List of largest airlines in North America

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

Contents

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• 1Passenger airlines
  • 1.12013–present
  • 1.22008–2012
  • 1.3Regional airlines
• 2References
• 3See also

Passenger airlines[edit]

2013–present[edit]

This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned passengers, fleet size and number of destinations:

Rank	Airline	Country	2016	2015	2014	2013	Fleet	Destinations	Daily Departures2	Source
1	American Airlines1	United States	46,914,563	201,249,127	197,340,801	193,739,825	964	339	6,500	[1]
2	Delta Air Lines	United States	41,907,801	179,382,874	171,350,030	164,659,644	801	322	5,400	[2]
3	Southwest Airlines	United States	34,628,441	144,574,882	135,767,188	133,155,030	714	98	3,800	[3]
4	United Airlines	United States	32,087,000	140,369,000	138,029,000	139,209,000	714	342	4,626	[4]
5	Air Canada	Canada	n/a	41,126,000	38,526,000	35,761,000	364	182	1,500	[5]
6	JetBlue Airways	United States	9,118,663	35,100,986	32,078,316	30,463,226	213	97	900	[6]
7	Alaska Airlines	United States	7,835,000	31,883,000	29,278,000	27,414,000	147	112	1,000	[7]
8	WestJet	Canada	n/a	20,281,376	19,651,977	18,485,144	139	91	420	[8]
9	Aeroméxico	Mexico	n/a	18,769,000	17,190,000	15,488,000	124	84	600	[9]
10	Spirit Airlines	United States	4,988,160	17,921,419	14,293,703	12,413,812	79	57	250	[10]
11	Frontier Airlines	United States	n/a	n/a	n/a	10,700,000	60	55	n/a	[11]
12	Volaris	Mexico	n/a	11,983,000	9,809,000	8,900,000	54	57	n/a	[12]
13	Hawaiian Airlines	United States	2,646,949	10,672,667	10,195,145	9,935,743	52	28	212	[13]
14	Allegiant Air	United States	2,567,309	9,355,097	8,017,442	7,103,366	74	109	n/a	[14]
15	Virgin America	United States	1,766,000	7,036,000	6,508,000	6,329,000	60	24	210	[15]
16	Interjet	Mexico	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	57	47	n/a
17	Porter Airlines	Canada	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26	20	n/a
18	Sun Country	United States	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21	31	n/a	[16]
19	Air Transat	Canada	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25	82	n/a	[17]
20	Vivaaerobus.com	Mexico	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27	25	n/a

Notes

• ^1 Numbers from 2013 to 2015 are the combined figures for American/US Airways; merger fully completed on October 17, 2015
• ^2 Includes Regional Partner Flights

2008–2012[edit]

Rank	Airline	Country	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	Source
1	Delta Air Lines1	United States	164,571,529	163,838,348	162,614,714	161,070,926	106,070,000	[18]
2	United Airlines2	United States	140,441,000	141,799,000	145,550,000	81,421,000	86,412,000	[19]
3	Southwest Airlines3	United States	133,978,100	135,274,464	106,227,521	101,339,000	101,921,000	[20]
4	American Airlines	United States	107,806,578	106,013,737	105,163,576	104,467,549	111,874,652	[21]
5	Continental Airlines	United States	-	-	-	62,809,384	66,692,408	[22]
6	US Airways	United States	82,546,120	60,854,368	59,809,367	51,016,000	54,820,000	[23]
7	Northwest Airlines	United States	-	-	-	-	48,772,000
8	Air Canada	Canada	34,900,000	33,900,000	32,000,000	30,961,000	33,171,000	[24]
9	JetBlue Airways	United States	28,956,213	26,370,318	24,253,933	22,449,945	21,920,442	[25]
10	Alaska Airlines	United States	25,896,000	24,790,000	23,334,000	15,561,000	16,809,000	[26]
11	AirTran Airways	United States	-	-	24,721,226	23,997,810	24,574,000	[27]
12	WestJet	Canada	17,423,000	16,041,000	15,174,000	14,039,000	14,283,000	[28]
13	Frontier Airlines4	United States	13,246,109	14,937,983	14,603,935	n/a	n/a	[29]
14	Aeroméxico	Mexico	14,812,000	14,334,000	11,391,000	6,250,000	7,659,000	[30]
15	Hawaiian Airlines	United States	9,484,204	8,666,319	8,424,288	8,344,608	7,856,711	[31]
16	Spirit Airlines	United States	10,422,548	8,517,586	6,951,728	n/a	n/a	[32]
17	Mexicana de Aviación	Mexico	-	-	-	6,861,000	7,873,000
18	Volaris	Mexico	7,057,700	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
19	Allegiant Air	United States	6,591,707	6,175,808	5,903,184	5,328,436	4,298,748	[33]
20	Virgin America	United States	6,219,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	[34]
21	Midwest Airlines	United States	-	-	-	n/a	3,006,000
22	Sun Country	United States	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	[35]

Notes

• ^1 Numbers on and after 2009 are for the merged Delta/Northwest
• ^2 Numbers on and after 2010 are for the merged United/Continental
• ^3 Numbers on and after 2011 are for the merged Southwest/AirTran
• ^4 Numbers on and after 2010 are for the merged Frontier/Midwest

Regional airlines[edit]

This is a list of North America's largest regional airlines in terms of number of passengers and fleet size. This list does not include regional airlines owned by commercial airlines, those numbers are included in the totals for the parent company.

Rank	Airline	Country	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	Fleet size	Daily Departures	Source
1	SkyWest, Inc.1	United States	12,668,546	56,228,593	58,962,010	60,581,948	58,803,690	55,836,271	40,411,089	657	3,221	[36]
2	Republic Airways Holdings2	United States	n/a	21,933,617	22,576,914	21,498,826	30,812,958	31,356,550	31,959,032	258	1,300	[37]
3	Trans States Holdings	United States	n/a	n/a	10,753,024	10,321,355	n/a	n/a	n/a	141	555	[38]
4	Mesa Airlines	United States	n/a	n/a	9,096,507	8,572,950	n/a	n/a	n/a	105	400
5	Air Wisconsin	United States	n/a	n/a	6,154,041	6,069,223	n/a	n/a	n/a	71	500	[39]
6	CommutAir	United States	n/a	n/a	1,148,653	1,441,440	n/a	n/a	n/a	21	150	[40]
7	Ravn Alaska	United States	n/a	n/a	813,042	815,398	n/a	n/a	n/a	73	n/a
8	Cape Air	United States	n/a	n/a	760,496	740,023	n/a	n/a	n/a	89	525	[41]
9	Silver Airways	United States	n/a	n/a	722,306	805,241	n/a	n/a	n/a	25	150
10	Island Air	United States	n/a	n/a	488,404	289,999	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	n/a
11	PenAir	United States	n/a	n/a	237,518	242,787	n/a	n/a	n/a	15	n/a
12	Great Lakes Airlines	United States	n/a	n/a	211,743	525,934	n/a	n/a	n/a	28	n/a

Notes

• ^1 Numbers on and after 2010 include Atlantic Southeast
• ^2 Numbers from 2010 to 2012 include Frontier Airlines

References[edit]

See also[edit]

• World's largest airlines
• List of largest airlines in Europe
• List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean
• List of largest airlines in Africa
• List of largest airlines in Asia
• List of largest airlines in South America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania

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