List of largest airlines in Asia

Scheduled passengers carried

This is a list of the largest airlines in Asia by total passengers carried in a twelve-month period. 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, or when only group data is available, and are specified when displayed.

Total scheduled passenger carried 2012

Rank	Airline	Scheduled passengers carried 2012			Year ended	Source	Alliance
		Total	International	Domestic
1	China Southern Airlines Xiamen Airlines Chongqing Airlines Sichuan Airlines	7,175,830	721,260	6,454,570	31 Dec 2012	[1]	SkyTeam
2	China Eastern Airlines Shanghai Airlines China United Airlines				31 Dec 2012	[2]	SkyTeam
3	Air China Limited Shandong Airlines	4,058,700	721,400	3,337,300	31 Dec 2012	[3]	Star Alliance
4	All Nippon Airways Group Air Nippon Air Japan ANA Wings				Fiscal Year 2012	[4]	Star Alliance
5	Japan Airlines Group Hokkaido Air System (HAC) J-Air (JLJ) JAL Express (JEX) Japan Air Commuter (JAC) Japan Transocean Air (JTA) Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC)				Fiscal Year 2012	[5]	oneworld
6	Emirates Airlines			NA	Fiscal Year 2012	[6][7][8][9][10]
7	Cathay Pacific Group Dragonair	2,511,043	2,511,043	NA	31 Dec 2012	[11]	oneworld
8	Lion Air Group Wings Air				31 Dec 2012	[12]
9	AirAsia Group AirAsia X AirAsia Philippines Indonesia AirAsia Thai AirAsia				31 Dec 2012	[13]
10	Korean Air				31 Dec 2012	[14][15][16]	SkyTeam
11	Hainan Airlines Group Chang'an Airlines China Xinhua Airlines Tianjin Airlines Hong Kong Airlines Grand China Air				31 Dec 2012	[17]
12	Saudi Arabian Airlines				31 Dec 2012	[18]	SkyTeam
13	Thai Airways International	1,749,000	NA	NA	31 Dec 2012	[19]	Star Alliance
14	Shenzhen Airlines Henan Airlines				31 Dec 2012	[20]	Star Alliance
15	Garuda Indonesia Group Citilink				31 Dec 2012	[21][22]	SkyTeam (by 2012)
16	Singapore Airlines	1,468,000	1,468,000	NA	31 Dec 2012	[23]	Star Alliance
17	Air India Group Air India Express Indian Airlines				Fiscal Year 2012
18	Jet Airways Group Jet Airways JetLite	1,630,730	518,680	1,112,050	Fiscal Year 2012	[24]
19	Asiana Airlines				Fiscal Year 2012	[25][26][27]	Star Alliance
20	Malaysia Airlines				31 Dec 2012	[28][29]	oneworld(late 2012)

Total scheduled passenger carried 2011

Rank	Airline	Scheduled passengers carried 2011			Year ended	Source	Alliance
		Total	International	Domestic
1	China Southern Airlines Xiamen Airlines Chongqing Airlines Sichuan Airlines	80,674,800	7,750,160	72,924,640	31 Dec 2011	[30]	SkyTeam
2	China Eastern Airlines Shanghai Airlines China United Airlines				31 Dec 2011	[31]	SkyTeam
3	Air China Limited Shandong Airlines	48,671,700	8,347,900	40,323,800	31 Dec 2011	[32]	Star Alliance
4	All Nippon Airways Group Air Nippon Air Japan ANA Wings	41,904,244	5,590,442	36,313,802	Fiscal Year 2011	[33]	Star Alliance
5	Japan Airlines Group Hokkaido Air System (HAC) J-Air (JLJ) JAL Express (JEX) Japan Air Commuter (JAC) Japan Transocean Air (JTA) Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC)	35,412,880	6,703,472	28,709,408	Fiscal Year 2011	[34]	oneworld
6	Emirates Airlines	29,670,000 (Jan-Nov)	29,670,000	NA	Fiscal Year 2011	[35][36][37][38][39]
7	AirAsia Group AirAsia X AirAsia Philippines Indonesia AirAsia Thai AirAsia	29,859,949			31 Dec 2011	[40]
8	Cathay Pacific Group Dragonair	27,581,331	27,581,331	NA	31 Dec 2011	[41]	oneworld
9	Lion Air Group Wings Air	27,000,000			31 Dec 2011	[42]
10	Korean Air		12,636,000 (Jan-Oct)		31 Dec 2011	[43][44][45]	SkyTeam
11	Hainan Airlines Group Chang'an Airlines China Xinhua Airlines Tianjin Airlines Hong Kong Airlines Grand China Air				31 Dec 2011	[46]
12	Saudi Arabian Airlines				31 Dec 2011	[47]	SkyTeam
13	Thai Airways International	18,398,000	NA	NA	31 Dec 2011	[48]	Star Alliance
14	Shenzhen Airlines Henan Airlines				31 Dec 2011	[49]	Star Alliance
15	Garuda Indonesia Group Citilink	17,073,963	3,227,571	13,846,392	31 Dec 2011	[50][51]	SkyTeam (by 2012)
16	Singapore Airlines	16,905,000	16,905,000	NA	31 Dec 2011	[52]	Star Alliance
17	Air India Group Air India Express Indian Airlines				Fiscal Year 2011
18	Jet Airways Group Jet Airways JetLite	16,214,096	5,134,559	11,079,537	Fiscal Year 2011	[53]
19	Asiana Airlines		8,559,000 (Jan-Oct)		Fiscal Year 2011	[54][55][56]	Star Alliance
20	Malaysia Airlines	13,301,000	8,732,000	4,569,000	31 Dec 2011	[57][58]	oneworld(late 2012)

