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	China	China Southern Airlines		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	China Eastern Airlines ^1		39.4 (Nov)	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	[4][5][6]	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	[7][8]	Star Alliance
4	India	IndiGo		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	303	96	[9][11][12]^[1]	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	[13] [14]	-
6	China	Hainan Airlines ^4				37.0	81.7	79.9	71.7	46.3	38.6	35.6	26.3	22.6	20.5	18.6	221	110	[15][16]	n/a
7	United Arab Emirates	Emirates ^5		20.0 (Sep)	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	[17][18]^[2]	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	[19]^[permanent dead link][20]	n/a
9	Japan	All Nippon Airways ^7		27.9 (Jan)	18.0	12.7	50.7	49.8	49.2	47.3	50.8	50.4	49.0	47.4	44.9	45.7	225	97	[21]	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	[23]	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	[24]	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	[25]	oneworld
13	Saudi Arabia	Saudia							32.2	30.0	27.9	14.8	11.5	10.3	8.4	-	157	132	[26][27][28]	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	[29][30]	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(+470)	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	[34][35][36]	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	[37][38]	SkyTeam
18	Vietnam	VietJet Air		20.5	5.4	15	25.0	23.1	17.1	14.1	9.3	-	-	-	-	-	74	46	[39]	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		18	6.1	14.1	22.9	21.9	21.9	20.7	17.4	15.7	15.0	14.0	-	-	103	64	[41][42]^[permanent dead link]	SkyTeam
21	Philippines	Cebu Pacific ^14		14.8	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	[43][44][45] 2020-05-29 at the Wayback Machine[46]	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	[47]	Star Alliance
23	South Korea	Asiana Airlines ^16								18.4	-	17.3	16.3	15.0	14.7	13.9	83	90	[48][49][50]	Star Alliance
24	Philippines	Philippine Airlines ^17						17.0	14.5	13.4	12.0	12.0	11.2	12.7	-	-	61	49	[51][52][53] 2018-07-04 at the Wayback Machine	n/a
25	India	Go First					16.1	12.5	10.0	8.2	6.9	6.2	5.1	4.2	3.7	3	55	38	^[3]	-
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	[54]	SkyTeam
27	Malaysia	Malaysia Airlines ^19							14.0	20.7	15.0	16.0	17.2	13.4	13.3	13.1	81	64	[56]^[permanent dead link][57][58]	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	[59]^[permanent dead link][60]	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	[62][64]	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, Batik Air Malaysia 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

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).
3. "GoAir DGCA 2019" (PDF). DGCA. 27 January 2020.