List of largest airlines in Asia

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.

Largest airlines by scheduled passengers carried

Rank	Airline	Scheduled passengers carried1			Year ended	Source
		Total	International	Domestic
1	Japan Airlines Group Japan Asia Airways JALways Japan Transocean Air JAL Express J-Air Japan Air Commuter Hokkaidō Air System Ryūkyū Air Commuter	56,736,031	13,365,114	43,370,917	31 Jul 2007	[1]
2	China Southern Airlines	54,372,830			31 Aug 2007	[2]
3	All Nippon Airways Group Air Central	50,750,744	4,696,423	46,054,321	31 Aug 2007	[3]
4	Air China Limited	34,003,200	6,764,3002	27,238,900	31 Aug 2007	[4]
5	China Eastern Airlines	24,285,140	6,081,5903	18,203,550	31 Dec 2005	[5]
6	Korean Air	22,353,169			31 Dec 2006	[6]
7	Thai Airways International	19,376,061			31 Aug 2007	[7]
8	Singapore Airlines	18,703,000	18,703,000	NA	31 Aug 2007	[8]
9	Saudi Arabian Airlines	17,571,443			31 Dec 2006	[9]
10	Emirates	17,544,140	17,544,140		31 Mar 2007	[10]
11	Cathay Pacific6	16,727,757	16,727,757	NA4	31 Dec 2006	[11]
12	Hainan Airlines Group Chang'an Airlines China Xinhua Airlines Shanxi Airlines	14,390,000			31 Dec 2006	[12]
13	Air Asia Group Indonesia AirAsia Thai AirAsia	13,992,251			30 Jun 2007	[13]
14	Malaysia Airlines	13,928,000	8,492,000	5,436,000	31 Aug 2007	[14]
15	Asiana Airlines	11,907,673	6,780,595	5,127,078	31 Mar 2006	[15]
16	Jet Airways	10,730,000			31 March 2007	[16]
17	China Airlines	9,731,000			31 Dec 2005	[17]
18	Philippine Airlines	9,010,000	4,620,000	4,380,903	31 Dec 2006	[18]
19	Turkish Airlines	9,005,000			31 Dec 2006
20	Air Asia	8,737,942			30 Jun 2007	[19]
21	Garuda Indonesia	8,679,443			31 Dec 2005	[20]
22	Indian Group Alliance Air	7,500,000			31 Dec 2005	[21]
23	Vietnam Airlines	6,800,000	3,100,000	3,700,000	31 Dec 2006	[22]
24	EVA Air	6,126,766			30 Nov 2006	[23]
25	Air Deccan	5,900,000			2006	[24]
26	Pakistan International Airlines	5,499,000			31 Dec 2005	[25]
27	Dragonair6	5,476,501	5,476,501	NA4	31 Dec 2006	[26]
28	Air India	4,860,000			31 Mar 2006	[27]
29	El Al	3,593,0005			31 Dec 2005	[28]
30	Cebu Pacific	3,500,000			31 Dec 2006	[29]
31	Thai AirAsia	3,303,674			30 Jun 2007	[30]
32	Air Macau	2,360,300	2,360,300	NA6	30 Nov 2006	[31]
33	Royal Jordanian	1,966,000			1 June 2007	[32]
34	Indonesia AirAsia	1,950,635			30 Jun 2007	[33]
35	SilkAir	1,560,000	1,560,000	NA	31 Dec 2006	[34]
36	Tiger Airways	1,200,000	1,200,000	NA	31 Dec 2006	[35]
	Gulf Air	NA	NA	NA	NA

Notes

• Note 1: Rounded figures in italics
• Note 2: Includes 988,700 passengers under the separate classification "Hong Kong and Macau"
• Note 3: Includes 2,157,790 passengers under the "Regional" (香港地区) classification.
• Note 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".
• Note 5: Includes chartered flights
• Note 6: Dragonair became a fully-owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific from 28 September 2006. Only aggregate traffic data for both airlines are published from January 2007, and will be updated in this table only after December 2007 figures are released.

Largest airlines by fleet

See also

• List of largest airlines in Africa
• List of largest airlines in Europe
• List of largest airlines in North America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania
• List of largest airlines in South America

Donate to Wikimedia