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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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
76 Allegiant Air 5.3k 48.0 60.5% Airline
77 Scandinavian Airlines 5.2k 39.8 50.9% Airline
78 Blue Line (airline) 4.4k Airline
79 Flynas 4.2k 30.3 60.9% Airline
80 El Al 3.9k 39.8 100.0% Airline
81 CityLine 3.4k 34.9 57.5% Airline
82 Copa Airlines 3.2k 46.3 63.7% Airline
83 Gulf Air 3.2k 34.1 70.0% Airline
84 Batik Air 3.1k 42.2 62.5% Airline
85 Oman Air 3k 36.2 43.7% Airline
86 Cebu Pacific 3k 34.6 47.4% Airline
87 Aeroflot 2.9k 36.8 45.9% Airline
88 Alitalia 2.8k 37.6 46.3% Airline
89 China Eastern Airlines 2.8k 29.7 31.2% Airline
90 WestJet 2.8k 28.9 53.5% Airline
91 Air Transat 2.8k 50.5 67.7% Airline
92 VietJet Air 2.7k 42.8 51.3% Airline
93 Air India Express 2.4k 36.7 16.2% Airline
94 VistaJet 2.4k 29.0 40.4% Airline
95 Avianca 2.3k 38.9 56.3% Airline
96 Thai Lion Air 2.3k 44.3 80.9% Airline
97 Porter Airlines 2.3k 49.5 63.8% Airline
98 French Bee 2.3k 38.2 56.8% Airline
99 Croatia Airlines 2.3k 42.2 55.7% Airline
100 Royal Jordanian 2.3k 36.4 46.4% 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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