list of largest airlines in south america 

Statements about this table:
of the star alliance , avianca be rank lower than tam
of the airline from brazil , tam be rank the highest
of all of the airline , gol be the only with an alliance of n / a
the airline avianca from colombia be rank higher than aerolã­neas argentinas
of the star alliance , avianca be rank 3 spot higher than tam
gol be rank higher than all other airline
of all of the airline , gol be the only airline from brazil
the airline aerolã­neas argentina be rank higher gol airline
rank
airline
country
1
tam
brazil
2
gol
brazil
3
lan airlines
chile
4
avianca
colombia
5
aerolã­neas argentinas
argentina
rank
remarks
alliance
1
in process of fusion with lan to form latam
star alliance
2
n / a
n / a
3
in process of merger with tam to form latam
oneworld
4
it only includes avianca colombia
star alliance
5
including austral
skyteam (2012)