Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Airlines in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest airlines in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 201 airlines tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. South African Airways, Emirates and Qatar Airways lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 56k, and the largest, South African Airways, reaches around 884k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each airline, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Aegean Airlines 14k 38.1 51.1% Airline
52 Wizz Air 13k 38.3 46.6% Airline
53 General sales agent (airlines) 12k 34.4 61.3% Airline
54 LAN Airlines 12k 26.6 67.2% Airline
55 transavia 11k 47.5 51.5% Airline
56 Air China 11k 36.9 39.5% Airline
57 Frontier Airlines 11k 33.9 51.3% Airline
58 Flydubai 11k 33.3 49.9% Airline
59 Oneworld 10k 39.3 50.2% Airline
60 Aer Lingus 10k 33.8 75.1% Airline
61 Brussels Airlines 10k 47.2 57.4% Airline
62 Thai AirAsia 9.9k 42.0 51.7% Airline
63 Air New Zealand 9.6k 40.6 45.6% Airline
64 TAP Portugal 9.5k 46.2 58.2% Airline
65 southwest airlines 9.1k 38.9 67.2% Airline
66 SunExpress 8.6k 42.9 51.3% Airline
67 Hawaiian Airlines 8.4k 34.4 49.3% Airline
68 Spirit Airlines 7.4k 35.0 59.4% Airline
69 Finnair 6.7k 47.6 65.0% Airline
70 Air Arabia 6.6k 31.5 80.4% Airline
71 Norwegian Air Shuttle 6.2k 39.6 50.0% Airline
72 Air Europa 6.2k 46.4 55.8% Airline
73 China Southern Airlines 6k 45.1 46.0% Airline
74 Royal Air Maroc 5.9k 43.1 51.9% Airline
75 Austrian Airlines 5.7k 40.2 61.4% Airline

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular airlines compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each airline by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest airline in South Africa?

South African Airways currently leads with an estimated audience of 884k people in South Africa.

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