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)

Rank	Country	Airline / holding	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	Passenger fleet	Current destinations	Sources	Alliance
1	China	China Southern Airlines	20.71 (Apr)	151.63	139.8	126.2	114.6	109.4	100.9	91.8	86.5	80.7	76.4	522	190	[1][2]	n/a
2	China	China Eastern Airlines ¹		31.87 (Mar)	121.1	110.8	101.7	93.8	83.8	79.1	73.1	68.7	64.9	452	217	[3][4]	SkyTeam
3	China	Air China ²¹	16.37 (Apr)	115.00	109.7	101.5	96.5	89.8	83.0	77.7	72.4	69.4	60.0	395	201	[5][6]	Star Alliance
4	China	Hainan Airlines ⁸			79.9	71.7	46.3	38.6	35.6	26.3	22.6	20.5	18.6	157	110	[7][8]	n/a
5	India	IndiGo	12.5 (Mar)	84.69	61.9	49.2	41.0	29.7	22.8	19.3	15.8	12	8.5	257	86	[9][10][11]	n/a
6	Malaysia	Air Asia Group ²	9.90 (Mar)	83.45	73.0	63.3	60.1	54.8	48.8	45.2	34.1	29.9	25.7	207	160	[12] [13]	-
7	United Arab Emirates	Emirates Airline ⁵			58.6	58.5	56.0	51.8	49.3	44.5	39.4	34.0	31.4	240	151	[14][15]^[1]	n/a
8	Indonesia	Lion Air Group ⁶				51.8	33.2 (Lion Air only)	53.0	45.0	37.9	32.0	27.0	20.5	262	79	[16][17]	n/a
9	Japan	All Nippon Airways ³	8.92 (Mar)	50.74	49.8	49.2	47.3	50.8	50.4	49.0	47.4	44.9	45.7	218	86	[18][19]	Star Alliance
10	Japan	Japan Airlines ⁴	8.52 (Apr)	44.57	43.6	42.3	40.6	39.9	39.1	38.6	37.6	35.4	44.7	116	92	[20]	oneworld
11	Singapore	Singapore Airlines Group ⁹	6.66 (Apr)	38.13	35.5	32.4	33.7	22.5	22.2	18.7	18.1	16.9	16.6	107	62	[21]	Star Alliance
12	Hong Kong	Cathay Pacific ⁷	4.34 (Apr)	35.23	35.4	34.8	34.3	34.0	31.5	29.9	29.0	27.6	26.8	146	112	[22]	oneworld
13	Saudi Arabia	Saudia				32.2	30.0	27.9	14.8	11.5	10.3	8.4	-	94	96	[23][24][25]	Skyteam
14	Indonesia	Garuda Indonesia ¹⁸	6.00 (Mar)	31.89	38.4	36.2	34.9	32.9	29.1	24.9	20.4	17.1	12.5	196	133	[26][27]	SkyTeam
15	India	Air India ¹¹		30.40	28.3	26.4	23.5	18.0	16.7	17.3	16.0	-	15.0	127	90	[28][29][30]	Star Alliance
16	Qatar	Qatar Airways			29.5	29.1	30.0	30.0	26.7	22.4	18.0	17.0	16.0	192	151	[31][32][33]	oneworld
17	India	Jet Airways ¹⁰		5.5	29.8	29.1	26.5	22.9	18.3	17.0	17.4	16.2	14.2	140	69	[34]	n/a
18	South Korea	Korean Air ¹³				26.8	26.8	24.9	23.3	23.6	24.0	23.3	22.9	143	124	[35][36]	SkyTeam
19	Vietnam	VietJet Air		25.0	23.1	17.1	14.1	9.3	-	-	-	-	-	57	94	[37]	n/a
20	India	SpiceJet		24.28	19.2	17.3	14.3	11.7	12.6	11.7	9.5	8.6	6.6	68	54	[38]	n/a
21	Vietnam	Vietnam Airlines		23.0	22.0	22.0	20.6	17.4	15.7	15.0	14.0	-	-	87	52	[39][40]^{[permanent dead link]}	SkyTeam
22	Philippines	Cebu Pacific ¹⁹	4.41 (Mar)	16.7 (Sep)	20.3	19.7	19.1	18.4	16.9	14.4	12.3	10.5	9.6	65	62	[41]	Value Alliance
23	Thailand	Thai Airways International ¹⁴	3.49 (Apr)	19.42	19.7	20.0	18.1	18.4	17.7	21.5	20.6	18.4	18.2	95	78	[42]	Star Alliance
24	United Arab Emirates	Etihad Airways ¹²			17.8	18.6	18.5	17.4	14.8	11.5	10.3	8.4	7.1	115	100	[43][44][45]	n/a
25	South Korea	Asiana Airlines ¹⁶					18.4	-	17.3	16.3	15.0	14.7	13.9	85	108	[46][47][48]	Star Alliance
26	Philippines	Philippine Airlines ²⁰			17.0	14.5	13.4	12.0	12.0	11.2	12.7	-	-	98	85	[49][50][51]	n/a
27	India	GoAir		16.13	12.5	10.0	8.2	6.9	6.2	5.1	4.2	3.7	3	51	30	^[2]	-
28	Taiwan	China Airlines ¹⁷	2.19 (Apr)	15.62	15.6	15.1	14.7	14.7	14.1	12.8	11.4	-	11.3	82	118	[52][53]	SkyTeam
29	Malaysia	Malaysia Airlines ¹⁵				14.0	20.7	15.0	16.0	17.2	13.4	13.3	13.1	98	61	[54][55][56]	oneworld
30	Taiwan	EVA Airways	2.06 (Apr)	12.82	12.5	12.1	11.2	10.0	8.9	8.0	7.5	6.6	6.4	61	73	[57][58]	Star Alliance