Latin America Aviation Market

How much airline capacity is there in Latin America? Find out with new data each month, detailing:

• How many airlines and airports are operating in Latin America?
• Which is the busiest airport in the continent?
• What is the biggest airline in Latin America?
• Which Latin American country has the most airline capacity?
• Which regions are most visited?
• And more.

In Latin America this month there are 149 airlines with scheduled capacity and 534 airports

How much airline capacity is there in latin america?

• Overall capacity for Latin America has increased by 3.4% to 49.2 million seats in October 2025. 
• International capacity grew at a faster rate than domestic capacity this month by 4.7% to 20.9 million seats, representing 42% of capacity.
• Mainline carriers represent 63% of the market and grew by 3% compared to October 2024. However, LCCs continue to grow at a slightly faster rate, with a 4.1% increase year on year, accounting for 18.1 million seats.

*As of July 2025, international capacity is reported on a two-way basis (previously one-way departing).

Which is the Busiest Airport in Latin America?

• Bogota and Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport are very close in size now, ranking as the 1st and 2nd busiest airports in the region with 2.46m and 2.41m seats respectively.
• Of those in the Top 10, Rio de Janeiro saw the highest growth with a 21.7% increase, followed by Buenos Aires at 18.4% compared to October 2024.
  
  
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Which is the biggest airline in Latin America?

• LATAM Airline Group remains the largest airline with 9m seats, an increased capacity by 6.6% (555,600 additional seats) in October 2025.
• Jetsmart had the largest percentage increase in capacity again this month of 32% (389,000 additional seats), followed by GOL Linhas Aereas with a 13.3% increase (446,200 additional seats).
• Azul Airlines and Aeromexico reduced capacity by 5.1% and 4.8% respectively. Aerolineas Argentinas also reduced capacity by 3.5%.