List of largest airlines in South America

This is a list of largest airlines active in South America (beyond 1 million passengers/year). It is ranked by number of transported passengers.

By passengers carried (millions)[]

Rank	Origin	Airline/ holding	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	Passenger fleet	Current destinations	Alliance/ association
1	Brazil/ Chile	LATAM 1	25.35 (Sep)	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	285	160	n/a
2	Brazil	Gol Transportes Aéreos 2	12.41 (Sep)	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	130	64	n/a
3	Colombia/ El Salvador	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	131	109	Star Alliance
4	Brazil	Azul Linhas Aereas 5	20.52 (Nov)	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	105	n/a
5	Argentina	Aerolíneas Argentinas 4	3.97 (Nov)	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	60	Skyteam
6	Colombia/ Peru	Viva Air 7	4.42 (Nov)	2.37	6.02	4.26	3.76	3.46	2.91	2.28	1.83	0.55	-	-	-	-	-	21	25	n/a
7	Chile	SKY Airline 8	2.95 (Nov)	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		n/a
8	Chile	JetSMART 6	2.16 (Nov)	1.71	4.29	1.89	0.33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17		n/a
9	Bolivia	Boliviana de Aviación		1.80	3.66	3.64	3.22	2.95	2.49	1.9	1.66	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	12	n/a
10	Colombia	Easyfly	1.1 (Nov)	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
11	Argentina	Flybondi	0.73 (Nov)	0.32	1.51	0.76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5		n/a
12	Colombia	Satena	0.72 (Nov)	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		n/a

Notes

• ^1 Includes LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines.
• ^2 Includes Gol Transportes Aéreos and VARIG.
• ^3 Includes Avianca Colombia, Avianca Peru, Avianca El Salvador, Avianca Costa Rica, Avianca Ecuador, Avianca Nicaragua, Avianca Honduras and Avianca Guatemala.
• ^4 Includes Austral Líneas Aéreas.
• ^5 Includes TRIP Linhas Aéreas.
• ^6 Includes JetSmart Argentina and Norwegian Air Argentina.
• ^7 Includes VivaAir Colombia and Viva Air Peru.
• ^8 Includes Sky Airline Peru

Information was updated on January, 2022

Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay e Venezuela have no airline relevant to the South America market

References[]

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