List of largest airlines in Asia
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This is a list of the largest airlines in Asia by fleet size and total passengers carried in a twelve-month period. The table is updated periodically as and when new monthly data are available. Figures are for individual airlines; aggregate figures for airline groups (airlines and their partners/subsidiaries related by full equity ownership) are shown only when they are officially published. The list excludes companies headquartered on the Asian side of Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan.
By passengers carried (millions)
Rank | Country | Airline / holding | '24 | '23 | '22 | '21 | '20 | '19 | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | Passenger fleet | Current destinations | Sources | Alliance |
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1 | ![]() | China Southern Airlines | 66.3 (May) | 142.2 | 62.6 | 98.5 | 96.9 | 151.6 | 139.8 | 126.2 | 114.6 | 109.4 | 100.9 | 91.8 | 86.5 | 80.7 | 76.4 | 629 | 216 | [1][2][3] | n/a |
2 | ![]() | Air China 3 | 62.4 (May) | 128.4 | 38.6 | 69.0 | 68.7 | 115.0 | 109.7 | 101.5 | 96.5 | 89.8 | 83.0 | 77.7 | 72.4 | 69.4 | 60.0 | 456 | 201 | [4][5] | Star Alliance |
3 | ![]() | IndiGo | 45.3 (May) | 103.5 | 76.7 | 48.4 | 35.0 | 84.7 | 61.9 | 49.2 | 41.0 | 29.7 | 22.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 | 12 | 8.5 | 342 | 122 | [6][7][8][9][1] | n/a |
4 | ![]() | China Eastern Airlines 2 | 115.6 | 42.5 | 79.0 | 74.5 | 130.0 | 121.1 | 110.8 | 101.7 | 93.8 | 83.8 | 79.1 | 73.1 | 68.7 | 64.9 | 588 | 248 | [10][11][12] | SkyTeam | |
5 | ![]() | Air Asia Group 4 | 57.0 | 34.2 | 7.7 | 22.8 | 83.5 | 73.0 | 63.3 | 60.1 | 54.8 | 48.8 | 45.2 | 34.1 | 29.9 | 25.7 | 255 | 165 | [13] [14] [15] | - | |
6 | ![]() | Air India Limited 11 | 26.3 (May) | 54.5 | 22.1 | 14.1 | 11.3 | 30.4 | 28.3 | 26.4 | 23.5 | 18.0 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 16.0 | - | 15.0 | 122 | 102 | [16][17][18] | Star Alliance |
7 | ![]() | Emirates 1 | 43.6 | 19.6 | 6.6 | 56.2 | 58.6 | 58.5 | 56.1 | 51.9 | 49.3 | 44.5 | 39.4 | 34.0 | 31.4 | 27.4 | 252 | 157 | [19][20][2] | n/a | |
8 | ![]() | All Nippon Airways 8 | 6.4 (Feb) | 42.7 | 29.2 | 18.8 | 13.1 | 50.7 | 49.8 | 49.2 | 47.3 | 50.8 | 50.4 | 49.0 | 47.4 | 44.9 | 45.7 | 225 | 97 | [21][22] | Star Alliance |
9 | ![]() | Japan Airlines 7 | 6.3 (Feb) | 40.7 | 30.1 | 16.2 | 8.5 (Apr) | 44.6 | 43.6 | 42.3 | 40.6 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 38.6 | 37.6 | 35.4 | 44.7 | 156 | 92 | [23] | oneworld |
10 | ![]() | Singapore Airlines 9 | 34.7 | 20.7 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 38.1 | 35.5 | 32.4 | 33.7 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 157 | 137 | [24][25] | Star Alliance | |
11 | ![]() | Hainan Airlines 5 | - | 21.1 | 41.3 | 37.0 | 81.7 | 79.9 | 71.7 | 46.3 | 38.6 | 35.6 | 26.3 | 22.6 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 221 | 110 | [26][27] | n/a | |
12 | ![]() | Lion Air Group 6 | - | - | 9.9 (Lion Air only) | - | - | 56.3 | 51.8 | 40.8 (Lion & Batik only) | 53.0 | 45.0 | 37.9 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | 140 | 60 | [28][permanent dead link][29] | n/a | |
13 | ![]() | Saudia | 30.3 | 31.9 | - | - | 36.9 | - | 32.2 | 30.0 | 27.9 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 8.4 | - | 157 | 132 | [30][31][32] | SkyTeam | |
14 | ![]() | VietJet Air | 25.3 | 20.5 | 5.4 | 15 | 25.0 | 23.1 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | 46 | [33] | n/a | |
15 | ![]() | Qatar Airways 12 | - | 31.7 | 18.5 | 5.8 | 32.3 | 29.5 | 29.1 | 32.0 | 30.0 | 26.7 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 253 | 173 | [34][35][36] | oneworld | |
16 | ![]() | Vietnam Airlines 25 | 24.2 | 21.1 | 6.1 | 14.1 | 22.9 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 14.0 | - | - | 103 | 64 | [37][38][permanent dead link] | SkyTeam | |
17 | ![]() | Cebu Pacific 14 | 11.5 (Jun) | 20.9 | 14.9 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 52 | 62 | [39][40][41][42][43][44][45] Archived 2020-05-29 at the Wayback Machine[46] | Value Alliance |
18 | ![]() | Garuda Indonesia 10 | 20.0 | 14.9 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 31.9 | 38.4 | 36.2 | 34.9 | 32.9 | 29.1 | 24.9 | 20.4 | 17.1 | 12.5 | 134 | 90 | [47][48][49] | SkyTeam | |
19 | ![]() | Cathay Pacific 22 | 18.0 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 35.2 | 35.4 | 34.8 | 34.3 | 34.0 | 31.5 | 29.9 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 159 | 88 | [50] | oneworld | |
20 | ![]() | Air Arabia 21 | 16.7 | 12.8 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 64 | 170 | n/a | |||
21 | ![]() | Philippine Airlines 17 | 7.9 (Jun) | 14.7 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 12.7 | - | - | 78 | 72 | [51][52][53] | n/a |
