List of largest airlines in Asia
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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.
By Passengers Carried (Millions)
Rank | Country | Airline / Holding | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | Passenger Fleet | Current Destinations |
Sources | Alliance/Association ! |
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1 | China | China Southern Airlines | 83.3 (Aug) | 114.6 | 109.4 | 100.9 | 91.8 | 86.5 | 80.7 | 76.4 | 49.4 | 522 | 190 | [1] | SkyTeam |
2 | China | China Eastern Airlines 1 | 73.2 (Aug) | 101.7 | 93.8 | 83.8 | 79.1 | 73.1 | 68.7 | 64.9 | 44.0 | 452 | 217 | [2][3] | SkyTeam |
3 | China | Air China | 66.8 (Aug) | 96.5 | 89.8 | 83.0 | 77.7 | 72.4 | 69.4 | 60.0 | 41.3 | 395 | 201 | [4][5] | Star Alliance |
4 | Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Philippines Japan India | Air Asia Group2 | 30.5 (Jun) | 60.1 | 54.8 | 48.8 | 45.2 | 34.1 | 29.9 | 25.7 | 22.7 | 207 | 140 | [6] [7] | - |
5 | Indonesia Malaysia Thailand | Lion Air Group 6 | 33.2 (Lion Air only) | 53.0 | 45.0 | 37.9 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | - | 262 | 79 | [8] | n/a | |
6 | United Arab Emirates | Emirates Airlines 5 | 56.0 | 51.8 | 49.3 | 44.5 | 39.4 | 34.0 | 31.4 | 27.5 | 240 | 151 | [9] | n/a | |
7 | India | IndiGo | 31.8 (Aug) | 41 | 29.7 | 22.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 | - | - | - | 138 | 46 | [10][11][12] | n/a |
8 | Japan | All Nippon Airways 3 | 27.4 (Jul) | 47.3 | 50.8 | 50.4 | 49.0 | 47.4 | 44.9 | 45.7 | 50.4 | 218 | 86 | [13][14] | Star Alliance |
9 | Japan | Japan Airlines 4 | 27.6 (Aug) | 40.6 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 38.6 | 37.6 | 35.4 | 44.7 | 48.0 | 116 | 92 | [15] | oneworld |
10 | China | Hainan Airlines 8 | 40.36 (Jun) | 46.3 | 38.6 | 35.6 | 26.3 | 22.6 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 17.9 | 157 | 110 | [16][17] | n/a |
11 | Indonesia | Garuda Indonesia 21 | 11.3 (Apr) | 34.9 | 32.9 | 29.1 | 24.9 | 20.4 | 17.1 | 12.5 | - | 196 | 133 | [18][19] | SkyTeam |
12 | Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific 7 | 23.3 (Aug) | 34.3 | 34.0 | 31.5 | 29.9 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 23.3 | 146 | 112 | [20] | oneworld |
13 | Qatar | Qatar Airways | 30.0 | 26.7 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 192 | 151 | [21][22] | oneworld | |
14 | India | Jet Airways 10 | 19.1(Aug) | 26.5 | 22.9 | 18.3 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 116 | 69 | [23] | n/a |
15 | India | Air India 11 | 16.6(Aug) | 23.5 | 18.0 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 16.0 | - | 15.0 | 13.0 | 113 | 90 | [24][25][26] | Star Alliance |
16 | South Korea | Korean Air 13 | 26.84 | 24.9 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 20.4 | 153 | 116 | [27][28][29][30][31] | SkyTeam | |
17 | China | Xiamen Airlines | 22.8 | 20.4 | 18.6 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 102 | 59 | [32] | SkyTeam | ||
18 | Singapore | Singapore Airlines 9 | 21.8 (Aug) | 22.8 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 107 | 62 | [33] | Star Alliance |
19 | Vietnam | Vietnam Airlines | 20.6 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 14.0 | - | - | 9.3 | 87 | 52 | [34] | SkyTeam | |
20 | China | Shenzhen Airlines | - | - | 20.0 | 21.5 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 15.1 | 136 | 74 | [35][36] | Star Alliance | ||
21 | Philippines | Cebu Pacific 22 | 10.1 (Jun) | 19.1 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 9.6 | - | 65 | 62 | [37][38] | Value Alliance |
22 | United Arab Emirates | Etihad Airways 12 | 6.2(Apr) | 18.5 | 17.4 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 122 | 133 | [39][40] | n/a |
23 | Thailand | Thai Airways International 14 | 13.5 (Aug) | 18.1 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 18.5 | 95 | 78 | [41] | Star Alliance |
24 | South Korea | Asiana Airlines 16 | - | 17.3 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 85 | 108 | [42][43] | Star Alliance | ||
25 | China | Sichuan Airlines | - | - | 16.7 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 81 | 60+ | [44] | n/a | ||
26 | Malaysia | Malaysia Airlines 15 | - | 16.0 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 98 | 61 | [45] | oneworld | ||
27 | China | Shandong Airlines | - | 15.3 | 14.0 | 12.5 | - | - | - | 75 | 60 | [46] | n/a | ||
28 | Saudi Arabia | Saudia | - | 14.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 8.4 | - | - | 94 | 96 | [47][48][49] | Skyteam | ||
29 | India | SpiceJet 17 | 11.2(Aug) | 14.3 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.6 | - | 58 | 54 | [50] | n/a |
30 | Taiwan | China Airlines 18 | 10.1 (Aug) | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 11.4 | - | 11.3 | 10.0 | 82 | 118 | [51][52] | SkyTeam |
