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 | '21 | '20 | '19 | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | Passenger fleet | Current destinations | Sources | Alliance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | China Southern Airlines | 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 | ||
| 2 | China | China Eastern Airlines 1 | 71.9 | 130.0 | 121.1 | 110.8 | 101.7 | 93.8 | 83.8 | 79.1 | 73.1 | 68.7 | 64.9 | 588 | 248 | SkyTeam | ||
| 3 | China | Air China 2 | 16.4 (Apr) | 115.0 | 109.7 | 101.5 | 96.5 | 89.8 | 83.0 | 77.7 | 72.4 | 69.4 | 60.0 | 456 | 201 | Star Alliance | ||
| 4 |  India | IndiGo | 12.5 (Mar) | 84.7 | 61.9 | 49.2 | 41.0 | 29.7 | 22.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 | 12 | 8.5 | 280 | 96 | n/a | ||
| 5 |  Malaysia | Air Asia Group 3 | 9.9 (Mar) | 83.5 | 73.0 | 63.3 | 60.1 | 54.8 | 48.8 | 45.2 | 34.1 | 29.9 | 25.7 | 255 | 165 | - | ||
| 6 | China | Hainan Airlines 4 | 79.9 | 71.7 | 46.3 | 38.6 | 35.6 | 26.3 | 22.6 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 221 | 110 | n/a | ||||
| 7 |  United Arab Emirates | Emirates 5 | 56.2 | 58.6 | 58.5 | 56.1 | 51.9 | 49.3 | 44.5 | 39.4 | 34.0 | 31.4 | 252 | 157 | [1] | n/a | ||
| 8 |  Indonesia | Lion Air Group 6 | 51.8 | 33.2 (Lion Air only) | 53.0 | 45.0 | 37.9 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | 140 | 60 | n/a | |||||
| 9 |  Japan | All Nippon Airways 7 | 8.9 (Mar) | 50.7 | 49.8 | 49.2 | 47.3 | 50.8 | 50.4 | 49.0 | 47.4 | 44.9 | 45.7 | 225 | 97 | Star Alliance | ||
| 10 | Japan | Japan Airlines 8 | 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 |  Singapore | Singapore Airlines 9 | 6.7 (Apr) | 38.1 | 35.5 | 32.4 | 33.7 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 157 | 137 | Star Alliance | ||
| 12 |  Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific 10 | 4.3 (Apr) | 35.2 | 35.4 | 34.8 | 34.3 | 34.0 | 31.5 | 29.9 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 159 | 88 | oneworld | ||
| 13 |  Saudi Arabia | Saudia | 32.2 | 30.0 | 27.9 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 8.4 | - | 157 | 132 | Skyteam | |||||
| 14 | Indonesia | Garuda Indonesia 11 | 6.0 (Mar) | 31.9 | 38.4 | 36.2 | 34.9 | 32.9 | 29.1 | 24.9 | 20.4 | 17.1 | 12.5 | 134 | 90 | SkyTeam | ||
| 15 | India | Air India 12 | 30.4 | 28.3 | 26.4 | 23.5 | 18.0 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 16.0 | - | 15.0 | 127 | 102 | Star Alliance | |||
| 16 |  Qatar | Qatar Airways | 29.5 | 29.1 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 26.7 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 253 | 173 | oneworld | ||||
| 17 |  South Korea | Korean Air 13 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 24.9 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 159 | 121 | SkyTeam | |||||
| 18 |  Vietnam | VietJet Air | 25.0 | 23.1 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | 46 | n/a | |||
| 19 | India | SpiceJet | 24.3 | 19.2 | 17.3 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 118 | 53 | n/a | |||
| 20 | Vietnam | Vietnam Airlines | 23.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 14.0 | - | - | 103 | 64 | SkyTeam | |||
| 21 |  Philippines | Cebu Pacific 14 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 16.7 (Sep) | 20.3 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 52 | 62 | Value Alliance | |
| 22 |  Thailand | Thai Airways 15 | 3.5 (Apr) | 19.4 | 19.7 | 24.6 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 36 | 59 | Star Alliance | ||
| 23 | South Korea | Asiana Airlines 16 | 18.4 | - | 17.3 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 83 | 90 | Star Alliance | ||||||
| 24 | Philippines | Philippine Airlines 17 | 17.0 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 12.7 | - | - | 61 | 49 | n/a | ||||
| 25 | India | GoAir | 16.1 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3 | 55 | 38 | [2] | - | ||
| 26 |  Taiwan | China Airlines 18 | 2.2 (Apr) | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 11.4 | - | 11.3 | 83 | 102 | SkyTeam | ||
| 27 | Malaysia | Malaysia Airlines 19 | 14.0 | 20.7 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 81 | 64 | oneworld | |||||
| 28 | Taiwan | EVA Airways | 2.1 (Apr) | 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 87 | 62 | Star Alliance | ||
| 29 | India | Jet Airways 20 | 5.5 | 29.8 | 29.1 | 26.5 | 22.9 | 18.3 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 14.2 | 12 | 69 | n/a | |||
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | Etihad Airways 21 | 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 | ||
| 31 |  Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan Airways | 11.0 | 10.1 | 9.9 | - | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 | - | - | 34 | 58 | n/a | |||
- Notes
- ^1 Includes figures for Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines.
- ^2 Includes figures for Shenzhen Airlines (including Kunming Airlines), Air Macau and Dalian Airlines.
- ^3 Includes figures for Thai AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia, AirAsia India, AirAsia X and Thai AirAsia X.
- ^4 Includes figures for Chang An Airlines, China Xinhua Airlines and Shan Xi Airlines.
- ^5 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar.
- ^6 Includes figures for Batik Air, Wings Air, Malindo Air and Thai Lion Air.
- ^7 Includes figures for Dragonair.
- ^8 Includes figures for J-Air and JAL Express.
- ^9 Includes figures for Scoot and SilkAir.
- ^10 Includes figures for Air Japan, ANA Wings and Vanilla Air.
- ^11 Includes figures for Citilink.
- ^12 Includes figures for Air India Express and Alliance Air.
- ^13 Includes figures for Jin Air.
- ^14 Includes figures for Cebgo.
- ^15 Includes figures for Thai Smile.
- ^16 Includes figures for Air Busan.
- ^17 Includes figures for PAL Express.
- ^18 Includes figures for Mandarin Airlines.
- ^19 Includes figures for Firefly and MASwings.
- ^20 Includes figures for JetKonnect.
- ^21 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar.
References
- "The Emirates Group Annual Report 2018-2019" (PDF).
- "GoAir DGCA 2019" (PDF). DGCA. 27 January 2020.
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