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 Currentdestinations Sources Alliance 1 China Southern Airlines174 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 80.776.4 629 216 2 Air China160.6 155.3 128.4 38.6 69.0 68.7 115.0 109.7 101.5 96.5 89.8 83.0 77.772.4 69.4 60.0 456201 Star Alliance 3 China Eastern Airlines149.9140.6 115.6 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 4 IndiGo 123 114.1 103.5 76.7 48.4 35.0 84.7 61.9 49.2 41.0 29.7 22.819.3 15.8 12 8.5 342122 5Air India Limited 63.9 54.5 22.1 14.1 11.330.428.3 26.4 23.5 18.0 16.717.3 16.0 - 15.0 122102Star Alliance 6Air Asia Group68.6 63.2 57.0 34.2 7.7 22.8 83.5 73.0 63.3 60.1 54.8 48.8 45.234.1 29.9 25.7 255165 7Qatar Airways 43.1 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 198Oneworld 8 Hainan Airlines 54.6 - 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 221110 9 Emirates 55.6 51.9 43.6 19.6 6.6 56.258.6 58.5 56.1 51.9 49.3 44.5 39.4 34.0 31.4 27.4 252157 10 Japan Airlines 43.7 40.7 30.1 16.2 8.5 (Apr)44.643.642.3 40.6 39.9 39.1 38.6 37.6 35.4 44.7 156 92 Oneworld11Xiamen Air43.136.418.1 12 Singapore Airlines41.6 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 157137 Star Alliance 13 All Nippon Airways 35.5 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 22597 Star Alliance 14 Saudia37 35 30.3 31.9 - - 36.9 - 32.2 30.0 27.9 14.8 11.5 10.3 8.4 - 157140SkyTeam 15VietJet Air 25.9 25.3 20.6 5.4 12.1 23.7 23.1 17.1 14.1 9.3 - - - - - 77115 16Cebu Pacific 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 5262Value Alliance17 Garuda Indonesia 23.7 20.0 14.9 11.0 10.8 31.938.4 36.2 34.9 32.929.1 24.9 20.4 17.1 12.5 13490 SkyTeam 18Korean Air 23.5 - - 5.7 7.5 27.0 - 26.8 26.8 24.9 23.3 23.6 24.0 23.3 22.9 159121SkyTeam 19Vietnam Airlines 23.1 24.1 20.7 7.1 16.4 29.1 28 27.2 25.3 21 15.7 15.0 14.0 - - 10364SkyTeam 20 Cathay Pacific 36.8 22.8 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 15988 Oneworld 21Air Arabia 18.8 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 22Etihad Airways22.4 18.5 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 10381 23Malaysia Airlines 16.6 14.5 9.9 1.7 3.9 - - 14.0 20.7 15.016.0 17.2 13.4 13.3 13.1 77 79Oneworld 24Thai Airways International 16.1 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 7965Star Alliance 25Philippine Airlines 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 26 Flydubai 15.4 13.8 10.6 5.6 3.2 9.6 11.0 10.9 10.4 9.0 7.3 6.9 5.1 - - 88127 27Jeju Air 13.4 - 7.9 6.5 4.3 8.4 12.0 4.6 - - - - - - - 39 41 Value Alliance 28EVA Airways 13.2 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 8762Star Alliance 29Air Astana 9.0 8.0 7.4 5.6 3.6 5.1 4.3 4.2 3.8 - - 3.7 3.3 29 58 30SpiceJet 7.6 10.2 12.4 9.0 8.0 24.3 19.2 17.3 14.3 11.712.6 11.7 9.5 8.6 6.6 11853 31 Akasa Air 7.6 6.2 0.72228 32Uzbekistan Airways 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 11.0 10.1 9.9 - 8.6 7.8 6.5 5.2 - - 3965 33Oman Air 5.4 6.2 9.9 1.2 - - - 8.5 7.7 6.4 5.1 4.9 3.8 3.3 50 53Oneworld 34Bangkok Airways 4.3 4.0 2.7 0.5 1.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.9 35 30 35Royal Jordanian 3.7 3.6 3.0 1.6 0.8 3.3 3.3 3.1 - - - - - - - 31 54Oneworld36SriLankan Airlines 3.5 3.64 1.5 0.2 5.3 5.7 5.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 3.8 3.3 23 37Oneworld37 Biman Bangladesh Airlines 3.4 - 2.8 1.2 0.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 2140 38Alliance Air1.41.61.51.00.81.61.61.00.50.30.30.30.40.4 -2175 39China Airlines 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 84102SkyTeamStarlux Airlines 3.5 0.3 21 29 -Pakistan International Airlines - - - 9.8 14.6 10.4 9.8 8.9 9.2 9.5 9.7 11.1 11.5 10.54769 -Lion Air Group - - 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 14090 -Asiana Airlines - - - - - 23.5 17.2 18.4 - 17.3 16.3 15.0 14.7 13.9 8390Star Alliance
By fleet size (Single-aisle, Widebody, Total aircraft) +RankAirlineSingle-aisleWidebodyTotal aircraft (on order/planned)Sources 1China Southern Airlines598110717 2China Eastern Airlines576103686 3Air China407124538 4IndiGo 4217433 5Emirates284 6Qatar Airways274 7All Nippon Airways250 8Hainan Airlines227 9Air India190 10Xiamen Air178 11Korean Air175 (6) 12Saudia167 (5) 13Singapore Airlines158 (8) 14Air Japan150 (2) 15Air Asia111 (1)
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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