List of largest airlines in South America

TAM Airbus A319

The is a list of largest airlines in South America:

Current fleet size

Rank	Airline	Country	Fleet Size	Remarks
1	Avianca	Colombia	≈178	See Avianca's subsidiaries fleet
2	TAM	Brazil	137 [1]
3	Gol	Brazil	119 [2]	Including Varig [3]
4	LAN Airlines	Chile	117
5	Aerolíneas Argentinas	Argentina	70 (+19)	Including Austral

Current number of destinations

Rank	Airline	Country	Destination Number	Remarks
1	Avianca	Colombia	≈109	See Avianca's subsidiaries destinations
2	LAN Airlines	Chile	100
3	TAM Airlines	Brazil	89
4	TRIP Linhas Aéreas	Brazil	84
5	Gol Linhas Aéreas	Brazil	64	Including Varig

Passengers carried in 2011

Rank	Airline	Country	Passengers Carried	Source	Remarks	Alliance
1	TAM	Brazil	30,746,000 (Jan - Oct)	[4][5]	In process of fusion with Lan to form LATAM	Star Alliance
2	Gol	Brazil		[6]	N/A	N/A
3	LAN Airlines	Chile	22,591,000	[7]	In process of fusion with Tam to form LATAM	Oneworld
4	Avianca	Colombia	20,700,000 (Jan - Sep)	[8]	It only includes Avianca Colombia and SAM	Star Alliance (Mid-2012)
5	Aerolíneas Argentinas	Argentina			Including Austral	Skyteam (June 2012)

Passengers carried in 2010

Rank	Airline	Country	Passengers Carried	Remarks	Alliance
1	TAM	Brazil	34,553,000	In process of fusion with Lan to form LATAM	Star Alliance
2	Gol	Brazil	32,122,000	N/A	N/A
3	LAN Airlines	Chile	17,293,000	In process of fusion with Tam to form LATAM	Oneworld
4	Avianca	Colombia	11,663,000	It only includes Avianca Colombia and SAM	Star Alliance (mid-2012)
5	Aerolíneas Argentinas	Argentina	6,400,269	Including Austral	Skyteam (June 2012)

Passengers carried in 2009

Rank	Airline	Country	Passengers Carried	Remarks	Alliance
1	TAM	Brazil	30,407,000	In process of fusion with Lan to form LATAM	Star Alliance
2	Gol	Brazil	28,385,000	N/A	N/A
3	LAN Airlines	Chile	15,406,000	In process of fusion with Tam to form LATAM	Oneworld
4	Avianca	Colombia	10,157,000	It only includes Avianca Colombia and SAM	Star Alliance (mid-2012)
5	Aerolíneas Argentinas	Argentina	5,404,639	Including Austral	Skyteam (June 2012)

Passengers carried in 2008

Rank	Airline	Country	Passengers Carried	Remarks
1	TAM	Brazil	30,144,000
2	Gol	Brazil	25,664,000
3	LAN Airlines	Chile	13,240,000
4	Avianca	Colombia	8,984,000	It only includes Avianca Colombia and SAM
5	Aerolíneas Argentinas	Argentina	5,256,458	Including Austral

Passengers carried in 2007

Rank	Airline	Country	Passengers Carried	Remarks
1	TAM	Brazil	27,850,000
2	Gol	Brazil	23,690,000
3	LAN Airlines	Chile	11,091,000
4	Avianca	Colombia	8,341,000	It only includes Avianca Colombia and SAM
5	Aerolíneas Argentinas	Argentina		Including Austral