List of largest airlines in North America
These are lists of the largest airlines in North America , ranked by several metrics.
By passengers carried
This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned passengers. Passenger numbers shown are inclusive of regional carriers operating under contract where applicable.
Airline
Country
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
American Airlines
United States
210,692,000
199,288,000
165,682,000
95,324,000
215,182,000
203,745,000
199,640,000
198,714,575
201,249,127
197,340,801
193,739,8251
107,806,578
[ 1]
Delta Air Lines
United States
190,000,000
177,000,000
TBA
TBA
204,000,000
192,465,271
186,382,771
183,741,787
179,382,874
171,350,030
164,659,644
164,571,529
[ 2]
Southwest Airlines
United States
171,817,000
156,982,000
123,264,000
67,785,000
162,681,000
163,605,833
157,677,218
151,740,357
144,574,882
135,767,188
133,155,030
133,978,100
[ 3]
United Airlines
United States
164,927,000
144,300,000
104,082,000
57,761,000
162,443,000
158,330,000
148,067,000
143,177,000
140,369,000
138,029,000
139,209,000
140,441,000
[ 4]
Air Canada
Canada
44,790,000
36,144,000
13,192,000
13,760,000
51,543,000
50,904,000
48,126,000
44,849,000
41,126,000
38,526,000
35,761,000
34,900,000
[ 5]
Alaska Airlines
United States
44,557,000
41,468,000
32,407,000
17,927,000
46,733,000
45,802,000
44,034,000
41,947,0002
31,883,000
29,278,000
27,414,000
25,896,000
[ 6]
Spirit Airlines
United States
44,105,000
38,463,000
30,828,000
18,746,000
34,537,000
29,312,000
24,183,070
21,618,039
17,921,419
14,293,703
12,413,812
10,422,548
[ 7]
JetBlue Airways
United States
42,534,000
39,562,000
30,094,000
14,274,000
42,727,694
42,149,989
40,038,090
38,263,104
35,100,986
32,078,316
30,463,226
28,956,213
[ 8]
Volaris
Mexico
33,497,000
31,051,000
24,405,000
14,100,000
21,975,000
18,396,000
16,427,000
15,005,000
11,983,000
9,809,000
8,900,000
7,057,700
[ 9]
Frontier Airlines
United States
30,218,000
25,486,000
20,708,000
13,065,000
21,869,000
18,669,000
15,970,000
14,773,000
12,569,000
11,328,000
9,874,000
9,927,000
[ 10]
WestJet
Canada
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
25,491,290
24,137,477
21,951,463
20,281,376
19,651,977
18,485,144
17,423,000
[ 11] [ 12]
VivaAerobus
Mexico
24,992,000
20,698,000
15,268,000
8,123,000
12,019,114
10,014,062
8,195,566
6,373,626
4,760,000
4,000,000
n/a
n/a
[ 13]
Aeroméxico
Mexico
24,760,000
21,724,000
16,553,000
9,484,000
20,689,000
21,878,000
20,666,000
19,703,000
18,769,000
17,190,000
15,488,000
14,812,000
[ 14]
Allegiant Air
United States
17,143,870
16,630,138
13,509,544
8,553,623
14,823,267
13,606,103
12,138,146
11,003,864
9,355,097
8,017,442
7,103,366
6,591,707
[ 15]
Interjet
Mexico
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
15,184,720
13,880,000
12,378,000
11,122,000
10,483,000
8,686,000
n/a
n/a
[ 16]
Hawaiian Airlines
United States
10,879,000
10,015,000
6,543,000
3,363,000
11,751,003
11,840,178
11,505,324
11,050,911
10,672,667
10,195,145
9,935,743
9,484,204
[ 17]
Flair Airlines
Canada
4,500,000
[18]
Sun Country Airlines
United States
4,140,663
3,598,584
2,733,364
1,740,000
3,127,000
2,089,000
2,062,000
1,793,000
1,851,000
1,576,000
1,439,000
1,228,000
[ 18]
Notes
^1 Numbers on and after 2013 are for the merged American/US Airways
^2 Numbers on and after 2016 are for the merged Alaska/Virgin America
By fleet size
This is a list of airlines ranked by fleet size, as of May 28, 2024[update] :
By number of destinations
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This is a list of airlines ranked by number of destinations, as of March 9, 2021[update] :
By frequency
This is a list of airlines ranked by daily flights (frequency):
See also
References
Airports worldwide Busiest airports by continent and country
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