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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
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
Notes

References

  1. ^ "Indigo2022 Statistics | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | Government of India". www.dgca.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  2. ^ "The Emirates Group Annual Report 2018-2019" (PDF).
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_Asia