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 | '20 | '19 | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | Passenger fleet | Current destinations | Sources | Alliance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | China Southern Airlines | 20.71 (Apr) | 151.63 | 139.8 | 126.2 | 114.6 | 109.4 | 100.9 | 91.8 | 86.5 | 80.7 | 76.4 | 522 | 190 | n/a | |
| 2 | | China Eastern Airlines 1 | 31.87 (Mar) | 121.1 | 110.8 | 101.7 | 93.8 | 83.8 | 79.1 | 73.1 | 68.7 | 64.9 | 452 | 217 | SkyTeam | ||
| 3 | | Air China 21 | 16.37 (Apr) | 115.00 | 109.7 | 101.5 | 96.5 | 89.8 | 83.0 | 77.7 | 72.4 | 69.4 | 60.0 | 395 | 201 | Star Alliance | |
| 4 | | Hainan Airlines 8 | 79.9 | 71.7 | 46.3 | 38.6 | 35.6 | 26.3 | 22.6 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 157 | 110 | n/a | |||
| 5 |  | IndiGo | 12.5 (Mar) | 84.69 | 61.9 | 49.2 | 41.0 | 29.7 | 22.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 | 12 | 8.5 | 257 | 86 | n/a | |
| 6 |  | Air Asia Group 2 | 9.90 (Mar) | 83.45 | 73.0 | 63.3 | 60.1 | 54.8 | 48.8 | 45.2 | 34.1 | 29.9 | 25.7 | 207 | 160 | - | |
| 7 |  | Emirates Airline 5 | 58.6 | 58.5 | 56.0 | 51.8 | 49.3 | 44.5 | 39.4 | 34.0 | 31.4 | 240 | 151 | [1] | n/a | ||
| 8 |  | Lion Air Group 6 | 51.8 | 33.2 (Lion Air only) | 53.0 | 45.0 | 37.9 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | 262 | 79 | n/a | ||||
| 9 |  | All Nippon Airways 3 | 8.92 (Mar) | 50.74 | 49.8 | 49.2 | 47.3 | 50.8 | 50.4 | 49.0 | 47.4 | 44.9 | 45.7 | 218 | 86 | Star Alliance | |
| 10 | | Japan Airlines 4 | 8.52 (Apr) | 44.57 | 43.6 | 42.3 | 40.6 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 38.6 | 37.6 | 35.4 | 44.7 | 116 | 92 | oneworld | |
| 11 |  | Singapore Airlines Group 9 | 6.66 (Apr) | 38.13 | 35.5 | 32.4 | 33.7 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 107 | 62 | Star Alliance | |
| 12 |  | Cathay Pacific 7 | 4.34 (Apr) | 35.23 | 35.4 | 34.8 | 34.3 | 34.0 | 31.5 | 29.9 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 146 | 112 | oneworld | |
| 13 |  | Saudia | 32.2 | 30.0 | 27.9 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 8.4 | - | 94 | 96 | Skyteam | ||||
| 14 | | Garuda Indonesia 18 | 6.00 (Mar) | 31.89 | 38.4 | 36.2 | 34.9 | 32.9 | 29.1 | 24.9 | 20.4 | 17.1 | 12.5 | 196 | 133 | SkyTeam | |
| 15 | | Air India 11 | 30.40 | 28.3 | 26.4 | 23.5 | 18.0 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 16.0 | - | 15.0 | 148 | 90 | Star Alliance | ||
| 16 |  | Qatar Airways | 29.5 | 29.1 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 26.7 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 192 | 151 | oneworld | |||
| 17 | | Jet Airways 10 | 5.5 | 29.8 | 29.1 | 26.5 | 22.9 | 18.3 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 14.2 | 140 | 69 | n/a | ||
| 18 |  | Korean Air 13 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 24.9 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 143 | 124 | SkyTeam | ||||
| 19 |  | VietJet Air | 25.0 | 23.1 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | 94 | n/a | ||
| 20 | | SpiceJet | 24.28 | 19.2 | 17.3 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 68 | 54 | n/a | ||
| 21 | | Vietnam Airlines | 23.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 14.0 | - | - | 87 | 52 | SkyTeam | ||
| 22 |  | Cebu Pacific 19 | 4.41 (Mar) | 16.7 (Sep) | 20.3 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 65 | 62 | Value Alliance | |
| 23 |  | Thai Airways International 14 | 3.49 (Apr) | 19.42 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 95 | 78 | Star Alliance | |
| 24 | | Etihad Airways 12 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 115 | 100 | n/a | |||
| 25 | | Asiana Airlines 16 | 18.4 | - | 17.3 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 85 | 108 | Star Alliance | |||||
| 26 | | Philippine Airlines 20 | 17.0 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 12.7 | - | - | 98 | 85 | n/a | |||
| 27 | | GoAir | 16.13 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3 | 51 | 30 | [2] | - | |
| 28 |  | China Airlines 17 | 2.19 (Apr) | 15.62 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 11.4 | - | 11.3 | 82 | 118 | SkyTeam | |
| 29 | | Malaysia Airlines 15 | 14.0 | 20.7 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 98 | 61 | oneworld | ||||
| 30 | | EVA Airways | 2.06 (Apr) | 12.82 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 61 | 73 | Star Alliance | |
- Notes
- ^1 Includes figures for Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines.
- ^2 Includes figures for Thai AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia, AirAsia Japan, AirAsia India, AirAsia X and Thai AirAsia X.
- ^3 Includes figures for Air Japan, ANA Wings and Vanilla Air.
- ^4 Includes figures for J-Air and JAL Express.
- ^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 Chang An Airlines, China Xinhua Airlines and Shan Xi Airlines.
- ^9 Includes figures for Scoot and Silkair.
- ^10 Includes figures for JetKonnect.
- ^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 Thai Smile.
- ^15 Includes figures for Firefly and MASwings.
- ^16 Includes figures for Air Busan.
- ^17 Includes figures for Mandarin Airlines.
- ^18 Includes figures for Citilink
- ^19 Includes figures for Cebgo
- ^20 Includes figures for PAL Express.
- ^21 Includes figures for Shenzhen Airlines (including Kunming Airlines), Air Macau and Dalian Airlines
References
- "The Emirates Group Annual Report 2018-2019" (PDF).
- "GoAir DGCA 2019" (PDF). DGCA. 27 January 2020.
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