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:

• Overall capacity: 55.6 million seats (+2.8% vs last year)
• Largest airline: LATAM Airline Group (9m seats)
• Busiest airport: Bogota (2.6m seats)
• Largest international destination region: Lower South America (18.1m seats)

In Latin America this month there are 145 airlines with scheduled capacity and 504 airports

How much airline capacity is there in latin america?

• Overall capacity for Latin America has increased by 2.8% to 55.6 million seats in Mar 26. 
• Domestic capacity grew by 3.5%, whilst international capacity grew by 2% vs last year.
• Mainline carriers represent 64% of the market and grew by 2.8% vs Mar 25, whilst LCCs grew by 2.6% year on year and account for 19.9 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 remains the busiest airport in Latin America with 2.6m seats. 
• Strongest growth within the top 10 largest airports in the continent came again from Rio de Janeiro with 18% vs Mar 25, followed by Panama with an increase of 11.1%.
• There are 516 Latin American airports this month with scheduled capacity, and 152 airlines operating in Latin America. 
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Which is the biggest airline in Latin America?

• The LATAM Airline Group remains the largest airline with 9m seats, and increased capacity this month by 6.9% (584,600 additional seats). 
• Jetsmart made the largest percentage increase in capacity again this month of 29.2% (383,900 additional seats). Followed by Copa Airlines and GOL with a 13.5% and 11.7% increase respectively. 
• Azul Airlines continue to reduce capacity by 0.3% (11,400 fewer seats) vs Mar 25.