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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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |  India | IndiGo | 106.4 | 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 | [1] | n/a |
| 3 | China | Air China 3 | 62.4 (May) | 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 | |
| 4 |  United Arab Emirates | Emirates 1 | 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 | [2] | n/a |
| 5 |  Singapore | Singapore Airlines [3] 9 | 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 | |
| 6 | India | Air India Limited 11 | 26.3 (May) | 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 | |
| 7 |  Philippines | Cebu Pacific 14 | 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 | Archived 2020-05-29 at the Wayback Machine | Value Alliance |
| 8 | Philippines | Philippine Airlines 17 | 11.7 (Sep) | 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 | |
| 9 |  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 | Star Alliance | |
| 10 | 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 | oneworld | |
| 11 | India | SpiceJet | 4.0 (May) | 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 | |
| 12 | India | Akasa Air | 3.0 (May) | 6.2 | 0.7 | 22 | 28 | n/a | |||||||||||||
| 13 | India | Alliance Air (India) | 0.6 (May) | 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 | n/a | |
| 14 | China | China Eastern Airlines 2 | 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 | ||
| 15 |  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 | - | ||
| 16 |  Qatar | Qatar Airways 12 | 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 | ||
| 17 |  Saudi Arabia | Saudia | 30.3 | 31.9 | - | - | 36.9 | - | 32.2 | 30.0 | 27.9 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 8.4 | - | 157 | 140 | SkyTeam | ||
| 18 |  Vietnam | VietJet Air | 25.3 | 20.5 | 5.4 | 15 | 25.0 | 23.1 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 9.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 115 | n/a | ||
| 19 | 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 | [ permanent dead link ] | SkyTeam | |
| 20 | 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 | n/a | ||
| 21 |  Indonesia | Garuda Indonesia 10 | 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 | ||
| 22 |  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 | oneworld | ||
| 23 | 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 | 77 | 180 | n/a | |||
| 24 | 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 | 77 | 79 | [ permanent dead link ] | oneworld | |
| 25 | 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 | n/a | ||
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | Flydubai | 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 | n/a | ||
| 27 |  Thailand | Thai Airways International 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 | 79 | 65 | Star Alliance | ||
| 28 |  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 | Star Alliance | ||
| 29 | 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 | SkyTeam | ||
| 29 |  South Korea | Jeju Air | - | 7.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 41 | Value Alliance | ||
| 30 |  Kazakhstan | Air Astana 20 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | - | - | 3.7 | 3.3 | 29 | 58 | n/a | ||||
| 31 |  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 | oneworld | |||
| 32 |  Jordan | Royal Jordanian | 5.6 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 54 | oneworld | ||
| 33 |  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 | ||
| 34 | 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 | n/a | |||||
| 35 | Taiwan | Starlux Airlines | 3.5 | 0.3 | 21 | 29 | n/a | ||||||||||||||
| 36 |  Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan 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 | 25 | 48 | oneworld | |||
| 37 |  Bangladesh | Biman Bangladesh Airlines | - | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 21 | 40 | n/a | |||||||||
| - | 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 | SkyTeam | ||
| - |  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 | n/a | ||
| - | 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 | 90 | [ permanent dead link ] | n/a | |
| - | South Korea | Asiana Airlines 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.5 | 17.2 | 18.4 | - | 17.3 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 83 | 90 | Star Alliance |
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