Airlines of Central America (2017)

Central American passenger air traffic is dominated by COPA Airlines, the flag carrier of Panama. COPA carried 13 mln passengers, almost 53% of the regional traffic. COPA is ranked 80^th in the World. Other regional leaders are TACA (El Salvador), Caribbean Airlines Trinidad, LACSA (Costa Rica) and Cubana (Cuba). Each of these airlines carried more than 1 mln passengers in 2017.

Rank	RankWorld	NatRank	Air carrier	State	Passengers carried	Passsenger-km performed (x1000)
1	80	1	COPA	PANAMA	13 173 514	29 478 572
2	242	1	TACA	EL SALVADOR	2 682 991	4 966 534
3	250	1	CARIBBEAN AIRLINES Trinidad	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	2 585 460	3 492 930
4	299	1	LACSA	COSTA RICA	1 471 873	2 599 416
5	334	1	CUBANA	CUBA	1 066 636	2 147 762
6	365	1	TROPIC AIR	BELIZE	744 790	43 986
7	384	1	BAHAMASAIR	BAHAMAS	614 939	329 099
8	390	1	LIAT	ANTIGUA & BARBUDA	590 517	245 927
9	420	2	AIR PANAMA	PANAMA	499 613	258 042
10	488	1	SURINAM AIRWAYS	SURINAME	280 088	1 126 847
11	502	2	NATUREAIR	COSTA RICA	223 653	59 155
12	511	2	SKYBAHAMAS AIRLINES	BAHAMAS	196 348	37 379
13	520	1	AVIATECA	GUATEMALA	156 812	72 053
14	525	1	FLY JAMAICA	JAMAICA	152 356	490 455
15	532	3	SANSA	COSTA RICA	133 967	20 081
16	544	1	ISLENA INVERSIONES	HONDURAS	111 187	26 406
17	569	3	PINEAPPLE AIR	BAHAMAS	78 048	9 715
18	579	2	AEROLINEAS SOSA	HONDURAS	66 195	21 627
19	596	3	CM AIRLINES	HONDURAS	52 787	15 070
20	617	4	SOUTHERN AIR CHARTER	BAHAMAS	32 135	14 338
21	664	2	MAYA AIRWAYS LTD	BELIZE	8 317	5 887
22	677	2	Fly All Ways	SURINAME	4 845	6 717

			CENTRAL AMERICA total		24 927 071	45 467 998