This is a list of largest airlines active in South America (beyond 100 thousand passengers/year). It is ranked by number of transported[clarification needed] passengers.
Rank | Origin | Airline/ holding | '21 | '20 | '19 | '18 | '17 | '16 | '15 | '14 | '13 | '12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | '08 | '07 | Passenger fleet | Current destinations |
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LATAM 1 | 40.19 | 28.30 | 74.18 | 68.80 | 67.1 | 66.9 | 67.8 | 67.8 | 66.7 | 65.0 | 60.3 | 51.8 | 45.8 | 43.4 | 38.9 | 304 | 137 | n/a |
2 | ![]() | Azul Linhas Aereas 5 | 23.31 | 14.80 | 27.67 | 24.15 | 20.7 | 19.8 | 20.5 | 20.0 | 18.3 | 15.8 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 179 | 150 | n/a |
3 | ![]() | Gol Transportes Aéreos 2 | 18.96 | 16.78 | 36.44 | 33.41 | 32.4 | 32.3 | 38.8 | 39.7 | 36.3 | 39.2 | 36.2 | 32.9 | 28.4 | 25.6 | 23.7 | 142 | 61 | n/a |
4 | ![]() ![]() | Avianca Holdings 3 | 7.88 | 30.53 | 30.50 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 28.3 | 26.2 | 24.6 | 23.1 | 20.8 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 146 | 66 | Star Alliance | |
5 | ![]() ![]() | Viva Air 7 | 6.00 | 2.37 | 6.02 | 4.26 | 3.76 | 3.46 | 2.91 | 2.28 | 1.83 | 0.55 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 26 | n/a |
6 | ![]() | Aerolíneas Argentinas 4 | 4.83 | 3.07 | 13.33 | 13.03 | 12.83 | 11.25 | 10.44 | 9.22 | 8.28 | 6.80 | 6.12 | 6.34 | 5.33 | 5.49 | 6.33 | 77 | 57 | Skyteam |
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SKY Airline 8 | 3.65 | 2.64 | 5.76 | 4.20 | 3.81 | 3.22 | 2.94 | 2.74 | 2.46 | 1.92 | 1.54 | 1.18 | 0.93 | 0.81 | 0.67 | 28 | 35 | n/a |
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JetSMART 6 | 2.56 | 1.74 | 4.45 | 1.89 | 0.33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 24 | n/a |
9 | ![]() | Boliviana de Aviación | 1.80 | 3.66 | 3.64 | 3.22 | 2.95 | 2.49 | 1.9 | 1.66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 16 | n/a | |
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Wingo 10 | 1.40 | 0.73 | 2.39 | 2.39 | 2.13 | 1.95 | 1.96 | 2.22 | 2.70 | 2.86 | 2.84 | 2.86 | 2.50 | 2.16 | 2.27 | 8 | 20 | n/a |
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Easyfly | 1.34 | 0.73 | 2.00 | 1.21 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 0.36 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 18 | 16 | n/a |
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Flybondi | 0.89 | 0.32 | 1.51 | 0.76 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 15 | n/a |
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Satena | 0.88 | 0.41 | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.82 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 10 | 31 | n/a |
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Star Perú | 0.55 | 0.29 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.78 | 0.84 | 0.66 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 6 | 7 | n/a |
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Voepass 9 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.72 | 1.03 | 1.30 | 0.95 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 0.85 | 0.67 | 0.37 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 14 | 19 | n/a |
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Amaszonas | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.47 | 13 | 9 | n/a | ||||||||||||
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Ecojet | 0.13 | 0.45 | 0.40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | n/a | ||||||
Notes
Information was updated on May, 2022
Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay have no airline relevant to the South America market. Venezuela's information is not available
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Countries (every airline but LATAM and Avianca) Argentina (ANAC), Brazil (ANAC), Bolivia (DGAC), Chile (JAC), Colombia (Aeronáutica Civil), Ecuador (DGAC), Paraguay (DINAC), Peru (MTC), Uruguay (DINACIA)
Airlines Avianca Holdings LATAM Group