Top 50 Airlines in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest airlines in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 204 airlines tracked in South Korea, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and AirAsia lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1,257,900 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 83,817, and the largest, Korean Air, reaches around 651,498 people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each airline, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank Name Audience size Country share Subtype Category
1 Korean Air Korean Air 651,498 9.9% Airline Travel & Leisure
2 Asiana Airlines Asiana Airlines 355,643 9.3% Airline Travel & Leisure
3 AirAsia AirAsia 250,759 1.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
4 Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Airlines 141,429 1.3% Airline Travel & Leisure
5 KLM KLM 128,472 0.4% Airline Travel & Leisure
6 Emirates Emirates 123,194 0.3% Airline Travel & Leisure
7 Thai Airways Thai Airways 113,073 1.0% Airline Travel & Leisure
8 Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines 112,455 0.4% Airline Travel & Leisure
9 Cebu Pacific Cebu Pacific 102,985 0.8% Airline Travel & Leisure
10 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways 101,987 0.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
11 All Nippon Airways All Nippon Airways 101,267 0.3% Airline Travel & Leisure
12 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines 90,858 0.9% Airline Travel & Leisure
13 United Airlines United Airlines 88,682 0.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
14 Peach (airline) Peach (airline) 87,351 0.8% Airline Travel & Leisure
15 VietJet Air VietJet Air 84,706 1.4% Airline Travel & Leisure
16 Philippine Airlines Philippine Airlines 79,799 0.5% Airline Travel & Leisure
17 American Airlines American Airlines 79,152 0.1% Airline Travel & Leisure
18 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific 71,638 0.4% Airline Travel & Leisure
19 Lufthansa Lufthansa 69,730 0.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
20 Air France Air France 69,322 0.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
21 Vueling Vueling 67,750 0.3% Airline Travel & Leisure
22 Garuda Indonesia Garuda Indonesia 62,928 1.1% Airline Travel & Leisure
23 Malaysia Airlines Malaysia Airlines 61,705 0.3% Airline Travel & Leisure
24 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines 61,496 0.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
25 Air Canada Air Canada 54,146 0.3% Airline Travel & Leisure
26 Philippines Airlines Philippines Airlines 52,209 0.8% Airline Travel & Leisure
27 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines 52,066 0.5% Airline Travel & Leisure
28 Etihad Airways Etihad Airways 52,042 0.3% Airline Travel & Leisure
29 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines 50,818 0.5% Airline Travel & Leisure
30 Indian (airline) Indian (airline) 50,759 0.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
31 Firefly (airline) Firefly (airline) 49,932 0.8% Airline Travel & Leisure
32 Air China Air China 45,345 0.8% Airline Travel & Leisure
33 SkyTeam SkyTeam 44,754 1.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
34 Scoot Scoot 44,719 0.5% Airline Travel & Leisure
35 British Airways British Airways 44,493 0.1% Airline Travel & Leisure
36 Air India Air India 42,456 0.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
37 China Airlines China Airlines 41,718 0.7% Airline Travel & Leisure
38 Star Alliance Star Alliance 39,465 0.6% Airline Travel & Leisure
39 Iberia (airline) Iberia (airline) 36,440 0.1% Airline Travel & Leisure
40 JetBlue JetBlue 35,177 0.1% Airline Travel & Leisure
41 Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines 33,773 0.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
42 China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines 32,520 0.6% Airline Travel & Leisure
43 Thai AirAsia Thai AirAsia 31,805 2.2% Airline Travel & Leisure
44 Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong Airlines 31,562 2.1% Airline Travel & Leisure
45 EasyJet EasyJet 29,737 0.0% Airline Travel & Leisure
46 Ryanair Ryanair 29,665 0.0% Airline Travel & Leisure
47 Finnair Finnair 28,952 0.4% Airline Travel & Leisure
48 AirAsia X AirAsia X 27,058 4.5% Airline Travel & Leisure
49 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand 25,749 0.5% Airline Travel & Leisure
50 EVA Air EVA Air 25,631 0.4% Airline Travel & Leisure

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea 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 South Korea?

Korean Air currently leads with an estimated audience of 651,498 people in South Korea.

Methodology

Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.

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