Latin America Aviation Market

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

Here are some of the top statistics from Latin America's aviation market this month:

• Busiest Airport: Bogata
• Largest airline: LATAM
• Latin American country with most global airline capacity: Brazil
• Largest regional market: Lower South America
  

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%.