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 147 airlines with scheduled capacity and 531 airports

How much airline capacity is there in latin america?

• Overall capacity for Latin America has increased by 4.4% to 53.8 million seats in July 2025.
• International capacity grew at a faster rate than domestic capacity this month of 6.2% to 25.1 million seats, 47% of capacity.
  
• Mainline carriers represent 62% of the market and grew by 3.9% vs July 2024. However, LCCs continue to grow at a faster rate, with a 5.2% year-on-year increase, accounting for 20.4 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?

• São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport remains the region’s busiest, growing 9.3% year-on-year to 2.6 million seats.
• Capacity at Bogota continued to reduce by 1.9% vs last year to 2.35m seats. It remains the second busiest airport in Latin America.
• Strongest growth within the Top 10 largest airports in the continent came again from Buenos Aires Airport, which grew by 24.2% vs July 2024. This represents an increase of 189,700 seats.
  
  
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Which is the biggest airline in Latin America?

• The LATAM Airline Group remains the largest airline with 9.1m seats and increased capacity this month by 7.5% (637,800 additional seats).
• Jetsmart recorded the highest capacity growth, increasing by 25.5% with 319,800 additional seats. GOL Linhas Aéreas followed with a 12.5% rise, adding 428,500 seats.
• Aeromexico and Avianca reduced capacity by 4.4% and 4.1% respectively.