Largest Foreign Airlines to Mainland China

Ranked by seats scheduled in 2019.

Note that if ranked by ASM/Ks (which takes distance into account), United is number one, followed by Lufthansa

Includes subsidiaries (i.e. Cathay includes Dragonair and HK Express, Singapore includes Scoot, etc.)

RankAirline2019 seats
1Cathay Pacific4,784,993
2AirAsia (incl. AirAsia X)4,390,681
3Singapore Airlines3,131,753
4Korean Air2,654,319
5Asiana2,651,914
6Lion Air Group2,554,205
7All Nippon1,794,743
8Hong Kong Airlines1,720,919
9China Airlines 1,617,574
10EVA Air1,469,993
11Air Macau1,375,404
12Thai Airways1,293,536
13Lufthansa Group1,039,445
14Japan Airlines972,390
15Air France/KLM971,524
16Vietnam Airlines954,759
17Emirates890,109
18United889,590
19Aeroflot769,691
20Garuda 646,770

Source: Cirium

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