22 | ![]() | Malaysia Airlines 16 | 14.5 | 9.9 | 1.7 | 3.9 | - | - | 14.0 | 20.7 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 81 | 64 | [54][permanent dead link][55][56] | oneworld | |
23 | ![]() | Etihad Airways 15 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 18.4 | 17.6 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 103 | 81 | [57][58][59][60] | n/a | |
24 | ![]() | FlyDubai | 13.8 | 10.6 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 5.1 | - | - | 78 | 114 | [61] | n/a | |
25 | ![]() | Thai Airways 18 | 13.6 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 24.6 | 22.3 | 21.2 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 77 | 65 | [62] | Star Alliance | |
26 | ![]() | EVA Airways 24 | 11.2 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 87 | 62 | [63][64] | Star Alliance | |
27 | ![]() | SpiceJet | 4.0 (May) | 10.2 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 24.3 | 19.2 | 17.3 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 118 | 53 | [65] | n/a |
28 | ![]() | China Airlines 23 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 11.4 | - | 11.3 | 84 | 102 | [66][67] | SkyTeam | |
29 | ![]() | Korean Air 13 | - | - | 5.7 | 7.5 | 27.0 | - | 26.8 | 26.8 | 24.9 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 159 | 121 | [68][69] | SkyTeam | |
30 | ![]() | Asiana Airlines 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.5 | 17.2 | 18.4 | - | 17.3 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 83 | 90 | [70][71][72] | Star Alliance | |
31 | ![]() | Jeju Air | - | 7.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 41 | [73][74] | Value Alliance | |
32 | ![]() | Air Astana 20 | 13.5 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | - | - | 3.7 | 3.3 | 29 | 58 | [75] | n/a | |||
33 | ![]() | Akasa Air | 3.0 (May) | 6.2 | 0.7 | 22 | 16 | [76] | n/a | ||||||||||||
34 | ![]() | Uzbekistan Airways | 15.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 9.9 | - | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 | - | - | 39 | 65 | n/a | ||
35 | ![]() | Royal Jordanian | - | 3.0 | 1.6 | - | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 54 | [77] | oneworld | |
36 | ![]() | Biman Bangladesh Airlines | - | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 21 | 40 | [78] | n/a | ||||||||
37 | ![]() | Bangkok Airways | 3.0 (Sep) | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 35 | 30 | [79] | n/a | ||||
38 | ![]() | Starlux Airlines | 3.5 | 0.3 | 21 | 29 | n/a | ||||||||||||||
39 | ![]() | Alliance Air (India) | 0.6 (May) | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | 21 | 75 | [80] | n/a |
40 | ![]() | Oman Air | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 8.5 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 50 | 53 | [81] | oneworld | ||
41 | ![]() | Pakistan International Airlines | 25.2 (May) | - | 17.3 | - | 9.8 | 14.6 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 47 | 69 | n/a | |
42 | ![]() | Sri Lankan Airlines | - | - | 1.3 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 25 | 48 | [82] | oneworld |
- Notes
- ^1 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar.
- ^2 Includes figures for Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines.
- ^3 Includes figures for Shenzhen Airlines (including Kunming Airlines), Air Macau and Dalian Airlines.
- ^4 Includes figures for Thai AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia, AirAsia Cambodia, AirAsia X and Thai AirAsia X.
- ^5 Includes figures for Chang An Airlines, China Xinhua Airlines and Shan Xi Airlines.
- ^6 Includes figures for Batik Air, Wings Air, Batik Air Malaysia and Thai Lion Air.
- ^7 Includes figures for J-Air, JAL Express and ZIPAIR Tokyo.
- ^8 Includes figures for Air Japan, ANA Wings and Peach Aviation.
- ^9 Includes figures for Scoot and SilkAir.
- ^10 Includes figures for Citilink.
- ^11 Includes figures for Air India Express, AIX Connect and Vistara .
- ^12 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar.
- ^13 Includes figures for Jin Air.
- ^14 Includes figures for Cebgo.
- ^15 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar.
- ^16 Includes figures for Firefly and MASwings.
- ^17 Includes figures for PAL Express.
- ^18 Includes figures for Thai Smile.
- ^19 Includes figures for Air Busan and Air Seoul
- ^20 Includes figures for FlyArystan.
- ^21 Includes figures for Air Arabia Egypt, Air Arabia Maroc, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Fly Arna and Fly Jinnah
- ^22 Includes figures for Dragonair and HK Express.
- ^23 Includes figures for Mandarin Airlines.
- ^24 Includes figures for Uni Air.
- ^25 Includes figures for Vietnam Air Services Company and Pacific Airlines.
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