In North America, except USA, 23 commercial passenger airlines of Canada and Mexico carried in 2017 134 mln passengers. Among top-5 commercial airlines are Canadian Air Canada and West Jet, as well as Mexican carriers Volaris, Interjet and Aeromexico. All 5 biggest airlines are within the World Top-100.
Rank | RankWorld | NatRank | Air carrier | State | Passengers carried | Passsenger-km performed (x1000) |
1 | 22 | 1 | AIR CANADA | CANADA | 33 665 737 | 126 321 246 |
2 | 42 | 2 | WESTJET | CANADA | 24 137 477 | 41 688 362 |
3 | 69 | 1 | VOLARIS | MEXICO | 15 494 416 | 24 299 717 |
4 | 85 | 2 | INTERJET | MEXICO | 12 385 192 | 15 080 740 |
5 | 91 | 3 | AEROMEXICO | MEXICO | 11 741 944 | 32 681 907 |
6 | 116 | 4 | AEROMEXICO CONNECT | MEXICO | 8 855 459 | 7 167 293 |
7 | 126 | 5 | VIVAAEROBUS | MEXICO | 7 739 401 | 7 946 917 |
8 | 177 | 3 | AIR TRANSAT | CANADA | 4 754 623 | 19 655 986 |
9 | 217 | 4 | SUNWINGS | CANADA | 3 268 740 | 9 196 484 |
10 | 248 | 5 | PORTER AIRLINES | CANADA | 2 599 085 | 1 439 835 |
11 | 258 | 6 | Sky Regional Airline | CANADA | 2 326 640 | 2 600 036 |
12 | 306 | 7 | Canadian North | CANADA | 1 343 907 | 1 541 032 |
13 | 339 | 6 | MAGNICHARTERS | MEXICO | 998 488 | 1 208 646 |
14 | 367 | 7 | AEROMAR | MEXICO | 690 776 | 769 645 |
15 | 372 | 8 | AIR INUIT | CANADA | 665 205 | 200 428 |
16 | 389 | 9 | PROVINCIAL AIRLINES | CANADA | 593 796 | 172 301 |
17 | 394 | 8 | TAR AEROLINEAS | MEXICO | 574 124 | 281 116 |
18 | 411 | 10 | FIRST AIR | CANADA | 527 748 | 501 264 |
19 | 425 | 11 | PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES | CANADA | 476 744 | 117 587 |
20 | 435 | 9 | CALAFIA AIRLINES | MEXICO | 440 795 | 399 910 |
21 | 469 | 12 | AIR NORTH | CANADA | 315 755 | 396 440 |
22 | 483 | 13 | CENTRAL MOUNTAIN AIR | CANADA | 290 719 | 101 659 |
23 | 545 | 14 | HELIJET AIRWAYS | CANADA | 107 359 | 8 824 |
NORTH AMERICA total | 133 994 130 | 293 777 375 |