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, 2024 latest available figures)

Rank Country Airline / holding '25 '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 164.7 142.2 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 N/a
2  China Air China 155.3 128.4 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 Star Alliance
3  China China Eastern Airlines 140.6 115.6 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
4  India IndiGo 114.1 103.5 76.7 48.4 35.0 84.7 61.9 49.2 41.0 29.7 22.8 19.3 15.8 12 8.5 342 122 N/a
5  India Air India Limited 63.9 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 Star Alliance
6  Malaysia Air Asia Group 63.2 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 N/a
7  Qatar Qatar Airways 55.3 40.0 31.6 18.6 5.8 32.4 29.5 29.2 32.0 30.0 26.7 22.4 18.0 17.0 16.0 253 198 Oneworld
8  China Hainan Airlines 54.6 - 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 N/a
9  United Arab Emirates Emirates 51.9 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 N/a
10  Japan Japan Airlines 43.7 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 [citation needed] Oneworld
11  China Xiamen Air 43.1 36.4 18.1
12  Singapore Singapore Airlines 39 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 Star Alliance
13  Japan All Nippon Airways 35.5 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 Star Alliance
14  Saudi Arabia Saudia 35 30.3 31.9 - - 36.9 - 32.2 30.0 27.9 14.8 11.5 10.3 8.4 - 157 140 SkyTeam
15  Vietnam VietJet Air 25.9 25.3 20.6 5.4 12.1 23.7 23.1 17.1 14.1 9.3 - - - - - 77 115 N/a
16  Philippines Cebu Pacific 24.5 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 Value Alliance
17  Indonesia Garuda Indonesia 23.7 20.0 14.9 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
18  South Korea Korean Air 23.5 - - 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
19  Hong Kong Cathay Pacific 22.8 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 [citation needed] Oneworld
20  Vietnam Vietnam Airlines 22.7 24.1 20.7 7.1 16.4 29.1 28 27.2 25.3 21 15.7 15.0 14.0 - - 103 64 SkyTeam
21  United Arab Emirates Air Arabia 18.8 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 77 180 [citation needed] N/a
22  United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways 18.5 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 N/a
23  Malaysia Malaysia Airlines 16.6 14.5 9.9 1.7 3.9 - - 14.0 20.7 15.0 16.0 17.2 13.4 13.3 13.1 77 79 Oneworld
24  Thailand Thai Airways International 16.1 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 79 65 [citation needed] Star Alliance
25  Philippines Philippine Airlines 15.6 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 N/a
26  United Arab Emirates Flydubai 15.4 13.8 10.6 5.6 3.2 9.6 11.0 10.9 10.4 9.0 7.3 6.9 5.1 - - 88 127 [citation needed] N/a
27  India SpiceJet 7.6 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 N/a
28  India Akasa Air 7.6 6.2 0.7 22 28 [citation needed] N/a
29  India Alliance Air 1.4 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 [citation needed] N/a
29  Taiwan EVA Airways 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 Star Alliance
30  Taiwan China Airlines 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 SkyTeam
31  South Korea Jeju Air - 7.9 6.5 4.3 8.4 12.0 4.6 - - - - - - - 39 41 Value Alliance
32  Kazakhstan Air Astana 8.0 7.4 5.6 3.6 5.1 4.3 4.2 3.8 - - 3.7 3.3 29 58 [citation needed] N/a
33  Oman Oman Air 6.2 9.9 1.2 - - - 8.5 7.7 6.4 5.1 4.9 3.8 3.3 50 53 [citation needed] Oneworld
34  Jordan Royal Jordanian 5.6 3.0 1.6 0.8 3.3 3.3 3.1 - - - - - - - 31 54 [citation needed] Oneworld
35  Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Airways 5.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 11.0 10.1 9.9 - 8.6 7.8 6.5 5.2 - - 39 65 N/a
36  Thailand Bangkok Airways 4.0 2.7 0.5 1.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.9 35 30 [citation needed] N/a
37  Taiwan Starlux Airlines 3.5 0.3 21 29 [citation needed] data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a
38  Sri Lanka SriLankan Airlines 3.5 1.5 0.2 5.3 5.7 5.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 3.8 3.3 23 37 [citation needed] Oneworld
 Bangladesh Biman Bangladesh Airlines 3.4 - 2.8 1.2 0.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 21 40 [citation needed] N/a
-  Pakistan Pakistan International Airlines - - - 9.8 14.6 10.4 9.8 8.9 9.2 9.5 9.7 11.1 11.5 10.5 47 69 [citation needed] N/a
-  Indonesia Lion Air Group - - 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 90 N/a
-  South Korea Asiana Airlines - - - - - 23.5 17.2 18.4 - 17.3 16.3 15.0 14.7 13.9 83 90 Star Alliance

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