List of largest airlines in North America

These are lists of the largest airlines in North America, ranked by several different metrics.

By passengers carried[]

This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned passengers. Passenger numbers shown are inclusive of regional carriers operating under contract where applicable.

Airline	Country	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	Ref
American Airlines	United States	95,324,000	215,182,000	203,745,000	199,640,000	198,714,575	201,249,127	197,340,801	193,739,8251	107,806,578	[1][2]
Delta Air Lines	United States	TBA	204,000,000	192,465,271	186,382,771	183,741,787	179,382,874	171,350,030	164,659,644	164,571,529	[3]
Southwest Airlines	United States	67,785,000	162,681,000	163,605,833	157,677,218	151,740,357	144,574,882	135,767,188	133,155,030	133,978,100	[4][5]
United Airlines	United States	57,761,000	162,443,000	158,330,000	148,067,000	143,177,000	140,369,000	138,029,000	139,209,000	140,441,000	[6]
Air Canada	Canada	13,760,000	51,543,000	50,904,000	48,126,000	44,849,000	41,126,000	38,526,000	35,761,000	34,900,000	[7][8]
Alaska Airlines	United States	17,927,000	46,733,000	45,802,000	44,034,000	41,947,0002	31,883,000	29,278,000	27,414,000	25,896,000	[9][10]
JetBlue Airways	United States	14,274,000	42,727,694	42,149,989	40,038,090	38,263,104	35,100,986	32,078,316	30,463,226	28,956,213	[11][12]
Spirit Airlines	United States	18,746,000	34,537,000	29,312,000	24,183,070	21,618,039	17,921,419	14,293,703	12,413,812	10,422,548	[13][14]
WestJet	Canada	TBA	19,588,8113	25,491,290	24,137,477	21,951,463	20,281,376	19,651,977	18,485,144	17,423,000	[15][16]
Volaris	Mexico	TBA	21,975,000	18,396,000	16,427,000	15,005,000	11,983,000	9,809,000	8,900,000	7,057,700	[17]
Frontier Airlines	United States	13,065,000	21,869,000	18,669,000	15,970,000	14,773,000	12,569,000	11,328,000	9,874,000	9,927,000	[18][19]
Aeroméxico	Mexico	TBA	20,689,000	21,878,000	20,666,000	19,703,000	18,769,000	17,190,000	15,488,000	14,812,000	[20]
Interjet	Mexico	TBA	15,184,720	13,880,000	12,378,000	11,122,000	10,483,000	8,686,000	n/a	n/a	[21]
Allegiant Air	United States	8,553,623	14,823,267	13,606,103	12,138,146	11,003,864	9,355,097	8,017,442	7,103,366	6,591,707	[22]
VivaAerobus	Mexico	TBA	12,019,114	10,014,062	8,195,566	6,373,626	4,760,000	4,000,000	n/a	n/a	[23]
Hawaiian Airlines	United States	4,304,000	11,751,003	11,840,178	11,505,324	11,050,911	10,672,667	10,195,145	9,935,743	9,484,204	[24][25]
Sun Country Airlines	United States	1,740,000	3,127,000	2,089,000	2,062,000	1,793,000	1,851,000	1,576,000	1,439,000	1,228,000	[26]

Notes

• ^1 Numbers on and after 2013 are for the merged American/US Airways
• ^2 Numbers on and after 2016 are for the merged Alaska/Virgin America
• ^3 For nine months ending September 2019

By fleet size[]

This is a list of airlines ranked by fleet size (including regional partners), as of 9 March 2021:

Airline	Fleet size	References
American Airlines	1,440	[27][28]
United Airlines	1,391	[29][30]
Delta Air Lines	1,170	[31][32]
Southwest Airlines	736	[33]
Alaska Airlines	423	[34][35][36]
Air Canada	300	[37][38]
JetBlue	270	[39]
WestJet	172	[40][41][42]
Spirit Airlines	157	[43]
Aeroméxico	107	[44][45]
Allegiant Air	107	[46]
Frontier Airlines	104	[47]
Volaris	83	[48]
Hawaiian Airlines	61	[49]
Sun Country Airlines	43	[50]
VivaAerobús	43	[51]
Air Transat	31	[52]
Porter Airlines	29	[53]
Interjet	25	[54]
Sunwing Airlines	18	[55]

By number of destinations[]

This is a list of airlines ranked by number of destinations, as of 9 March 2021:

Airline	Destinations	References
United Airlines	371	[56]
American Airlines	352	[57]
Delta Air Lines	290	[58]
Air Canada	192	[59]
Allegiant Air	128	[60]
Alaska Airlines	119	[61]
Southwest Airlines	111	[62]
Frontier Airlines	110	[63]
WestJet	105	[64]
JetBlue	102	[65]
Aeromexico	78	[66]
Spirit Airlines	78	[67]
Volaris	66	[68]
Air Transat	64	[69]
Sun Country Airlines	60	[70]
VivaAerobús	56	[71]
Hawaiian Airlines	32	[72]

By frequency[]

This is a list of airlines ranked by daily flights (frequency):

Airline	Daily departures	References
Delta Air Lines	6,700
American Airlines	5,400
United Airlines	5,000
Southwest Airlines	4,000
Air Canada	1,500
Alaska Airlines	1,200
JetBlue	925
WestJet	777	[73]
Aeromexico	600
Spirit Airlines	400
Frontier Airlines	270
Interjet	270
Allegiant Air	242
Hawaiian Airlines	212
Volaris	200
VivaAerobus	115
Sun Country Airlines	47

Defunct airlines[]

Airlines that have ceased to exist since 2008, either as a result of mergers or bankruptcy, are listed below.

Airline	Country	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	Source
AirTran Airways	United States	n/a					24,721,226	23,997,810	24,574,000
Continental Airlines	United States	n/a						62,809,384	66,692,408	[74]
Mexicana de Aviación	Mexico	n/a						6,861,000	7,873,000
Midwest Airlines	United States	n/a							3,006,000
Northwest Airlines	United States	n/a							48,772,000
US Airways	United States	n/a			82,546,120	60,854,368	59,809,367	51,016,000	54,820,000
Virgin America	United States	7,036,000	6,508,000	6,329,000	6,219,000	n/a

References[]

See also[]

• World's largest airlines
• List of largest airlines in Europe
• List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean
• List of largest airlines in Africa
• List of largest airlines in Asia
• List of largest airlines in South America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania