List of largest airlines in North America
By passengers carried
Table:
Rank

Airline

Country

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Ref

1

American Airlines1

United States

203,745,000

199,640,000

198,714,575

201,249,127

197,340,801

193,739,825

107,806,578

106,013,737

105,163,576

[1]

2

Delta Air Lines

United States

192,465,271

186,382,771

183,741,787

179,382,874

171,350,030

164,659,644

164,571,529

163,838,348

162,614,714

[2]

3

Southwest Airlines2

United States

163,605,833

157,677,218

151,740,357

144,574,882

135,767,188

133,155,030

133,978,100

135,274,464

106,227,521

[3]

4

United Airlines

United States

158,330,000

148,067,000

143,177,000

140,369,000

138,029,000

139,209,000

140,441,000

141,799,000

145,550,000

[4][5]

5

Air Canada

Canada

52,000,000

48,126,000

44,849,000

41,126,000

38,526,000

35,761,000

34,900,000

33,900,000

32,000,000

[6][7]

6

Alaska Airlines3

United States

45,802,000

44,034,000

41,947,000

31,883,000

29,278,000

27,414,000

25,896,000

24,790,000

23,334,000

[8]

7

JetBlue Airways

United States

42,149,989

40,038,090

38,263,104

35,100,986

32,078,316

30,463,226

28,956,213

26,370,318

24,253,933

[9]

8

Spirit Airlines

United States

29,312,000

24,183,070

21,618,039

17,921,419

14,293,703

12,413,812

10,422,548

8,517,586

6,951,728

[10]

9

WestJet

Canada

25,491,290

24,137,477

21,951,463

20,281,376

19,651,977

18,485,144

17,423,000

16,041,000

15,174,000

[11][12]

10

Aeroméxico

Mexico

21,878,000

20,666,000

19,703,000

18,769,000

17,190,000

15,488,000

14,812,000

14,334,000

11,391,000

[13]

11

Volaris

Mexico

18,396,000

16,427,000

15,005,000

11,983,000

9,809,000

8,900,000

7,057,700

n/a

n/a

[14]

12

Frontier Airlines4

United States

18,588,000

15,970,000

14,773,000

12,569,000

11,328,000

9,874,000

9,927,000

10,206,000

8,878,000

[15][16]

13

Interjet

Mexico

TBA

12,378,000

11,122,000

10,483,000

8,686,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

[17]

14

Allegiant Air

United States

13,606,103

12,138,146

11,003,864

9,355,097

8,017,442

7,103,366

6,591,707

6,175,808

5,903,184

[18]

15

Hawaiian Airlines

United States

11,840,178

11,505,324

11,050,911

10,672,667

10,195,145

9,935,743

9,484,204

8,666,319

8,424,288

[19]

16

VivaAerobus

Mexico

10,014,062

8,195,566

6,373,626

4,760,000

4,000,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

[20]

17

Sun Country Airlines4

United States

2,011,000

2,062,000

1,793,000

1,851,000

1,576,000

1,439,000

1,228,000

1,106,000

928,000

[21]

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