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List of largest airlines in North America

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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 Ref
American Airlines United States 210,692,000 199,288,000 165,682,000 95,324,000 215,182,000 203,745,000 199,640,000 198,714,575 201,249,127 197,340,801 193,739,825 107,806,578
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
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
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
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
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 41,947,000 31,883,000 29,278,000 27,414,000 25,896,000
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Flair Airlines Canada 4,500,000
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
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

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This is a list of airlines ranked by fleet size, as of May 28, 2024:

Airline Fleet size Ref
American Airlines 952
Delta Air Lines 947
United Airlines 924
Southwest Airlines 814
SkyWest Airlines 493
Alaska Airlines 365
JetBlue 286
Republic Airways 230
Spirit Airlines 201
Air Canada 197
Envoy Air 147
Endeavor Air 137
WestJet 133
Frontier Airlines 132
Allegiant Air 126
PSA Airlines 119
Volaris 118
Jazz Aviation 107
Aeroméxico 106
Mesa Airlines 106
VivaAerobús 79
GoJet Airlines 67
CommuteAir 64
Porter Airlines 62
Hawaiian Airlines 61
Piedmont Airlines 61
Sun Country Airlines 43
Aerolitoral 40
Air Canada Rouge 40
Air Wisconsin 40
Air Transat 36
Breeze Airways 35
Sunwing Airlines 22
Silver Airways 15

By number of destinations

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This is a list of airlines ranked by number of destinations, as of March 9, 2021:

Airline Destinations Ref
United Airlines 431
American Airlines 352
Delta Air Lines 290
SkyWest Airlines 244
Air Canada 192
Allegiant Air 128
Alaska Airlines 119
Southwest Airlines 111
Frontier Airlines 110
WestJet 105
JetBlue 104
Spirit Airlines 91
Aeromexico 78
Volaris 66
Air Transat 64
Sun Country Airlines 60
VivaAerobús 56
Breeze Airways 35
Hawaiian Airlines 32

By frequency

This is a list of airlines ranked by daily flights (frequency):

Airline Daily departures Ref
American Airlines 5,400
United Airlines 5,000
Delta Air Lines 4,200
Southwest Airlines 4,000
Air Canada 1,500
Alaska Airlines 1,200
JetBlue 925
WestJet 777
Aeromexico 600
Frontier Airlines 500
Spirit Airlines 400
Interjet 270
Allegiant Air 242
Hawaiian Airlines 212
Volaris 200
VivaAerobus 115
Breeze Airways 105
Sun Country Airlines 47

See also

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