31 | Philippines | Philippine Airlines 20 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 12.7 | - | - | - | 77 | 74 | [53][54] | n/a | |
32 | China Japan | Spring Airlines | - | 11.4 | - | 9.1 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 39 | 34 | [55][56] | - | ||
33 | Taiwan | EVA Airways | 8.1 (Aug) | 11.2 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 61 | 73 | [57][58] | Star Alliance |
34 | India | GoAir | 6.2(Aug) | 8.2 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 23 | [59] | - |
35 | Bahrain | Gulf Air | - | - | - | - | 7.1 | - | 5.7 | 26 | 32 | [60][61] | - | ||
36 | United Arab Emirates | Air Arabia | 4.1(Jun) | 8.4 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | - | - | - | 48 | 89 | [62] | - |
37 | Iran | Mahan Air | - | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | - | - | 53 | 57 | [63] | - | ||
38 | Thailand | Bangkok Airways | 5.6 | - | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | - | 27 | 23 | [64] [1] | - | |
39 | Pakistan | Pakistan International Airlines | - | - | - | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 38 | 62 | [65][66] | - | ||
40 | Oman | Oman Air | - | - | 5.0 | 4.4 | - | - | - | 30 | 44 | [67] | - | ||
41 | Sri Lanka | SriLankan Airlines | 4.32 | 4.34 | - | 4.7 | 4.9 | - | - | - | 23 | 61 | [68] | oneworld | |
42 | India | Vistara | 2.5(Aug) | 2.5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 21 | [69] | n/a |
43 | Singapore | Tigerair 19 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | - | - | 26 | 35 | [70] | Value Alliance | ||
44 | Iran | Iran Air | - | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | - | - | 51 | 50 | [71] | - | ||
45 | Israel | El Al | - | - | 4.4 | 4.2 | - | - | - | 39 | 40 | [72] | - | ||
46 | Kazakhstan | Air Astana | 1.9(Jun) | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 32 | 63 | [73][74] | - |
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47 | China | Juneyao Airlines | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | - | 34 | 38 | [75] | - | ||
48 | Jordan | Royal Jordanian Airlines | - | - | - | 3.4 | 3.2 | - | - | 33 | 61 | [76] | oneworld | ||
49 | Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan Airways | - | - | 2.7 | 2.6 | - | - | - | 37 | 58 | [77] | - | ||
50 | Iran | Iran Aseman Airlines | - | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | - | 3.4 | - | 34 | 53 | [78] | - | ||
51 | Kuwait | Kuwait Airways | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | - | 17 | 34 | [79] | - | ||
52 | Lebanon | Middle East Airlines | - | - | - | 2.2 | 2.1 | - | - | 21 | 33 | [80] | SkyTeam | ||
53 | Iran | Ata Airlines | - | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | - | - | - | 10 | 19 | [81] | - | ||
54 | Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan Airlines | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | 25 | 23 | [82] | - | ||
55 | Macau | Air Macau | - | - | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | - | - | 15 | 23 | [83][84] | - | ||
56 | Iran | Kish Air | - | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | - | - | 11 | 18 | [85] | - | ||
57 | Bangladesh | Biman Bangladesh Airlines | - | - | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | - | - | 14 | 15 | - |
- Notes
- ^1 Includes figures for Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines.
- ^2 Includes figures for AirAsia, Thai AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia, AirAsia Japan, AirAsia India, AirAsia X, Thai AirAsia X and Indonesia AirAsia X.
- ^3 Includes figures for Air Japan, ANA Wings and Vanilla Air.
- ^4 Includes figures for J-Air and JAL Express.
- ^5 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar.
- ^6 Includes figures for Batik Air, Wings Air, Malindo Air and Thai Lion Air.
- ^7 Includes figures for Dragonair.
- ^8 Includes figures for Chang An Airlines, China Xinhua Airlines and Shan Xi Airlines.
- ^9 Includes figures for Scoot and Silkair.
- ^10 Includes figures for JetKonnect.
- ^11 Includes figures for Air India Express and Air India Regional.
- ^12 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar.
- ^13 Includes figures for Jin Air.
- ^14 Includes figures for Thai Smile.
- ^15 Includes figures for Firefly and MASwings.
- ^16 Includes figures for Air Busan.
- ^17 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar.
- ^18 Includes figures for Mandarin Airlines.
- ^19 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar.
- ^20 Includes figures for PAL Express.
- ^21 Includes figures for Citilink
- ^22 Includes figures for Cebgo
References
- ^
PCL., Post Publishing. "2016 profit up for TAA, down for Bangkok Air". http://www.bangkokpost.com. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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