Over 35 passenger airlines operate between Asia and the US, of which 32 are Asian.
This is based on examining Cirium Diio information and includes the Middle East (a region usually excluded in Asian aviation analysis) and US territories in the Pacific.
The airlines have an average of 242 daily take-offs (double for both ways).
The following table shows them. Japan Airlines is comfortably Asia's leading operator to/from the US.
It benefits from 17 routes from four Japanese cities, which is by far the most extensive network of the top 10 carriers. Its figures exclude its wholly-owned low-cost carrier ZIPAIR.
As December 2024-August 2025 is used, things may change as carriers fine-tune next year's schedules.
The frequency range is provided even if there's just one flight at the stated level.
|
Airline |
December 2024-August 2025 one-way flights* |
US routes |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
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Japan Airlines |
4,795 (16 to 19 daily) |
Nagoya to Honolulu; Osaka Kansai to Honolulu and Los Angeles; Tokyo Haneda to Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco; Tokyo Narita to Boston, Guam, Honolulu, Kona, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle |
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Qatar Airways |
4,190 (13 to 17 daily) |
Doha to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington Dulles |
None of its least-served routes are in the US |
|
All Nippon |
4,065 (14 to 15 daily) |
Tokyo Haneda to Chicago O'Hare, Honolulu, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington Dulles; Tokyo Narita to Chicago O'Hare, Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco |
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Korean Air |
3,841 (14 to 15 daily) |
Seoul Incheon to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Guam, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington Dulles |
Includes the world's longest nonstop passenger 747 service |
|
Emirates |
3,758 (13 to 14 daily) |
Dubai to Boston, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Miami (continues to Bogotá), Newark (via Athens), New York JFK (nonstop and via Milan Malpensa), Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington Dulles |
It extended Miami flights to Bogotá in June 2024. It is unknown when its A350s will fly to the US |
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Cathay Pacific |
2,907 (seven to 12 daily) |
Hong Kong to Boston, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco |
Dallas/Fort Worth flights begin in April 2025 |
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EVA Air |
2,791 (10 to 11 daily) |
Taipei to Chicago O'Hare, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco, Seattle |
Dallas/Fort Worth flights begin in November 2025 |
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Singapore Airlines |
2,554 (eight to 11 daily) |
Singapore to Houston Intercontinental (via Manchester), Los Angeles (nonstop and via Tokyo Narita), Newark, New York JFK (nonstop and via Frankfurt), San Francisco, Seattle |
They include the world's two longest nonstop routes (New York JFK and Newark) and the world's longest one-stop service (Houston via Manchester), but that ends in May |
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Air India |
1,697 (four to eight daily) |
Bengaluru to San Francisco; Delhi to Chicago O'Hare, Newark, New York JFK, San Francisco, Washington Dulles; Mumbai to Newark, New York JFK, San Francisco |
Welcomed the A350 in November. Note that four flights will be on December 9 only. When writing, there is still no sign of Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, or Seattle |
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El Al |
1,776 (from zero to 11 daily; see comments) |
Tel Aviv to Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York JFK |
No Saturday flights from Tel Aviv due to the Shabbat |
While Japan Airlines was also the number one Asian airline before the pandemic, much has changed.
For example, Qatar Airways only ranked sixth but has jumped to second place.
This change followed a 41% increase in flights from higher frequencies and the introduction of two routes:
San Francisco in 2020 and Seattle in 2021. It ceased Philadelphia flights in 2023 (replaced by its partner American) but grew at New York JFK (where it replaced American to Doha).
Due to the slow recovery of China-US travel, China Eastern Airlines and Air China have fallen out of the top 10 list, replaced by Air India and EL AL.
Air India's US flights have grown by 27%, although the market remains woefully underserved by nonstop service.
Despite the war, El Al has 47% more US flights. Its offering has also increased compared to a year ago, perhaps benefiting from the suspension of US carriers to Tel Aviv.
El Al's growth was helped by lower-capacity Boeing 787s replacing 747-400s, more flights on existing routes, especially to New York JFK, Newark, and Los Angeles, and the start of its Fort Lauderdale route in September 2023.
