Airlines of South America (2017)

The list of commercial passenger airlines in South America includes 48 airlines. Ten represents Venezuela, but all of them are relatively small companies. Nine airlines are based in Colombia; 7 in Brazil; 6 in Chile and Peru; 4 in Argentina; 3 in Ecuador; 2 in Bolivia; 1 in Paraguay.

Aviation traffic in South America is dominated by two continental holdings: LATAM and Avianca, who carried together more than a half (51.5%) of all South American airlines passengers. LATAM, consisted of 8 airlines, had carried 67.0 mln passengers, while Avianca holding (4 nationally branded airlines) 34.9 mln. (Passengers carried by airlines from Central America belonging to LATAM and Avianca are note counted in this ranking).

Top 5 South American airlines are TAM, Gol, Azul (all from Brazil), Avianca Colombia and Oceanair (Avianca Brazil). First three are among 50 biggest airlines of the world and all 5 are within the World Top-100.

Rank	WorldRank	NatRank	Air carrier	State	Passengers carried	Passenger-km performed (x1000)
1	21	1	TAM LINHAS AEREAS	BRAZIL	33 709 206	57 710 581
2	23	2	GOL	BRAZIL	33 022 686	37 231 329
3	46	3	AZUL	BRAZIL	22 233 170	20 802 854
4	56	1	AVIANCA	COLOMBIA	19 081 622	24 837 377
5	97	4	OCEANAIR (AVIANCA BRAZIL)	BRAZIL	10 940 443	12 827 647
6	108	1	LAN PERU	PERU	9 842 742	16 468 476
7	111	1	AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS	ARGENTINA	9 344 654	21 051 160
8	123	1	LAN CHILE	CHILE	8 174 880	24 367 802
9	168	2	LAN COLOMBIA	COLOMBIA	5 087 184	3 274 585
10	171	2	LAN EXPRESS	CHILE	4 931 163	5 051 522
11	202	3	SKY AIRLINE	CHILE	3 817 318	4 353 155
12	206	2	AUSTRAL	ARGENTINA	3 734 917	3 294 869
13	215	3	VIVACOLOMBIA	COLOMBIA	3 387 663	2 042 890
14	218	3	LAN ARGENTINA	ARGENTINA	3 184 538	5 235 847
15	226	1	BOA-BOLIVIANA DE AVIACION	BOLIVIA	2 956 434	2 368 245
16	227	2	TACA PERU (AVIANCA PERU)	PERU	2 955 929	6 218 182
17	267	4	ANDES LINEAS AEREAS	ARGENTINA	2 089 259	2 287 501
18	272	1	AEROLINEAS GALAPAGOS (AVIANCA ECUADOR)	ECUADOR	1 946 377	1 541 565
19	277	4	COPA AIRLINES COLOMBIA	COLOMBIA	1 841 238	1 448 683
20	286	2	AEROLANE (LAN ECUADOR)	ECUADOR	1 657 512	2 827 424
21	290	3	PERUVIAN AIRLINES	PERU	1 596 017	1 090 081
22	297	3	TAME	ECUADOR	1 526 348	1 582 163
23	329	4	LC BURSE	PERU	1 136 986	689 180
24	340	5	EasyFly	COLOMBIA	989 199	222 551
25	343	6	SATENA	COLOMBIA	953 500	640 579
26	358	1	CONVIASA	VENEZUELA	781 732	630 461
27	362	7	Wingo	COLOMBIA	753 550	849 893
28	364	2	LASER	VENEZUELA	747 412	494 337
29	378	5	PASSAREDO	BRAZIL	638 282	351 819
30	393	3	AVIOR	VENEZUELA	574 141	492 048
31	395	4	RAVSA	VENEZUELA	573 178	402 230
32	432	1	TAM MERCOSUR	PARAGUAY	457 588	661 727
33	449	5	ASERCA AIRLINES	VENEZUELA	370 793	182 716
34	456	2	AMASZONAS	BOLIVIA	346 029	143 170
35	462	4	JETSMART AIR	CHILE	334 811	308 566
36	470	5	STAR PERU	PERU	314 779	161 912
37	474	6	Viva Air Peru	PERU	305 948	227 062
38	482	6	SANTA BARBARA AIRLINES	VENEZUELA	291 398	599 376
39	487	5	Latin American Wings	CHILE	282 225	668 808
40	492	7	RUTACA AIRLINES	VENEZUELA	254 180	104 757
41	497	8	ALAS DE VENEZUELA	VENEZUELA	238 697	109 053
42	512	8	AEROLINEA DE ANTIOQUIA	COLOMBIA	187 061	41 782
43	538	9	ALBATROS	VENEZUELA	126 916	20 858
44	552	6	MAP LINHAS AEREAS	BRAZIL	102 730	66 193
45	554	6	AEROVIAS DAP	CHILE	100 697	73 197
46	645	9	ALIANSA	COLOMBIA	14 934	791
47	663	10	LTA	VENEZUELA	8 358	1 262
48	700	7	ABAETE	BRAZIL	404	181
			LATAM total		67 044 813	115 597 964
			AVIANCA total		34 924 371	45 424 771
			LAN CHILE total (+ LAN EXPRESS)		13 106 043	29 419 324
			AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS total (+AUSTRAL)	13 079 571	24 346 029
			SOUTH AMERICA total		197 946 828	266 058 447