List of largest airlines in North America


This is a list of the largest airlines in North America.

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.
AirlineCountry201920182017201620152014201320122011Ref
American AirlinesUnited States215,182,000203,745,000199,640,000198,714,575201,249,127197,340,801193,739,825107,806,578106,013,737
Delta Air LinesUnited States204,000,000192,465,271186,382,771183,741,787179,382,874171,350,030164,659,644164,571,529163,838,348
Southwest AirlinesUnited States162,681,000163,605,833157,677,218151,740,357144,574,882135,767,188133,155,030133,978,100135,274,464
United AirlinesUnited States162,443,000158,330,000148,067,000143,177,000140,369,000138,029,000139,209,000140,441,000141,799,000
Air CanadaCanada51,543,00050,904,00048,126,00044,849,00041,126,00038,526,00035,761,00034,900,00033,900,000
Alaska AirlinesUnited States46,733,00045,802,00044,034,00041,947,00031,883,00029,278,00027,414,00025,896,00024,790,000
JetBlue AirwaysUnited States42,727,69442,149,98940,038,09038,263,10435,100,98632,078,31630,463,22628,956,21326,370,318
Spirit AirlinesUnited States34,537,00029,312,00024,183,07021,618,03917,921,41914,293,70312,413,81210,422,5488,517,586
WestJetCanada19,588,81125,491,29024,137,47721,951,46320,281,37619,651,97718,485,14417,423,00016,041,000
VolarisMexico21,975,00018,396,00016,427,00015,005,00011,983,0009,809,0008,900,0007,057,700n/a
Frontier AirlinesUnited States21,869,00018,669,00015,970,00014,773,00012,569,00011,328,0009,874,0009,927,00010,206,000
AeroméxicoMexico20,689,00021,878,00020,666,00019,703,00018,769,00017,190,00015,488,00014,812,00014,334,000
InterjetMexico15,184,72013,880,00012,378,00011,122,00010,483,0008,686,000n/an/an/a
Allegiant AirUnited States14,823,26713,606,10312,138,14611,003,8649,355,0978,017,4427,103,3666,591,7076,175,808
VivaAerobusMexico12,019,11410,014,0628,195,5666,373,6264,760,0004,000,000n/an/an/a
Hawaiian AirlinesUnited States11,751,00311,840,17811,505,32411,050,91110,672,66710,195,1459,935,7439,484,2048,666,319
Sun Country AirlinesUnited States3,127,0002,089,0002,062,0001,793,0001,851,0001,576,0001,439,0001,228,0001,106,000

;Notes
Airlines ranked by fleet size.
RankAirlineFleet sizeReference
1American Airlines1,569
2United Airlines1,380
3Delta Air Lines1,349
4Southwest Airlines754
5Air Canada403
6Alaska Airlines329
7JetBlue253
8WestJet177
9Aeromexico131
10Spirit Airlines119
11Allegiant Air101
12Interjet82
13Frontier Airlines77
14Volaris68
15Hawaiian Airlines55
16Air Transat38
17Sun Country Airlines33
18Porter Airlines29
19VivaAerobus24
20Sunwing Airlines21

By route network

RankAirlineDestinationsRef
1American Airlines350
2United Airlines342
3Delta Air Lines322
4Air Canada182
5Allegiant Air177
6Alaska Airlines115
7Frontier Airlines111
8WestJet108
9JetBlue102
10Southwest Airlines100
11Aeromexico90
12Volaris65
13Spirit Airlines71
14Interjet55
15Sun Country Airlines52
16Hawaiian Airlines28
17VivaAerobus24

By frequency

RankAirlineDaily departuresRef
1American Airlines6,700
2Delta Air Lines5,400
3United Airlines5,000
4Southwest Airlines4,000
5Air Canada1,500
6Alaska Airlines1,200
7JetBlue925
8WestJet777
9Aeromexico600
10Spirit Airlines400
11Frontier Airlines270
12Interjet270
13Allegiant Air242
14Hawaiian Airlines212
15Volaris200
16VivaAerobus115
17Sun Country Airlines47

Defunct airlines

Airlines that have ceased to exist since 2008, either as a result of mergers or bankruptcy, are listed below.