Cheapest Airlines in 2011

eDreams is one of the leading global online travel agencies and a major player in the European travel market.eDreams compiled data from several million flight bookings made through its website in 2011. Focusing on short-haul flights, the Online Travel Agency only included bookings for flights of under 1000 miles. To get the 50 rankings, they summed up the miles flown by all customers on a given airline, before adding up all the individual prices paid for the flights. The total amount paid (all inclusive) was then divided by the total distance flown to get a price per 100 miles.

Price per 100 Miles is an alternative way to compare airlines by price. Consider that different airlines fly different routes, which makes direct comparisons difficult. However, this is an indicator of the overall pricing policy of the airline and is an objective value that allows for comparison and ranking.

In Africa, the Cheapest Airlines in 2011unsurprisingly based in the continent's two major key travel tourist markets South Africa and Morocco and these include:

1. Fly Mango(South Africa)                      11.01 (Price in EUR per 100 miles)
2. Air Arabia Maroc(Morocco)                11.92 (Price in EUR per 100 miles)
3. Jet4You(Morocco)                               13.04 (Price in EUR per 100 miles)
4. Comair(South Africa)                           15.75 (Price in EUR per 100 miles)
5. Royal Air Maroc(Morocco)                 18.79 (Price in EUR per 100 miles)

Cheapest Airlines Globally

The table below details the individual rankings. Take a look to find out how cheap your favourite airline really is:

	Code	Airline	Country	Price (Euros) Per 100 Miles
#1	BL	Jetstar Pacific	Vietnam	8.55
#2	ZB	Monarch	UK	9.61
#3	0B	Blue Air	Romania	10.43
#4	G9	Air Arabia	UAE	10.71
#5	3K	Jetstar Asia	Singapore	10.91
#6	FR	Ryanair	Ireland	10.95
#7	JE	Mango	South Africa	11.01
#8	BY	Thomson Airways	UK	11.67
#9	X3	TUIfly	Germany	11.77
#10	3O	Air Arabia Maroc	Marroco	11.92
#11	TR	Tiger Airways	Australia	12.02
#12	HV	Transavia	Netherlands	12.25
#13	W6	Wizzair	Hungary	12.78
#14	8J	Jet4You	Morocco	13.04
#15	E3	Eagles Airlines	Italy	13.35
#16	KU	Kuwait Airways	Kuwait	13.37
#17	JQ	Jetstar Airways	Australia	13.48
#18	U2	Easyjet	UK	13.49
#19	DY	Norwegian	Norway	14.63
#20	AP	Air One	Italy	14.84
#21	S4	Sata International	Portugal	14.91
#22	QS	Smart Wings	Czech Republic	15.00
#23	F9	Frontier Airlines	US	15.24
#24	ZI	Aigle Azur	France	15.48
#25	TP	TAP Portugal	Portugal	15.52
#26	MN	Comair	South Afrika	15.75
#27	IV	Wind Jet	Italy	15.76
#28	VY	Vueling	Spain	16.25
#29	HG	Niki	Austria	16.66
#30	LA	LAN	Chile	16.70
#31	LS	Jet2	UK	17.08
#32	XW	Sky Express	Russia	17.28
#33	EI	Aer Lingus	Ireland	17.41
#34	U6	Ural Airlines	Russia	17.44
#35	SE	XL Airways	France	17.48
#36	FB	Bulgaria Air	Bulgaria	17.53
#37	PZ	TAM	Paraguay	17.76
#38	WW	Bmibaby	UK	17.77
#39	KL	KLM	Netherlands	17.97
#40	S2	Jet Lite	India	18.19
#41	PC	Pegasus Airlines	Turkey	18.30
#42	SN	Brussels Airlines	Belgium	18.42
#43	KF	Blue1	Finland	18.43
#44	JK	Spanair	Spain	18.46
#45	UX	Air Europa	Spain	18.51
#46	IB	Iberia	Spain	18.57
#47	LV	Albanian Airlines	Albania	18.62
#48	AT	Royal Air Maroc	Morocco	18.79
#49	UN	Transaero Airlines	Russia	18.88
#50	OK	Czech Airlines	Czech Republic	19.00

Note:

• Short Haul flights are defined as a total distance of 1000 nautical miles or less. Flights of greater distances are excluded from this study.

The top 50 is heavily occupied by Middle Eastern and North African airlines. The UAE’s Air Arabia (G9) came fourth for cheap flights at just €10.71 per 100 miles, plus Morocco’s Air Arabia Maroc (3O), Jet4U (8J), and Kuwait Airways (KU) also scored high. Eastern Europe has a tendency to produce bargain airlines, with Blue Air (0B) coming in third, plus Transavia Airlines C.V. (HV) and Wizz Air Hungary (W6) occupying prominent positions.

Below is an Infographic by eDreams on the cheapest airlines in 2011:

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