Popularity ranking · India

The 100 most popular Airlines in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest airlines in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 191 airlines tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Air India, Air India Express and Indian (airline) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 12M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 583k, and the largest, Air India, reaches around 4.7M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each airline, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across India and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in India. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in India, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in India. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Air India 4.7M 33.0 24.5% Airline
2 Air India Express 4.3M 36.7 16.2% Airline
3 Indian (airline) 3.3M 25.7 31.5% Airline
4 Emirates 3.2M 32.1 25.4% Airline
5 Qatar Airways 2.7M 32.3 25.0% Airline
6 Singapore Airlines 2.2M 32.4 29.8% Airline
7 SpiceJet 2.1M 34.3 24.3% Airline
8 Etihad Airways 1.9M 32.7 25.0% Airline
9 British Airways 1.7M 38.9 24.8% Airline
10 Lufthansa 1.6M 31.3 28.9% Airline
11 American Airlines 1.4M 41.6 22.9% Airline
12 Malaysia Airlines 1.3M 33.8 27.1% Airline
13 AirAsia 1.2M 35.4 26.9% Airline
14 Turkish Airlines 1.2M 32.1 29.2% Airline
15 Thai Airways 1.2M 40.8 25.3% Airline
16 Cathay Pacific 1.1M 34.4 22.1% Airline
17 Air France 1.1M 32.1 25.7% Airline
18 Japan Airlines 1.1M 41.2 22.0% Airline
19 Peach (airline) 1M 42.6 25.3% Airline
20 KLM 1M 34.0 25.8% Airline
21 All Nippon Airways 968k 40.5 24.5% Airline
22 Air Arabia 945k 34.6 24.4% Airline
23 United Airlines 918k 34.2 24.1% Airline
24 Vietnam Airlines 865k 41.7 26.2% Airline
25 Korean Air 855k 42.5 25.4% Airline

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular airlines compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India and ranks each airline by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest airline in India?

Air India currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.7M people in India.

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