Latin America Aviation Market

Monthly Latin American Airline Data Updates

Discover the Busiest Airports and Airlines in Latin America This Month | December 2025

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
Data is sourced from OAG's Schedules Analyser; a cutting-edge platform for airline schedule analysis. 

 

Airline Capacity in Latin America | December 2025

 

In Latin America this month there are 152 airlines with scheduled capacity and 517 airports

How much airline capacity is there in latin america?

  • Overall capacity for Latin America has increased by 5.1% to 57 million seats in December 2025.
  • Domestic capacity grew by 5.6%, whilst international capacity grew by 4.4% vs last year.
  • Mainline carriers represent 63% of the market and grew by 4.1% vs December 24, whilst LCCs grew by 6.8% year on year and account for 21 million seats.

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

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Country Aviation Markets in Latin America | December 2025

 

Which Latin American Country Has The Most Airline Capacity (Domestic + International)?

  • Brazil remains the largest country market with 12.8m seats, growing by 7.8% vs last year.
  • Capacity in Panama grew at the fastest rate of 13.6% vs last year, followed by Argentina by 9.7%.
  • Volume wise capacity in Chile reduced most again this month by 81,300 seats, 3.3% fewer than December 2024.

Which Latin American Country Has THE Most DOMESTIC Airline Capacity?

 

  • Brazil is the largest domestic market with 11.2 million seats, increasing capacity by 7.4% (775,100 additional seats) vs December 2024.
  • Although one of the smaller domestic markets in the region, capacity grew fastest again in Venezuela this month by 18.2% (53,900 more seats).
  • Domestic capacity decreased by 90,000 seats in Chile and by 85,700 seats in Bolivia compared to last year.

Top Ten Busiest Airports by Departing Seats in Latin America | December 2025

 

Which is the Busiest Airport in Latin America?

  • Bogota remains the busiest airport in Latin America with 2.6m seats.
  • Rio de Janeiro saw the strongest growth of those in the Top 10, up 21.6% compared to December 2024. Guadalajara in Mexico followed, increasing by 18.6%.

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Airline Capacity by Region | December 2025

Which Region of Latin America Has Most AIRLINE Capacity?

  • Lower South America is the largest market and has most capacity to/from and within the region, with 18.3m seats.
  • Central America is the second largest market, offering 13.9 million seats in December 2025 - an increase of 1.15 million seats. It is also the fastest-growing region, with capacity up 9% year on year.

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Where do flights from Latin America go?

  • North America is the largest market with 16.4m seats - 611,300 additional seats vs December 2024.
  • Capacity within Latin America is the next largest market with 6.9m seats and an increase of 363,400 seats vs last year.
  • Although still relatively small in absolute size, international capacity to the Middle East (25%), Asia Pacific (20%) and Africa (20%) each saw growth compared to last year.

Top Ten Airlines in Latin America (Departing Seats, One-way) | December 2025

 

Which is the biggest airline in Latin America?

  • The LATAM Airlines Group remains the largest airline with 9.2m seats, an increased capacity this month of 7.7% (654,700 additional seats).
  • Jetsmart had the largest percentage increase in capacity again this month of 33.7% (441,600 additional seats) followed by Vivaerobus with a 17.7% increase (471,600 additional seats).
  • Azul Airlines reduced capacity by 5.2% vs December 2024.

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