This is a list of the largest airlines in Asia by total passengers carried. 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.

Contents 1 By scheduled passengers 1.1 Scheduled passengers carried (last 12 months) 1.2 Scheduled passengers carried (annual) 2 See also

[edit] By scheduled passengers

[edit] Scheduled passengers carried (last 12 months)

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.

Rank	Airline	Scheduled passengers carried1			Year ended	Source	Alliance
		Total	International	Domestic
1	China Southern Airlines	58,237,000	5,173,000	53,063,000	31 Dec 2008	[1]	SkyTeam
2	Japan Airlines	50,442,198	12,238,676	38,203,522	31 Mar 2008	[2]	oneworld
3	All Nippon Airways Group Air Central	50,384,000	4,827,000	45,557,000	31 Mar 2008	[3]	Star Alliance
4	China Eastern Airlines	39,161,360	8,003,2703	31,158,090	31 Dec 2007	[4]
5	Air China Limited	34,248,700	6,216,7002	28,032,000	31 Dec 2008	[5]	Star Alliance
6	Cathay Pacific Group Dragonair	23,253,427	23,253,427	NA4	31 Dec 2007	[6]	oneworld
7	Korean Air	22,353,169			31 Dec 2006	[7]	SkyTeam
8	Emirates Airline	22,730,895	22,730,895		31 Mar 2009
9	Turkish Airlines	19,605,000			31 Dec 2007		Star Alliance
10	Thai Airways International	19,376,061			31 Aug 2007	[8]	Star Alliance
11	Singapore Airlines	19,083,000	19,083,000	NA	29 February 2008	[9]	Star Alliance
12	Saudi Arabian Airlines	18,571,443			31 Dec 2005	[10]
13	Hainan Airlines Group Chang'an Airlines China Xinhua Airlines Shanxi Airlines	14,494,000			31 Dec 2007	[11]
14	AirAsia Group Indonesia AirAsia Thai AirAsia	13,992,251			30 Jun 2007	[12]
15	Malaysia Airlines	13,928,000	8,492,000	5,436,000	31 Aug 2007	[13]
16	NACIL Air India Indian Airlines Air India Express Air India Regional	12,360,000			31 Dec 2005	[14] [15]
17	Iran Air	12,280,000			31 Dec 2008
18	Asiana Airlines	11,907,673	6,780,595	5,127,078	31 Mar 2006	[16]	Star Alliance
19	AirAsia	11,800,000			31 Dec 2008 (CY)	[17]
20	Jet Airways Group Jet Airways JetLite	11,428,910			31 Mar 2008	[18]
21	Qatar Airways	10,000,000			31 Dec 2007	[19]
22	China Airlines	9,731,000			31 Dec 2005	[20]
23	Shanghai Airlines	9,451,137			31 Dec 2007	[21]
24	Xiamen Airlines	9,245,600		NA	31 Dec 2007	[22]
25	Philippine Airlines	9,010,000	4,620,000	4,380,903	31 Dec 2006	[23]
26	Garuda Indonesia	8,679,443			31 Dec 2005	[24]
27	Royal Jordanian	8,296,981			1 June 2007	[25]	oneworld
28	Vietnam Airlines	7,800,000	3,700,000	4,100,000	31 Dec 2006	[26]
29	Shenzhen Airlines	7,125,700			31 Dec 2006	[27]
30	EVA Air	6,126,766			30 Nov 2006	[28]
31	Kingfisher Red	5,900,000			2006	[29]
32	PIA	5,415,000			31 December 2007	[30]
33	Sichuan Airlines	5,881,210			31 Dec 2006	[31]
34	Shandong Airlines	5,767,000			31 Dec 2007	[32]
35	Aero Asia	5,499,000			31 Dec 2005	[33]
36	El Al	3,593,0005			31 Dec 2005	[34]
37	Cebu Pacific	3,500,000			31 Dec 2006	[35]
38	Thai AirAsia	3,303,674			30 Jun 2007	[36]
39	Air Macau	2,360,300	2,360,300	NA6	30 Nov 2006	[37]
40	Tiger Aviation Group Tiger Airways Tiger Airways Australia	2,250,000			31 Mar 2008	[38]
41	Indonesia AirAsia	1,950,635			30 Jun 2007	[39]
42	SilkAir	1,560,000	1,560,000	NA	31 Dec 2006	[40]
43	Gulf Air	NA	NA	NA	NA
44	Etihad Airways	NA	NA	NA

