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.
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 | China Southern Airlines | 40.4(Mar) | 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 | China | Air China 3 | 37.7(Mar) | 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 | India | IndiGo | 26.6(Mar) | 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 | 118 | [6] [7] [8] [9] [1] | n/a |
4 | China | China Eastern Airlines 2 | 31.1 (Apr) | 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 | Malaysia | 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 | India | Air India Limited 11 | 15.6(Mar) | 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 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | Japan | 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 | 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 | 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 | China | 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 | Indonesia | 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 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | Vietnam | 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 | 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 | 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 | Philippines | Cebu Pacific 14 | 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] Archived 2020-05-29 at the Wayback Machine [44] | Value Alliance | |
18 | Hong Kong | 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 | [45] | oneworld | |
19 | Indonesia | Garuda Indonesia 10 | - | 14.8 | 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 | [46] [47] | SkyTeam | |
20 | United Arab Emirates | FlyDubai | 3.4 (Mar) | 10.6 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 5.1 | - | - | 78 | 114 | [48] | n/a | |
21 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | |||
22 | Philippines | Philippine Airlines 17 | 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 | [49] [50] | n/a | |
23 | Malaysia | 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 | [51][ permanent dead link] [52] [53] | oneworld | |
21 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | [54] [55] [56] [57] | n/a | |
25 | Thailand | 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 | 66 | 40 | [58] | Star Alliance | |
26 | Taiwan | 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 | [59][ permanent dead link] [60] | Star Alliance | |
27 | India | SpiceJet | 2.6(Mar) | 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 | [61] | n/a |
28 | Taiwan | 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 | [62] [63] | SkyTeam | |
29 | South Korea | 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 | [64] [65] | SkyTeam | |
30 | South Korea | Asiana Airlines 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.5 | 17.2 | 18.4 | - | 17.3 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 83 | 90 | [66] [67] [68] | Star Alliance | |
31 | South Korea | Jeju Air | - | 7.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 41 | [69] [70] | Value Alliance | |
32 | Kazakhstan | Air Astana 20 | - | 7.4 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | - | - | 3.7 | 3.3 | 29 | 67 | [71] | n/a | |||
33 | India | Akasa Air | 1.7(Mar) | 6.2 | 0.7 | 22 | 16 | [72] | n/a | ||||||||||||
34 | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan Airways | - | 4.0 | 3.0 | - | 11.0 | 10.1 | 9.9 | - | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 | - | - | 34 | 58 | n/a | ||
35 | Jordan | Royal Jordanian | - | 3.0 | 1.6 | - | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 43 | [73] | oneworld | |
36 | Bangladesh | Biman Bangladesh Airlines | - | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 159 | 88 | [74] | n/a | ||||||||
37 | Thailand | 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 | [75] | n/a | ||||
38 | Taiwan | Starlux Airlines | 3.5 | 0.3 | 21 | 21 | n/a | ||||||||||||||
39 | India | Alliance Air (India) | 0.4(Mar) | 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 | [76] | n/a |
40 | Oman | Oman Air | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 8.5 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 50 | 53 | [77] | oneworld | ||
41 | Sri Lanka | 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 | 43 | [78] | oneworld |
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.
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 | China Southern Airlines | 40.4(Mar) | 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 | China | Air China 3 | 37.7(Mar) | 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 | India | IndiGo | 26.6(Mar) | 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 | 118 | [6] [7] [8] [9] [1] | n/a |
4 | China | China Eastern Airlines 2 | 31.1 (Apr) | 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 | Malaysia | 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 | India | Air India Limited 11 | 15.6(Mar) | 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 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | Japan | 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 | 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 | 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 | China | 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 | Indonesia | 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 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | Vietnam | 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 | 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 | 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 | Philippines | Cebu Pacific 14 | 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] Archived 2020-05-29 at the Wayback Machine [44] | Value Alliance | |
18 | Hong Kong | 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 | [45] | oneworld | |
19 | Indonesia | Garuda Indonesia 10 | - | 14.8 | 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 | [46] [47] | SkyTeam | |
20 | United Arab Emirates | FlyDubai | 3.4 (Mar) | 10.6 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 5.1 | - | - | 78 | 114 | [48] | n/a | |
21 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | |||
22 | Philippines | Philippine Airlines 17 | 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 | [49] [50] | n/a | |
23 | Malaysia | 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 | [51][ permanent dead link] [52] [53] | oneworld | |
21 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | [54] [55] [56] [57] | n/a | |
25 | Thailand | 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 | 66 | 40 | [58] | Star Alliance | |
26 | Taiwan | 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 | [59][ permanent dead link] [60] | Star Alliance | |
27 | India | SpiceJet | 2.6(Mar) | 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 | [61] | n/a |
28 | Taiwan | 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 | [62] [63] | SkyTeam | |
29 | South Korea | 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 | [64] [65] | SkyTeam | |
30 | South Korea | Asiana Airlines 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.5 | 17.2 | 18.4 | - | 17.3 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 83 | 90 | [66] [67] [68] | Star Alliance | |
31 | South Korea | Jeju Air | - | 7.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 41 | [69] [70] | Value Alliance | |
32 | Kazakhstan | Air Astana 20 | - | 7.4 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | - | - | 3.7 | 3.3 | 29 | 67 | [71] | n/a | |||
33 | India | Akasa Air | 1.7(Mar) | 6.2 | 0.7 | 22 | 16 | [72] | n/a | ||||||||||||
34 | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan Airways | - | 4.0 | 3.0 | - | 11.0 | 10.1 | 9.9 | - | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 | - | - | 34 | 58 | n/a | ||
35 | Jordan | Royal Jordanian | - | 3.0 | 1.6 | - | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 43 | [73] | oneworld | |
36 | Bangladesh | Biman Bangladesh Airlines | - | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 159 | 88 | [74] | n/a | ||||||||
37 | Thailand | 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 | [75] | n/a | ||||
38 | Taiwan | Starlux Airlines | 3.5 | 0.3 | 21 | 21 | n/a | ||||||||||||||
39 | India | Alliance Air (India) | 0.4(Mar) | 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 | [76] | n/a |
40 | Oman | Oman Air | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 8.5 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 50 | 53 | [77] | oneworld | ||
41 | Sri Lanka | 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 | 43 | [78] | oneworld |