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	'23	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	Passenger fleet	Current destinations	Sources	Alliance
1	China	China Southern Airlines	142.2	62.6	98.5	96.9	151.6	139.8	126.2	114.6	109.4	100.9	91.8	86.5	80.7	76.4	629	216	[1][2][3]	n/a
2	China	Air China 3	128.4	38.6	69.0	68.7	115.0	109.7	101.5	96.5	89.8	83.0	77.7	72.4	69.4	60.0	456	201	[4][5]	Star Alliance
3	India	IndiGo	103.5	76.7	48.4	35.0	84.7	61.9	49.2	41.0	29.7	22.8	19.3	15.8	12	8.5	342	118	[6][7][8][9][1]	n/a
4	United Arab Emirates	Emirates 1	-	43.6	19.6	6.6	56.2	58.6	58.5	56.1	51.9	49.3	44.5	39.4	34.0	31.4	252	157	[10][11][2]	n/a
5	China	China Eastern Airlines 2	31.1 (Apr)	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	[12][13][14]	SkyTeam
6	Malaysia	Air Asia Group 4	57.0	34.2	7.7	22.8	83.5	73.0	63.3	60.1	54.8	48.8	45.2	34.1	29.9	25.7	255	165	[15] [16] [17]	-
7	India	Air India Limited 11	54.5	22.1	14.1	11.3	30.4	28.3	26.4	23.5	18.0	16.7	17.3	16.0	-	15.0	122	102	[18][19][20]	Star Alliance
8	Japan	All Nippon Airways 8	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	225	97	[21][22]	Star Alliance
9	Japan	Japan Airlines 7	40.7	30.1	16.2	8.5 (Apr)	44.6	43.6	42.3	40.6	39.9	39.1	38.6	37.6	35.4	44.7	156	92	[23]	oneworld
10	Singapore	Singapore Airlines 9	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	157	137	[24][25]	Star Alliance
11	China	Hainan Airlines 5	-	-	-	37.0	81.7	79.9	71.7	46.3	38.6	35.6	26.3	22.6	20.5	18.6	221	110	[26][27]	n/a
12	Indonesia	Lion Air Group 6	-	-	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	140	60	[28][permanent dead link][29]	n/a
13	Saudi Arabia	Saudia	7.0 (Mar)	31.9	-	-	36.9	-	32.2	30.0	27.9	14.8	11.5	10.3	8.4	-	157	132	[30][31][32]	Skyteam
14	Vietnam	VietJet Air	18.5 (Sep)	20.5	5.4	15	25.0	23.1	17.1	14.1	9.3	-	-	-	-	-	74	46	[33]	n/a
15	Qatar	Qatar Airways 12	-	18.5	18.5	5.8	32.3	29.5	29.1	32.0	30.0	26.7	22.4	18.0	17.0	16.0	253	173	[34][35][36]	oneworld
16	Vietnam	Vietnam Airlines	5.1 (Mar)	18.0	6.1	14.1	22.9	21.9	21.9	20.7	17.4	15.7	15.0	14.0	-	-	103	64	[37][38][permanent dead link]	SkyTeam
17	Philippines	Cebu Pacific 14	15.5 (Sep)	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	52	62	[39][40][41][42] Archived 2020-05-29 at the Wayback Machine[43]	Value Alliance
18	Hong Kong	Cathay Pacific 22	16.2 (Nov)	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	159	88	[44]	oneworld
19	Indonesia	Garuda Indonesia 10	-	14.8	11.0	10.8	31.9	38.4	36.2	34.9	32.9	29.1	24.9	20.4	17.1	12.5	134	90	[45][46]	SkyTeam
20	India	SpiceJet	10.2	12.4	9.0	8.0	24.3	19.2	17.3	14.3	11.7	12.6	11.7	9.5	8.6	6.6	118	53	[47]	n/a
21	United Arab Emirates	FlyDubai	3.4 (Mar)	10.6	5.6	3.2	9.6	11.0	10.9	10.4	9.0	7.3	6.9	5.1	-	-	78	114	[48]	n/a
22	United Arab Emirates	Etihad Airways 15	-	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	103	81	[49][50][51]	n/a
23	Malaysia	Malaysia Airlines 16	-	9.9	1.7	3.9	-	-	14.0	20.7	15.0	16.0	17.2	13.4	13.3	13.1	81	64	[52][permanent dead link][53][54]	oneworld
24	Philippines	Philippine Airlines 17	11.0 (Sep)	9.3	-	-	-	17.0	14.5	13.4	12.0	12.0	11.2	12.7	-	-	61	49	[55][56][57][58][59] Archived 2018-07-04 at the Wayback Machine	n/a
25	Taiwan	EVA Airways 24	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	87	62	[60][permanent dead link][61]	Star Alliance
26	Thailand	Thai Airways 18	-	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	66	40	[62]	Star Alliance
27	Taiwan	China Airlines 23	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	84	102	[63][64]	SkyTeam
28	South Korea	Korean Air 13	-	-	5.7	7.5	27.0	-	26.8	26.8	24.9	23.3	23.6	24.0	23.3	22.9	159	121	[65][66]	SkyTeam
29	South Korea	Asiana Airlines 19	-	-	-	-	-	23.5	17.2	18.4	-	17.3	16.3	15.0	14.7	13.9	83	90	[67][68][69]	Star Alliance
30	South Korea	Jeju Air	-	7.9	6.5	4.3	8.4	12.0	4.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	41	[70][71]	Value Alliance
31	Kazakhstan	Air Astana 20	-	7.4	6.6	3.6	5.1	4.3	4.2	3.8	-	-	3.7	3.3			29	67	[72]	n/a
32	India	Akasa Air	6.2	0.7													22	16	[73]	n/a
33	United Arab Emirates	Air Arabia 21	-	-	5.0	3.0	15.0	13.0	12.0	11.5	10.8	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.6		64	170		n/a
34	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Airways	-	4.0	3.0	-	11.0	10.1	9.9	-	8.6	7.8	6.5	5.2	-	-	34	58		n/a
35	Jordan	Royal Jordanian	-	3.0	1.6	-	3.3	3.3	3.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	43	[74]	oneworld
36	Bangladesh	Biman Bangladesh Airlines	-	2.8	1.2	0.9	1.8	1.8	1.7								159	88	[75]	n/a
37	Thailand	Bangkok Airways	3.0 (Sep)	2.6	0.5	1.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.7	5.6	5.1	4.9				35	30	[76]	n/a
38	India	Alliance Air (India)	1.6	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.6	1.6	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	-	21	75	[77]	n/a
39	Oman	Oman Air	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	8.5	7.7	6.4	5.1	4.9	3.8	3.3		50	53	[78]	oneworld
40	Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan Airlines	-	-	1.3	0.2	5.3	5.8	5.9	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.3	3.8	3.3		25	43	[79]	oneworld
41	Taiwan	Starlux Airlines	1.7 (Aug)	0.3													21	21		n/a

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