Total scheduled passenger carried 2010

Rank	Airline	Scheduled passengers carried 2010			Year ended	Source	Alliance
		Total	International	Domestic
1	China Southern Airlines	76,455,100	6,728,960	69,726,140	31 Dec 2010	[59]	SkyTeam
2	China Eastern Airlines	64,877,800			31 Dec 2010	[60]	SkyTeam
3	All Nippon Airways Group Air Nippon Air Japan ANA Wings	46,418,041	5,163,103	41,254,938	Fiscal Year 2010	[61]	Star Alliance
4	Air China Limited	46,241,000	7,954,800	38,286,300	31 Dec 2010	[62]	Star Alliance
5	Japan Airlines Group Hokkaido Air System (HAC) J-Air (JLJ) JAL Express (JEX) Japan Air Commuter (JAC) Japan Transocean Air (JTA) Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC)	44,698,222	9,407,242	35,290,980	Fiscal Year 2010	[63]	oneworld
6	Emirates Airlines	30,848,000	30,848,000	NA	Fiscal Year 2010	[64]
7	Cathay Pacific Group Dragonair	26,796,249	26,796,249	NA	31 Dec 2010	[65]	oneworld
8	AirAsia Group AirAsia X Indonesia AirAsia Thai AirAsia	25,680,609			31 Dec 2010	[66]
9	Korean Air	22,926,000	12,108,000 (Jan-Oct)		31 Dec 2010	[67]	SkyTeam
10	Lion Air Group Wings Air	20,500,000	757,400	19,742,600	31 Dec 2010	[68] [69]
11	Hainan Airlines Group Chang'an Airlines China Xinhua Airlines Tianjin Airlines	18,630,000			31 Dec 2010	[70]
12	Saudi Arabian Airlines	18,172,000			31 Dec 2010	[71]	SkyTeam
13	Thai Airways International	18,165,000			31 Dec 2010	[72]	Star Alliance
14	Shenzhen Airlines	17,568,000			31 Dec 2010	[73]	Star Alliance
15	Singapore Airlines	16,621,000	16,621,000	NA	31 Dec 2010	[74]	Star Alliance
16	Air India Group Air India Express Indian Airlines	14,996,000			Fiscal Year 2010	[75]
17	Jet Airways Group Jet Airways JetLite	14,176,606	4,433,119	9,743,487	31 Dec 2010	[76]
18	Asiana Airlines	13,944,000			Fiscal Year 2010	[77]	Star Alliance
19	Malaysia Airlines	13,112,000	8,369,000	4,743,000	31 Dec 2010	[78]	oneworld
20	Garuda Indonesia Group Citilink	12,534,975	2,656,928	9,878,047	31 Dec 2010	[79]	SkyTeam
21	Vietnam Airlines Cambodia Angkor Air Vietnam Air Service Company	12,300,000	8,000,000	4,300,000	31 Dec 2010	[80]	SkyTeam

