List of largest airlines in Asia
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 | '23 | '22 | '21 | '20 | '19 | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | Passenger fleet | Current destinations | Sources | Alliance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India | IndiGo | 13.6 (Feb) | 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 | 326 | 109 | [1] | n/a |
| 2 |  China | China Southern Airlines | 39.6 (Apr) | 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 | n/a | |
| 3 |  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 | 252 | 157 | [2] | 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 | SkyTeam | |
| 5 | China | Air China 3 | 36.9 (Apr) | 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 | Star Alliance | |
| 6 |  Malaysia | Air Asia Group 4 | 13.2 (Mar) | 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 | - | |
| 7 | China | Hainan Airlines 5 | - | - | - | 37.0 | 81.7 | 79.9 | 71.7 | 46.3 | 38.6 | 35.6 | 26.3 | 22.6 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 221 | 110 | n/a | |
| 8 |  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 | n/a | |
| 9 |  Saudi Arabia | Saudia | 7.0 (Mar) | 31.9 | - | - | 36.9 | - | 32.2 | 30.0 | 27.9 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 8.4 | - | 157 | 132 | Skyteam | |
| 10 |  Japan | Japan Airlines 7 | 9.2 (Mar) | 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 | oneworld | |
| 11 | Japan | All Nippon Airways 8 | - | 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 | Star Alliance | |
| 12 |  Singapore | Singapore Airlines 9 | 10.4 (Apr) | 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 | Star Alliance | |
| 13 | India | Air India 11 | - | - | - | - | 30.4 | 28.3 | 26.4 | 23.5 | 18.0 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 16.0 | - | 15.0 | 122 | 102 | Star Alliance | |
| 14 |  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 | SkyTeam | |
| 15 |  Vietnam | VietJet Air | 5.4 (Mar) | 20.5 | 5.4 | 15 | 25.0 | 23.1 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | 46 | n/a | |
| 16 |  Qatar | Qatar Airways 12 | - | 18.5 | 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 | oneworld | |
| 17 | Vietnam | Vietnam Airlines | 5.1 (Mar) | 18.0 | 6.1 | 14.1 | 22.9 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 14.0 | - | - | 103 | 64 | SkyTeam | |
| 18 |  Philippines | Cebu Pacific 14 | 10.3 (Jun) | 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 | Archived 2020-05-29 at the Wayback Machine | Value Alliance |
| 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 | 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 | n/a | |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | Etihad Airways 15 | - | 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 | n/a | |
| 22 | Malaysia | Malaysia Airlines 16 | - | 9.9 | 1.7 | 3.9 | - | - | 14.0 | 20.7 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 81 | 64 | oneworld | |
| 23 | Philippines | Philippine Airlines 17 | 7.0 (Jun) | 9.3 | - | - | - | 17.0 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 12.7 | - | - | 61 | 49 | Archived 2018-07-04 at the Wayback Machine | n/a |
| 24 | India | SpiceJet | - | - | 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 | n/a | |
| 25 |  Thailand | Thai Airways 18 | - | 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 | Star Alliance | |
| 26 | South Korea | Asiana Airlines 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.5 | 17.2 | 18.4 | - | 17.3 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 83 | 90 | Star Alliance | |
| 27 | South Korea | Jeju Air | - | 7.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 41 | Value Alliance | |
| 28 |  Kazakhstan | Air Astana 20 | - | 7.4 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | - | - | 3.7 | 3.3 | 29 | 67 | n/a | |||
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | Air Arabia 21 | - | - | 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 | ||
| 30 |  Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific 22 | 4.8 (Apr) | 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 | oneworld | |
| 31 |  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 | |
| 32 |  Jordan | Royal Jordanian | - | 3.0 | 1.6 | - | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 43 | oneworld | |
| 33 |  Bangladesh | Biman Bangladesh Airlines | - | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 159 | 88 | n/a | ||||||||
| 34 | Thailand | Bangkok Airways | 1.1 (Mar) | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 35 | 30 | n/a | ||||
| 35 |  Taiwan | China Airlines 23 | 6.0 (Aug) | 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 | SkyTeam | |
| 36 | Taiwan | EVA Airways 24 | 7.2 (Aug) | 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 | Star Alliance | |
| 37 |  Oman | Oman Air | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 8.5 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 50 | 53 | oneworld | ||
| 38 |  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 | oneworld | ||
| 39 | Taiwan | Starlux Airlines | 1.7 (Aug) | 0.3 | 21 | 21 | n/a | |||||||||||||
- 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 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 and JAL Express.
- ^8 Includes figures for Air Japan, ANA Wings and Vanilla Air.
- ^9 Includes figures for Scoot and SilkAir.
- ^10 Includes figures for Citilink.
- ^11 Includes figures for Air India Express and Alliance Air.
- ^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 Inclused figures for Air Arabia Egypt, Air Arabia Maroc, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Fly Arna and Fly Jinnah
References
- "Indigo2022 Statistics | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | Government of India". www.dgca.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- "The Emirates Group Annual Report 2018-2019" (PDF).
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