirAsia has been named the world's best low-cost airline, according to a traveller survey conducted by travel industry ratings firm Skytrax.
Skytrax released its latest survey results in June as part of its 2024 World Airline Awards, naming Qatar Airways the best airline in the world.
The ranking, compiled by Skytrax based on feedback from travellers in over 100 countries across more than 350 airlines, saw European and British budget airlines take nine of the top 20 spots.
Major US low-cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines did not make the top 20.
Let's take a closer look at the top 20 best low-cost airlines in the world, according to Skytrax.
20. Sun Country Airlines
Sun Country Boeing 737 Sun Country Airlines
Sun Country operates a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft from its Minneapolis base to leisure destinations throughout the U.S., the Caribbean and Central America.
Sun Country Airlines was ranked 89th on Skytrax's list of the 100 best airlines in the world.
19. Jetstar Asia
A Jetstar Asia Airbus 320 lands at Phuket Airport on March 20, 2018. SOPA Images/Getty Images
Jetstar Asia is the Singapore-based subsidiary of Jetstar Airways, the Australian low-cost airline owned by Qantas.
18. Allegiant Air
An Allegiant Air plane arrives at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Allegiant Air is the highest-ranked U.S.-based low-cost airline on the list, coming in at number 18. The Las Vegas-based leisure airline operates the Airbus A320 family of aircraft but is set to take delivery of the highly anticipated Boeing 737MAX aircraft later this year.
17. Jet Smart Airlines
JetSmart Airlines Airbus A320neo. Fabrizio Gandolfo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Ultra-low-cost airline JetSmart operates a fleet of Airbus A320 Family aircraft to destinations across South America from its headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
16. Sky Airlines
A SKY Airlines A321neo leased from Aviation Capital Group on April 12, 2024. AP Photo/Business Wire
Sky Airlines won the award for Best Low-Cost Airline in South America, marking the fourth time the Chilean airline has won the award.
15. Jetstar Airways
Jetstar's Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Bali. Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images
Jetstar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, has been named the top low-cost airline in the Australia/Oceania region. Jetstar operates a fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft and Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body jets.
14. Eurowings
Eurowings Airbus A320. Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty
Eurowings is a low-cost airline of the German Lufthansa Group. The airline operates a fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft across Europe and the Middle East.
13. Jet2.com
Jet2 Boeing 737. Shutterstock
Jet2 is a British low-cost airline that operates scheduled and charter flights to leisure destinations across Europe.
12. Flydubai
Flydubai Boeing 737. flydubai
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11. EasyJet
EasyJet's Airbus A320neo. Nicholas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images
EasyJet is the UK's top low-cost airline, according to the latest Skytrax rankings.
10. Ryanair
Ryanair's Boeing 737 Max 8. Nicholas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Dublin-based Ryanair is perhaps the world's best-known budget airline, best known for its laughably low prices and stingy business practices. The Irish airline is also one of the world's largest airlines, operating a fleet of Boeing 737s.
9. Iberia Express
Iberia Express Airbus A320 Iberia Express
Iberia Express is the low-cost airline of Iberia, the national airline of Spain. As such, it is one of the airlines that make up the International Airlines Group (IAG), along with British Airways, Aer Lingus, and fellow Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling.
8. AirBaltic
An airBaltic Airbus A220-300 takes off from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Noorfoto/Getty Images
airBaltic operates a fleet consisting entirely of Airbus A220s. The Latvian low-cost airline was one of the first airlines in the world to introduce the Canadian jet aircraft and remains one of the largest operators of the aircraft today.
7. Vueling Airlines
Vueling Airbus. Thiago Prudencio/Getty Images
Vueling is Spain's largest low-cost airline. Like Spain's flag carrier Iberia, Vueling is a subsidiary of IAG, along with British Airways and Aer Lingus.
6. Indigo
An IndiGo Airbus plane parked on the tarmac at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on June 1, 2024. Idris Mohammed/Getty Images
IndiGo is a leading low-cost carrier in India and one of the world's largest operators of Airbus A320 family aircraft. In 2023, the airline began trial operations of long-haul international flights with two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft leased from Turkish Airlines.
5. Transavia France
Transavia Boeing 737. Shutterstock
Transavia France is a low-cost airline subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group.
4. Flynas
A Flynas Airbus A320 (registration HZ-NS33) was spotted at Borispol Airport in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2021. SOPA Images/Getty Images
Saudi Arabia's Flynas is ranked the best low-cost airline in the Middle East by Skytrax. Founded in 2007, the airline operates a fleet of Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft.
3. Volotea
Volotea Airlines Airbus A319. InsectWorld/Shutterstock.com
Spain's Volotea is the highest-ranked of the nine European airlines on the list. The airline operates a fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft on flights throughout Europe and the Mediterranean.
2. Scoot
Scoot's Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Fabrizio Gandolfo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Singapore's Scoot is the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. The airline has won the award for World's Best Long-haul Low-cost Airline.
1. AirAsia
AirAsia's Airbus A320neo Mariel Descalzota/The Insider
AirAsia has been the world's top low-cost airline for 15 consecutive years. The Malaysia-based airline and its subsidiaries across Southeast Asia operate an all-Airbus fleet.