The world's low cost airline widebody aircraft fleet – a growing niche

WIDEBODIES ARE A SMALL proportion of the global LCC fleet, but orders are high relative to the number in service with LCCs, particularly in Southeast Asia and Western Europe (already the two leading regions for LCC widebodies in service).
Of the 22 LCCs operating widebodies, 17 are in Asia Pacific or Europe. The world's biggest LCC widebody fleet is currently operated by Norwegian, followed by Air Canada rouge, a rare North American long haul low cost operator, and AirAsia X, which is one of only six LCCs that operate widebodies exclusively.
A330 variants are the most popular widebodies in service and on order with LCCs, followed by 787 variants.
This report presents a detailed analysis of data on the LCC widebody fleet and aircraft orders from the CAPA Fleet Database.