Total scheduled passenger carried 2009

Rank	Airline	Scheduled passengers carried 2009			Year ended	Source	Alliance
		Total	International	Domestic
1	China Southern Airlines	66,280,000	5,151,000	61,130,000	31 Dec 2009	[81]	SkyTeam
2	All Nippon Airways Group Air Central	50,384,000	4,827,000	45,557,000	Fiscal Year 2009	[82]	Star Alliance
3	Japan Airlines	47,952,270	10,718,625	37,233,645	Fiscal Year 2009	[83]	oneworld
4	China Eastern Airlines	44,042,990	6,058,260	37,984,730	31 Dec 2009	[84]	SkyTeam
5	Air China Limited	39,841,700	6,216,700	28,032,000	31 Dec 2009	[85]	Star Alliance
6	Emirates Airlines	27.454,000	27,454,000		Fiscal Year 2009	[86]
7	Cathay Pacific Group Dragonair	23,253,427	23,253,427	NA	31 Dec 2009	[87]	oneworld
8	AirAsia Group AirAsia X Indonesia AirAsia Thai AirAsia	22,703,440			31 Dec 2009	[88]
9	Korean Air	20,410,000	12,890,000	7,520,000	31 Dec 2009	[89]	SkyTeam
10	Thai Airways International	19,376,061			31 Dec 2009	[90]	Star Alliance
11	Saudi Arabian Airlines	18,571,443			31 Dec 2009	[91]	Sky Team
12	Hainan Airlines Group Chang'an Airlines China Xinhua Airlines Shanxi Airlines	17,879,000			31 Dec 2009	[92]
13	Singapore Airlines	16,480,000	16,480,000	NA	31 Dec 2009	[93]	Star Alliance
14	Jet Airways Group Jet Airways JetLite	15,649,000			Fiscal Year 2009	[94]
15	Shenzhen Airlines	15,109,000			31 Dec 2009	[95]	Star Alliance
16	AirAsia	14,253,000			31 Dec 2009	[96]
17	Lion Air	(dom. only)13,377,000		13,377,000	31 Dec 2010	[97]
18	Air India Group Air India Express Indian Airlines	13,000,000
19	Asiana Airlines	12,372,000	6,780,595	5,127,078	Fiscal Year 2009	[98]	Star Alliance
20	Iran Air	12,280,000			31 Dec 2009
21	Malaysia Airlines	11,947,000	7,112,000	4,835,000	31 Dec 2009	[99]	oneworld
22	Garuda Indonesia	11,174,907			31 Dec 2009	[100]	SkyTeam
23	Kingfisher Airlines	11,060,000			Fiscal Year 2009	[101]	oneworld
24	Qatar Airways	10,212,000			31 Dec 2009	[102]
25	China Airlines	10,024,000			31 Dec 2009	[103]	SkyTeam
26	Shanghai Airlines	9,451,137			31 Dec 2009	[104]	SkyTeam
27	Vietnam Airlines	9,320,000	3,700,000	4,100,000	31 Dec 2009	[105]	SkyTeam
28	Xiamen Airlines	9,245,600		NA	31 Dec 2009	[106]
29	Philippine Airlines	8,945,000	4,620,000	4,380,903	31 Dec 2009	[107]
30	Shandong Airlines	7,817,000			31 Dec 2009	[108]
31	Cebu Pacific	7,200,000			31 Dec 2009	[109]
32	Etihad Airways	6,276,000	NA	NA	Fiscal Year 2009
33	EVA Air	6,022,000			30 Dec 2009	[110]
34	Gulf Air	5,668,000	NA	NA	Fiscal Year 2009
35	PIA	5,535,000			31 Dec 2009	[111]
36	Tiger Aviation Group Tiger Airways Tiger Airways Australia	4,872,000			Fiscal Year 2009	[112]
37	El Al	3,805,000			31 Dec 2009	[113]
38	Royal Jordanian	2,669,000			31 Dec 2009	[114]	oneworld
39	SilkAir	2,211,000	NA	NA	31 Dec 2009	[115]
40	Air Macau	1,447,300	NA	NA	31 Dec 2009	[116]
41	Sichuan Airlines	NA			31 Dec 2009	[117]

Notes

• ^1 Rounded figures in italics
• ^2 Includes 1,885,190 passengers under the "Regional" (Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) classification.
• ^3 Includes 931,100 passengers under the separate classification "Hong Kong and Macau"
• ^4 Flights between the special administrative regions of Hong Kong, Macau and the rest of the People's Republic of China, and flights to the Republic of China (Taiwan) are classified as "International".
• ^5 Includes chartered flights
• Source :Annual reports