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)
Rank OriginAirline/ holding'25'24'23'22'21'20'19'18'17'16'15'14 '13 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07 Passenger fleet Alliance 1LATAM 87.4182.0073.89 62.46 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 38.9 380 N/A 2 Avianca Group 36.9437.7731.95 24.99 14.15 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 161Star Alliance 3 Gol Transportes Aéreos 34.5029.8930.97 27.26 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 23.7 146 N/A 4 Azul Brazilian Airlines 31.9130.87 29.28 27.48 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 0.4 201 N/A 5JetSmart 14.568.127.59 5.22 2.56 1.74 4.45 1.89 0.33 - - - - - - - - - - 56 N/A6 Aerolíneas Argentinas 13.0813.05 13.85 11.45 4.83 3.10 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 81SkyTeam 7 SKY Airline 8.278.828.46 7.12 3.65 2.64 5.77 4.20 3.81 3.22 2.94 2.74 2.46 1.92 1.54 1.18 0.93 0.81 0.67 36 N/A8Boliviana de Aviación4.385.064.73 4.30 3.29 1.80 3.67 3.64 3.22 2.95 2.49 1.9 1.66 - - - - - - 17 N/A9Wingo 3.653.112.83 2.08 1.43 0.74 2.40 2.39 2.13 1.95 1.96 2.22 2.70 2.86 2.84 2.86 2.50 2.16 2.27 10 N/A10Flybondi3.573.884.00 2.36 0.89 0.33 1.51 0.76 - - - - - - - - - - - 11 N/A11 Clic Air1.641.771.82 1.92 1.42 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 21 N/A12 SATENA1.481.271.21 1.04 0.89 0.41 1.14 1.12 1.03 0.98 1.01 0.93 0.79 0.75 0.82 0.98 0.96 1.01 1.04 21 N/A13 Star Perú1.111.000.90 0.89 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 8 N/A14 Ecojet0.280.340.39 0.25 0.27 0.14 0.46 0.41 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 N/A15 Andes0.230.21 0.15 0.030.00.00.4N/A16 Atsa0.190.180.16 0.14 0.12 0.05 0.13 0.09 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.09 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.03 6 N/A
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 North America List of largest airlines in Oceania
Notes Includes LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines. Includes Gol Transportes Aéreos and Varig. Includes Avianca Colombia, Avianca Peru, Avianca El Salvador, Avianca Costa Rica, Avianca Ecuador, Avianca Nicaragua, Avianca Honduras and Avianca Guatemala. Includes Austral Líneas Aéreas. Includes TRIP Linhas Aéreas. Includes JetSmart Argentina and Norwegian Air Argentina. Includes VivaAir Colombia and Viva Air Peru. Includes Sky Airline Peru Includes MAP Linhas Aéreas Includes Aerorepública and Copa Airlines Colombia (subsidiary of Copa Airlines)
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 Countries (every airline not listed below) Argentina (ANAC), Brazil (ANAC), Bolivia (DGAC), Chile (JAC), Colombia (Aeronáutica Civil), Ecuador (DGAC), Paraguay (DINAC), Peru (MTC), Uruguay (DINACIA)
Airlines Avianca Holdings LATAM Group Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes Azul Linhas Aéreas
Further reading Vidal Olivares J.-Piglia M., Historia de la avicion comercial en America Latina (in Spanish language), Editorial Unimagdalena, 2022