Notes

• Note 1: Rounded figures in italics
• Note 2: Includes 931,100 passengers under the separate classification "Hong Kong and Macau"
• Note 3: Includes 2,157,790 passengers under the "Regional" (香港地區) 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
• Source :Annual reports

[edit] Scheduled passengers carried (annual)

This is a list of the largest airlines in Asia by total passengers carried for each calendar year. 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.

Rank	Airline	Scheduled passengers carried1			Source
		2007 (to date)	2006	2005
1	China Southern Airlines	56,903,000	49,206,000		[41]
2	Japan Airlines Group Japan Asia Airways JALways Japan Transocean Air JAL Express J-Air Japan Air Commuter Hokkaidō Air System Ryūkyū Air Commuter	31,628,740 (to July)			[42]
3	All Nippon Airways Group Air Central	33,179,500 (to Aug)	50,644,229		[43]
4	Air China Limited	23,205,000 (to Aug)	31,493,8002		[44]
5	China Eastern Airlines			24,285,140	[45]
6	Korean Air		22,353,169		[46]
7	Turkish Airlines		19,605,000
8	Thai Airways International	12,966,025 (to Aug)	18,829,153	17,857,060	[47]
9	Cathay Pacific Group Dragonair	23,253,427	16,727,757	15,438,243	[48]
10	Singapore Airlines	18,956,000	18,022,000	16,618,000	[49]
11	Saudi Arabian Airlines		17,571,443		[50]
12	Emirates Airline				[51]
13	Hainan Airlines Group Chang'an Airlines China Xinhua Airlines Shanxi Airlines		14,390,000		[52]
14	NACIL Air India Indian Airlines Air India Express Air India Regional	12,360,000			[53] [54]
15	Air Asia Group Indonesia AirAsia Thai AirAsia	7,206,872 (to Jun)	12,106,823	7,364,525	[55]
16	Malaysia Airlines	9,292,000 (to Aug)	15,466,000		[56]
17	Asiana Airlines				[57]
18	China Southern Airlines	37,695,190 (to Aug)	49,192,020	43,927,880
19	China Airlines		9,731,000		[58]
20	Philippine Airlines		9,010,000		[59]
21	Shanghai Airlines		7,480,000		[60]
22	Air Asia	4,519,913 (to Jun)	7,400,953	4,839,542	[61]
23	Garuda Indonesia			8,679,443	[62]
24	Shenzhen Airlines		7,125,700		[63]
25	Vietnam Airlines		6,800,000		[64]
26	Xiamen Airlines		6,232,400		[65]
27	EVA Air			5,904,419	[66]
28	Air Deccan		5,900,000		[67]
29	Sichuan Airlines		5,881,210		[68]
30	PIA			5,499,000	[69]
31	Shandong Airlines		5,374,000		[70]
32	El Al			3,593,0005	[71]
33	Cebu Pacific		3,500,000		[72]
34	Thai AirAsia	1,718,626 (to Jun)	2,976,798	1,799,409	[73]
35	Air Macau				[74]
36	Royal Jordanian	2,400,987	2,004,559	1,821,329	[75]
37	Indonesia AirAsia	968,333 (to Jun)	1,729,072	725,574	[76]
38	SilkAir		1,560,000		[77]
39	Tiger Airways		1,200,000		[78]
40	Gulf Air	NA	NA	NA
41	Etihad Airways	4,600,000 in 2008	2,800,00 in 2007	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" (香港地區) 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

[edit] 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