List of largest airlines in Oceania

This is a list of the largest airlines in Oceania. It is ranked by number of transported passengers.

By passengers carried (millions)

Rank	Airline / holding	'24	'23	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	Passenger fleet	Current destinations	Sources	Alliance / association
1	Qantas Group 1 2	55.9	51.8	45.7	21.3	15.9	40.5	55.8	55.3	53.7	52.7	49.2	48.8	48.3	46.7	44.5	41.4	38.4	38.6	131	104		Oneworld
2	Virgin Australia Holdings 1 3	20.7	19.2	18.9	9.8	5.5	13.3 (H1)	25.5	24.9	24.2	23.7	22.3	20.0	19.3	19.4	18.6	18.6	18.2	16.7	99	50	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]	n/a
3	Air New Zealand 1 4	15.9	16.5	15.8	7.7	8.6			15.56 (Nov)	16.4	15.5	15.0	13.8	13.4	13.1	13.1	12.3	12.4	13.2	116	52	[10]	Star Alliance
4	Regional Express Holdings 1 6			2.7									-	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	-	48	36	[11]	n/a
5	Fiji Airways 5		2.2	1.4			1.7						-	-	-	1.1	-	0.7	-	13	23	[12]	Oneworld (Connect Partner)
6	Air Niugini			1.2									-	1.5	-	-	-	1.0	-	31	35	[13]	n/a
7	Air Tahiti		1.0										-	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	-	12	47	[14]
8	Aircalin		0.41										-	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	-	3	11	[15]	-
9	Air Tahiti Nui	0.45	0.45	0.39	0.19	0.17	0.43	0.47	0.48	0.48	0.47	0.46	0.42	0.42	-	-	0.3	0.4	-	5	5	[16] [17]	-

Notes

• ^1 Statistics for a fiscal year ending on 30 June are located in the column labeled with the regular calendar year in which the period began.
• ^2 Includes figures for QantasLink, Jetstar, Jetconnect and Network Aviation.
• ^3 Includes figures for Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, Virgin Samoa and Tigerair Australia (2014–2020)
• ^4 Includes figures for Air New Zealand Link (including Air Nelson, Eagle Airways and Mount Cook Airline).
• ^5 Includes figures for Pacific Sun.
• ^6 Includes figures for Rex Airlines, Airlink and Pel-Air.

See also

• List of largest airlines in Europe
• List of largest airlines in Central America and the Caribbean
• List of largest airlines in Africa
• List of largest airlines in Asia
• List of largest airlines in South America
• List of largest airlines in North America

References

1. "Appendix 4E and Preliminary Final Report" (PDF). Virgin Australia Holdings Limited. p. 7.
2. "Preliminary Operating Statistics May 2014" (PDF). Virgin Australia Holdings. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2016.
3. "Preliminary Operating Statistics June 2013" (PDF). Virgin Australia Holdings. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2020.
4. "Virgin Blue Holdings Limited (VBA) - Preliminary Operating Statistics June 2011" (PDF). p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2020.
5. "Virgin Blue Holdings Limited - Preliminary Operating Statistics June 2009" (PDF). p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2020.
6. "VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED ACN: 100 686 226 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2014" (PDF). p. 20.
7. "VIRGIN AUSTRALIA GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2015" (PDF). p. 2.
8. "Virgin Australia Group. Annual Report 2019" (PDF). p. 2.
9. "H1 FY20 Results Presentation" (PDF). Virgin Australia Group.
10. "Air New Zealand 2025 Annual Report" (PDF).
11. "Annual Report For the Financial Year ended 30 June 2023" (PDF). p. 22.
12. Nasiko, Repeka (2025-09-06). "Fiji Airways capacity reaches 2.8m". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
13. "Paradise. 50 Years in the Air. Air Niugini Celebrates Golden Anniversary" (PDF). p. 27.
14. "Air Tahiti Magazine" (PDF) (in French). 2024. p. 22.
15. "Entreprises françaises de transport" [French transport companies] (in French). 2024. p. 89.
16. "Annual Report 2023" (PDF). Air Tahiti Nui.
17. "Annual Reports" . Retrieved 2 November 2025.