This is a list of the largest airlines in Oceania. It is ranked by number of transported passengers.
By passengers carried (millions)
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| Rank | Airline / holding | '24 | '23 | '22 | '21 | '20 | '19 | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | '08 | '07 | Passenger fleet | Current destinations | Sources | Alliance / association |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Qantas Group 12 |
55.9 | 51.8 | 45.7 | 21.3 | 15.9 | 40.5 | 55.8 | 55.3 | 53.7 | 52.7 | 49.2 | 48.8 | 48.3 | 46.7 | 44.5 | 41.4 | 38.4 | 38.6 | 131 | 104 | Oneworld | |
| 2 | Virgin Australia Holdings 13 |
20.7 | 19.2 | 18.9 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 13.3 (H1) | 25.5 | 24.9 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 20.0 | 19.3 | 19.4 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 99 | 50 | [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | n/a |
| 3 |  Air New Zealand 14 |
15.9 | 16.5 | 15.8 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 15.56 (Nov) | 16.4 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 116 | 52 | [10] | Star Alliance | ||
| 4 | Regional Express Holdings 16 |
2.7 | - | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | 48 | 36 | [11] | n/a | ||||||||||
| 5 |  Fiji Airways 5 |
2.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | - | - | - | 1.1 | - | 0.7 | - | 13 | 23 | [12] | Oneworld (Connect Partner) | ||||||||
| 6 |  Air Niugini |
1.2 | - | 1.5 | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | 31 | 35 | [13] | n/a | ||||||||||
| 7 |  Air Tahiti |
1.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | 12 | 47 | [14] | |||||||||||
| 8 |  Aircalin |
0.41 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | 3 | 11 | [15] | - | ||||||||||
| 9 | Air Tahiti Nui |
0.45 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.42 | - | - | 0.3 | 0.4 | - | 5 | 5 | [16][17] | - |
- Notes
- ^1 Statistics for a fiscal year ending on 30 June are located in the column labeled with the regular calendar year in which the period began.
- ^2 Includes figures for QantasLink, Jetstar, Jetconnect and Network Aviation.
- ^3 Includes figures for Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, Virgin Samoa and Tigerair Australia (2014–2020)
- ^4 Includes figures for Air New Zealand Link (including Air Nelson, Eagle Airways and Mount Cook Airline).
- ^5 Includes figures for Pacific Sun.
- ^6 Includes figures for Rex Airlines, Airlink and Pel-Air.
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Appendix 4E and Preliminary Final Report" (PDF). Virgin Australia Holdings Limited. p. 7.
- ↑ "Preliminary Operating Statistics May 2014" (PDF). Virgin Australia Holdings. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "Preliminary Operating Statistics June 2013" (PDF). Virgin Australia Holdings. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2020.
- ↑ "Virgin Blue Holdings Limited (VBA) - Preliminary Operating Statistics June 2011" (PDF). p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2020.
- ↑ "Virgin Blue Holdings Limited - Preliminary Operating Statistics June 2009" (PDF). p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2020.
- ↑ "VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED ACN: 100 686 226 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2014" (PDF). p. 20.
- ↑ "VIRGIN AUSTRALIA GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2015" (PDF). p. 2.
- ↑ "Virgin Australia Group. Annual Report 2019" (PDF). p. 2.
- ↑ "H1 FY20 Results Presentation" (PDF). Virgin Australia Group.
- ↑ "Air New Zealand 2025 Annual Report" (PDF).
- ↑ "Annual Report For the Financial Year ended 30 June 2023" (PDF). p. 22.
- ↑ Nasiko, Repeka (2025-09-06). "Fiji Airways capacity reaches 2.8m". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
- ↑ "Paradise. 50 Years in the Air. Air Niugini Celebrates Golden Anniversary" (PDF). p. 27.
- ↑ "Air Tahiti Magazine" (PDF) (in French). 2024. p. 22.
- ↑ "Entreprises françaises de transport" [French transport companies] (in French). 2024. p. 89.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2023" (PDF). Air Tahiti Nui.
- ↑ "Annual Reports". Retrieved 2 November 2025.