List of largest airlines in South America

This is a list of largest airlines in South America. It is ranked by number of transported passengers.

Information of airlines from Brazil, Argentina and Colombia was updated on August, 2020 (Source: local regulator)

By passengers carried (millions)

Rank	Origin	Airline/ holding	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	Passenger fleet	Current destinations	Sources	Alliance/ association
1	Brazil/  Chile	LATAM ^1	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	313	160	[1][2][3]	Oneworld
2	Brazil	Gol Transportes Aéreos ^2	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	[4]	n/a
3	Colombia/ El Salvador	Avianca Holdings ^3	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	189	109	[5][6]	Star Alliance
4	Brazil	Azul Linhas Aereas ^5	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	138	105	[7][8][9]	n/a
5	Argentina	Aerolíneas Argentinas ^4	13.31	13.03	12.83	11.25	10.44	9.22	8.28	6.80	6.12	6.34	5.33	5.49	6.33	80	60	[10]	Skyteam
6	Colombia	VivaColombia	4.46	3.50	3.46	3.46	2.91	2.28	1.83	0.55	-	-	-	-	-	8	25	[11][12]	n/a
7	Colombia	Easyfly	1.72	1.21	0.99	0.96	0.93	0.79	0.74	0.63	0.53	0.36	0.28	0.18	0.01	22	16
10	Colombia	Satena	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
8	Argentina	Flybondi	1.49	0.76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Argentina	Norwegian Air Argentina	1.20	0.13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	Argentina/  Chile	JetSMART	0.58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Ecuador	TAME						1.88	1.82	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	25	[13]	n/a
13	Bolivia	Boliviana de Aviación						1.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	[14]	n/a
14	Bolivia	Línea Aérea Amaszonas						0.38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	19	[15]	n/a
15	Venezuela	Conviasa						0.36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	[16]	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.

References

1. "Investor Overview | LATAM Airlines Group SA".
2. "LATAM Airlines Group reports preliminary monthly statistics for September 2018 | LATAM Airlines Group SA".
3. http://brandz.com/admin/uploads/files/BrandZ_LatAm_2017_Download.pdf
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