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	[1] [2] [3]	n/a
2	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	[4] [5] [6] [7]	n/a
3	China	Air China [a]		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	[8] [9]	Star Alliance
4	India	Air India Limited [b]		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	[5]	Star Alliance
5	Malaysia	Air Asia Group [c]		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	[10] [11]	-
6	United Arab Emirates	Emirates [d]		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	[12] [13] [14]	n/a
7	Singapore	Singapore Airlines [15] [e]		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	[16] [17]	Star Alliance
8	Philippines	Cebu Pacific [f]		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	[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]	Value Alliance
9	Philippines	Philippine Airlines [g]		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	[25] [26] [27]	n/a
10	Japan	All Nippon Airways [h]		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	[28]	Star Alliance
11	Japan	Japan Airlines [i]		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	[ citation needed ]	oneworld
12	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	[5]	n/a
13	India	Akasa Air		7.6	6.2	0.7													22	28	[ citation needed ]	n/a
14	India	Alliance Air (India)		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
15	China	China Eastern Airlines [j]			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	[29] [30] [31]	SkyTeam
16	Qatar	Qatar Airways [d]			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	[32] [33]	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	[34] [35]	SkyTeam
18	Vietnam	VietJet Air			25.3	20.6	5.4	12.1	23.7	23.1	17.1	14.1	9.3	-	-	-	-	-	77	115	[36]	n/a
19	Vietnam	Vietnam Airlines [k]			24.1	20.7	7.1	16.4	29.1	28	27.2	25.3	21	15.7	15.0	14.0	-	-	103	64	[37] [38]	SkyTeam
20	China	Hainan Airlines [l]			-	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	[39] [40]	n/a
21	Indonesia	Garuda Indonesia [m]			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	[41] [42] [43]	SkyTeam
22	Hong Kong	Cathay Pacific [n]			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
23	United Arab Emirates	Air Arabia [o]			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
24	Malaysia	Malaysia Airlines [p]			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	[44]	oneworld
25	United Arab Emirates	Etihad Airways [d]			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	[45] [46] [47] [48]	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	[ citation needed ]	n/a
27	Thailand	Thai Airways International [q]			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
28	Taiwan	EVA Airways [r]			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	[49] [50]	Star Alliance
29	Taiwan	China Airlines [s]			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	[51] [52]	SkyTeam
29	South Korea	Jeju Air			-	7.9	6.5	4.3	8.4	12.0	4.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	41	[53]	Value Alliance
30	Kazakhstan	Air Astana [t]			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
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	[ citation needed ]	oneworld
32	Jordan	Royal Jordanian			5.6	3.0	1.6	0.8	3.3	3.3	3.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	54	[ citation needed ]	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	[54]	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	[ citation needed ]	n/a
35	Taiwan	Starlux Airlines			3.5	0.3													21	29	[ citation needed ]	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	[ citation needed ]	oneworld
37	Bangladesh	Biman Bangladesh Airlines			-	2.8	1.2	0.9	1.8	1.8	1.7								21	40	[ citation needed ]	n/a
-	South Korea	Korean Air [u]			-	-	5.7	7.5	27.0	-	26.8	26.8	24.9	23.3	23.6	24.0	23.3	22.9	159	121	[55]	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	[ citation needed ]	n/a
-	Indonesia	Lion Air Group [v]			-	-	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	[44] [56]	n/a
-	South Korea	Asiana Airlines [w]			-	-	-	-	-	23.5	17.2	18.4	-	17.3	16.3	15.0	14.7	13.9	83	90	[55] [57]	Star Alliance

Notes

1. Includes figures for Shenzhen Airlines (including Kunming Airlines), Air Macau and Dalian Airlines.
2. Includes figures for Air India Express, AIX Connect, and Vistara.
3. Includes figures for Thai AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia, AirAsia Cambodia, AirAsia X and Thai AirAsia X.
4. Based on fiscal year ending 31 March.
5. Includes figures for Scoot and SilkAir.
6. Includes figures for Cebgo.
7. Includes figures for PAL Express.
8. Includes figures for Air Japan, ANA Wings and Peach Aviation.
9. Includes figures for J-Air, JAL Express and ZIPAIR Tokyo.
10. Includes figures for Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines.
11. Includes figures for Vietnam Air Services Company and Pacific Airlines.
12. Includes figures for Chang An Airlines, China Xinhua Airlines and Shan Xi Airlines.
13. Includes figures for Citilink.
14. Includes figures for Dragonair and HK Express.
15. Includes figures for Air Arabia Egypt, Air Arabia Maroc, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Fly Arna, and Fly Jinnah.
16. Includes figures for Firefly and MASwings.
17. Includes figures for Thai Smile.
18. Includes figures for Uni Air.
19. Includes figures for Mandarin Airlines.
20. Includes figures for FlyArystan.
21. Includes figures for Jin Air.
22. Includes figures for Batik Air, Wings Air, Batik Air Malaysia and Thai Lion Air.
23. Includes figures for Air Busan and Air Seoul

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See also

• World's largest airlines
• List of largest airlines in Europe
• List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean
• List of largest airlines in Africa
• List of largest airlines in North America
• List of largest airlines in South America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania