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List of largest airlines in South America

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This is a list of largest airlines active in South America (beyond 100 thousand passengers/year). It is ranked by number of carried passengers.

By passengers carried (millions)

More information Rank, Origin ...
RankOriginAirline/ holding '25 '24 '23 '22 '21'20'19'18'17'16'15'14'13'12'11'10'09'08'07Passenger
fleet
Alliance
1 Chile
Brazil
LATAM 1 87.41 82.00 73.8962.4640.1928.3074.1868.8067.166.967.867.866.765.060.351.845.843.438.9380N/A
2 Colombia
El Salvador
Avianca Group 3 36.94 37.77 31.95 24.9914.157.8830.5330.5029.429.428.326.224.623.120.811.710.29.08.3161Star Alliance
3 BrazilGol Transportes Aéreos 2 34.50 29.89 30.9727.2618.9616.7836.4433.4132.432.338.839.736.339.236.232.928.425.623.7146N/A
4 BrazilAzul Linhas Aereas 5 31.91 30.87 29.2827.4823.3114.8027.6724.1520.719.820.520.018.315.811.46.63.71.40.4201N/A
5 ChileJetSMART 6 14.56 8.12 7.59 5.222.561.744.451.890.33----------56N/A
6 ArgentinaAerolíneas Argentinas 4 13.08 13.05 13.8511.454.833.1013.3313.0312.8311.2510.449.228.286.806.126.345.335.496.3381SkyTeam
7 ChileSKY Airline 8 8.27 8.82 8.467.123.652.645.774.203.813.222.942.742.461.921.541.180.930.810.6736N/A
8 BoliviaBoliviana de Aviación 4.38 5.06 4.73 4.303.291.803.673.643.222.952.491.91.66------17N/A
9 ColombiaWingo 10 3.65 3.11 2.83 2.081.430.742.402.392.131.951.962.222.702.862.842.862.502.162.2710N/A
10 ArgentinaFlybondi 3.57 3.88 4.00 2.360.890.331.510.76-----------11N/A
11 ColombiaClic Air 1.64 1.77 1.82 1.921.420.732.001.210.990.960.930.790.740.630.530.360.280.180.0121N/A
12 ColombiaSATENA 1.48 1.27 1.21 1.040.890.411.141.121.030.981.010.930.790.750.820.980.961.011.0421N/A
13 PeruStar Perú 1.11 1.00 0.90 0.890.550.290.420.320.370.490.590.620.620.780.840.660.500.530.538N/A
14 BoliviaEcojet 0.28 0.34 0.39 0.250.270.140.460.41-----------4N/A
15 ArgentinaAndes 0.23 0.21 0.150.03 0.0 0.0 0.4 N/A
16 PeruAtsa 0.19 0.18 0.16 0.140.120.050.130.090.070.050.040.050.040.090.060.040.030.040.036N/A
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Notes

Information was updated on July, 2026.

Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay have no airline relevant to the South America market. Venezuela's information is not available

References

Sources

Further reading

  • Vidal Olivares J.-Piglia M., Historia de la avicion comercial en America Latina (in Spanish language), Editorial Unimagdalena, 2022

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