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.

How much airline capacity is there in latin america?

• Overall capacity for Latin America has increased by 5.4% to 42.1 million seats in May 2025.
• Domestic capacity, which represents 66% of capacity, has grown by 5.9% vs last year to 27.7 million seats in May 2025.
• International capacity grew at a slightly slower rate this month of 4.5% to 14.3 million seats.
• Mainline carriers represent 60% of the market and grew by 1.8% vs May 2024. However LCCs continue to grow faster, with a 11.4% increase year on year and account for 16.7 million seats.
  

Which is the Busiest Airport in Latin America?

• Bogota remains the largest Latin American airport with 2.4m seats, despite a 0.1% decline in capacity vs last year.
• Strongest growth within the Top 10 largest airports in the continent comes again from Buenos Aires Airport, which grew by 39.2% vs May 2024. This represents an increase of 256,600 seats.
• Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport grew by 10.3% vs last year, an increase of 214,300 seats.                                                        
  
  
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Which is the biggest airline in Latin America?

• The largest increases in capacity this month comes Chilean ULCC Jetsmart, increasing by 418,100 seats - a 41.5% increase.
• The LATAM Airline Group remains the largest airline with 8.2m seats and increased capacity this month by 7.2% - 566,800 seats.
• GOL Linhas Aereas introduced 518,400 additional seats, an increase of 17.7%. GOL's Chapter 11 restructuring process, which is expected to be completed by May, is a key step in the AZUL/ GOL merger process.