By passengers carried (millions)
| Rank | Airline / holding | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | '08 | Passenger fleet | Current destinations | Sources | Alliance / association |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Qantas Group 1 | 49.7 | 49.4 | 48.9 | 48.7 | 48.3 | 46.7 | 44.5 | 41.4 | 38.4 | 38.6 | 131 | 104 | Oneworld | ||
| 2 | Virgin Australia Holdings 2 | 24.9 | 5.6 (Mar) | 18.4 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 99 | 50 | n/a | |||
| 3 |  Air New Zealand 3 | 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 | Star Alliance | |
| 4 |  Air Niugini | - | 1.5 | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | 31 | 35 | n/a | |||||
| 5 | Regional Express Holdings 5 | - | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | 48 | 36 | n/a | |||||
| 6 |  Fiji Airways 4 | - | - | - | 1.1 | - | 0.7 | - | 13 | 23 | Oneworld (Connect Partner) | |||||
| 7 |  Air Tahiti | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | 12 | 47 | - | - | ||||
| 8 |  Aircalin | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | 3 | 11 | - | - | ||||
| 9 | Air Tahiti Nui | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | 0.4 | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | ||||
- Notes
- ^1 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for QantasLink, Jetstar, Jetconnect and Network Aviation.
- ^2 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines and Virgin Samoa.
- ^3 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Air New Zealand Link (inc. Air Nelson, Eagle Airways and Mount Cook Airline).
- ^4 Includes figures for Pacific Sun.
- ^5 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Rex Airlines, Airlink and Pel-Air.