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This is a list of [[World's largest airline|largest airlines]] active in South America (beyond 100 thousand passengers/year). It is ranked by number of carried passengers.

== By passengers carried (millions) ==
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! Rank !!Origin!!Airline/ holding
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!'21!!'20!!'19!!'18!!'17!!'16!!'15!!'14!! '13 !! '12 !! '11 !! '10 !! '09 !! '08 !! '07 !! Passenger <br> fleet !! Current <br> destinations !!Alliance
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! 1
||{{flagicon|Chile}}<br>{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|[[LATAM Airlines|LATAM]] {{ref|1|1}} 
|73.89 || 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 ||294||144 || N/A
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! 2
||{{flagicon|Colombia}}<br>{{flagicon|El Salvador}}|| [[Avianca Group]] {{ref|3|3}}
|31.95
| 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 ||120|| ~66||[[Star Alliance]]
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! 3
||{{flagicon|Brazil}}||  [[Gol Transportes Aéreos]] {{ref|2|2}}
|30.97 || 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||~61|| N/A
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! 4
||{{flagicon|Brazil}}||  [[Azul Linhas Aereas]] {{ref|5|5}}
| 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 ||196||161|| N/A
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!5
||{{flagicon|Argentina}}||  [[Aerolíneas Argentinas]] {{ref|4|4}}
| 13.84 || 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 ||77|| 57||[[SkyTeam]]
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! 6
|{{flagicon|Chile}} || [[Sky Airline|SKY Airline]] {{ref|8|8}}
|8.7 || 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 || 28 || 35 || N/A
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! 7
|{{flagicon|Chile}} ||[[JetSmart|JetSMART]] {{ref|6|6}}
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| 5.22 ||2.56 || 1.74 || 4.45 || 1.89 || 0.33 || - || - || - || - ||  - || - || - || - || - || - ||22 ||24 || N/A
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!8
||{{flagicon|Bolivia}}||[[Boliviana de Aviación]]
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| 4.30 || 3.29 ||1.80|| 3.67 || 3.64 || 3.22 || 2.95 || 2.49 || 1.9 || 1.66 || - || - || - || - || - || - ||21||16|| N/A
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!9
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} ||[[Flybondi]]
|4.00
| 2.36 || 0.89 || 0.33 || 1.51 || 0.76 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 5 || 15 || N/A
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!10
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} ||[[Wingo (airline)|Wingo]] {{ref|10|10}}
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| 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 || 8 ||20 || N/A
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!11
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} ||[[Clic Air]]
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| 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 || 18 ||16 || N/A
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!12
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} ||[[SATENA]]
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| 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 || 10 || 31 || N/A
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!13
|{{flagicon|Peru}} || [[Star Perú]]
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| 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 || 10 || N/A
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!14
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} ||[[Voepass]] {{ref|9|9}}
| 0.85 || 0.66 ||0.54 || 0.38 || 0.59 || 0.59 || 0.72 || 1.03 || 1.30 || 0.95 || 0.75 || 0.72 || 0.85 || 0.67 || 0.37 || 0.14 || 0.07 || 14 || 19 || N/A
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!15
|{{flagicon|Bolivia}} || [[Línea Aérea Amaszonas|Amaszonas]]
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| 0.54 || 0.59 || 0.39 || 0.41 || 0.48 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 13 || 9 || N/A
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!16
|{{flagicon|Bolivia}} || [[EcoJet (airline)|Ecojet]]
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| 0.25 || 0.27 || 0.14 || 0.46 || 0.41 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 4 || 9 || N/A
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!17
|{{flagicon|Peru}} || Atsa
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| 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 || 5 || N/A
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||{{flagicon|Argentina}}|| [[Andes Líneas Aéreas|Andes]]
| 0.15 || 0.03
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==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==
*{{note|1|1}} Includes [[LAN Airlines]] and [[TAM Airlines]].
*{{note|2|2}} Includes [[Gol Transportes Aéreos]] and [[VARIG]].
*{{note|3|3}} Includes [[Avianca Colombia]], [[Avianca Peru]], [[Avianca El Salvador]], [[Avianca Costa Rica]], [[Avianca Ecuador]], [[Avianca Nicaragua]],  [[Avianca Honduras]] and [[Avianca Guatemala]].
*{{note|4|4}} Includes [[Austral Líneas Aéreas]].
*{{note|5|5}} Includes [[TRIP Linhas Aéreas]].
*{{note|6|6}} Includes [[JetSmart Argentina]] and [[Norwegian Air Argentina]].
*{{note|7|7}} Includes [[Viva Air Colombia|VivaAir Colombia]] and [[Viva Air Perú|Viva Air Peru]].
*{{note|8|8}} Includes [[Sky Airline Peru]]
*{{note|9|9}} Includes [[MAP Linhas Aéreas]] 
*{{note|10|10}} Includes [[AeroRepública|Aerorepública]] and [[Copa Airlines Colombia]] (subsidiary of [[Copa Airlines]]) 

Information was updated on Feb, 2023

Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay have no airline relevant to the South America market. Venezuela's information is not available

==References==
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==Sources==
'''Countries (every airline but LATAM and Avianca)'''
[https://datos.anac.gob.ar/estadisticas/ Argentina (ANAC)], 
[https://www.anac.gov.br/assuntos/dados-e-estatisticas/mercado-de-transporte-aereo/consulta-interativa/demanda-e-oferta-origem-destino Brazil (ANAC)], 
[https://www.dgac.gob.bo/anuario-estadistico-dta/ Bolivia (DGAC)], 
[http://www.jac.gob.cl/estadisticas-ano-2019/ Chile (JAC)], 
[http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/atencion/estadisticas-de-las-actividades-aeronauticas/boletines-operacionales Colombia (Aeronáutica Civil)], 
[https://www.aviacioncivil.gob.ec/ Ecuador (DGAC)], 
[http://www.dinac.gov.py/v3/index.php/dinac/subdirecciones/sub-direccion-de-transporte-aereo/item/122-datos-estad%C3%ADsticos-de-movimiento Paraguay (DINAC)],
[https://www.gob.pe/institucion/mtc/informes-publicaciones/343577-estadistica-de-pasajeros Peru (MTC)],
[https://dinacia.gub.uy/ciudadania/estadisticas.html Uruguay (DINACIA)]

'''Airlines'''
[http://aviancaholdings.com/Spanish/relacion-con-inversionistas/avianca-aerovias-del-continente-americano-sa/default.aspx Avianca Holdings]
[http://www.latamairlinesgroup.net/ LATAM Group]

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[[Category:Lists of largest airlines|South America]]
[[Category:Airlines of South America]]
[[Category:Lists of airlines of South America| Largest]]