List of largest airlines in North America

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These are lists of the largest airlines in North America, ranked by several metrics.

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By available seat miles (ASMs)

Numbers are listed in billions of ASMs.

RankAirlineCountry202420232022202120202019Ref
1 United Airlines United States311291248179123285 [1]
2 American Airlines United States293278260215143285 [2]
3 Delta Air Lines United States288272233194134275 [3]
4 Southwest Airlines United States178170148132103157 [4]
5 Air Canada Canada10499 [5]
6 JetBlue United States6668 [6]
7 Alaska Airlines United States6463 [7]
8 Spirit Airlines United States5356 [8]
9 Frontier Airlines United States4038 [9]

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.

AirlinesCountry2024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012Ref
American Airlines United States226,405,000210,692,000199,288,000165,682,00095,324,000215,182,000203,745,000199,640,000198,714,575201,249,127197,340,801193,739,825 1 107,806,578 [10]
Delta Air Lines United States200,000,000190,000,000177,000,000TBATBA204,000,000192,465,271186,382,771183,741,787179,382,874171,350,030164,659,644164,571,529 [11]
Southwest Airlines United States175,466,000171,817,000156,982,000123,264,00067,785,000162,681,000163,605,833157,677,218151,740,357144,574,882135,767,188133,155,030133,978,100 [12]
United Airlines United States173,603,000164,927,000144,300,000104,082,00057,761,000162,443,000158,330,000148,067,000143,177,000140,369,000138,029,000139,209,000140,441,000 [13]
Alaska Airlines United States49,238,00044,557,00041,468,00032,407,00017,927,00046,733,00045,802,00044,034,00041,947,000 2 31,883,00029,278,00027,414,00025,896,000 [14]
Air Canada Canada47,000,00044,790,00036,144,00013,192,00013,760,00051,543,00050,904,00048,126,00044,849,00041,126,00038,526,00035,761,00034,900,000 [15]
Spirit Airlines United States44,180,00044,105,00038,463,00030,828,00018,746,00034,537,00029,312,00024,183,07021,618,03917,921,41914,293,70312,413,81210,422,548 [16]
JetBlue Airways United States40,498,00042,534,00039,562,00030,094,00014,274,00042,727,69442,149,98940,038,09038,263,10435,100,98632,078,31630,463,22628,956,213 [17]
Frontier Airlines United States33,296,00030,218,00025,486,00020,708,00013,065,00021,869,00018,669,00015,970,00014,773,00012,569,00011,328,0009,874,0009,927,000 [18]
Volaris Mexico29,473,00033,497,00031,051,00024,405,00014,100,00021,975,00018,396,00016,427,00015,005,00011,983,0009,809,0008,900,0007,057,700 [19]
Viva Mexico27,695,00024,992,00020,698,00015,268,0008,123,00012,019,11410,014,0628,195,5666,373,6264,760,0004,000,000n/an/a [20]
WestJet CanadaTBATBATBATBATBATBA25,491,29024,137,47721,951,46320,281,37619,651,97718,485,14417,423,000 [21] [22]
Aeroméxico Mexico25,337,00024,760,00021,724,00016,553,0009,484,00020,689,00021,878,00020,666,00019,703,00018,769,00017,190,00015,488,00014,812,000 [23]
Allegiant Air United States16,764,28317,143,87016,630,13813,509,5448,553,62314,823,26713,606,10312,138,14611,003,8649,355,0978,017,4427,103,3666,591,707 [24]
Interjet Mexicon/an/an/an/an/a15,184,72013,880,00012,378,00011,122,00010,483,0008,686,000n/an/a [25]
Hawaiian Airlines United StatesTBA10,879,00010,015,0006,543,0003,363,00011,751,00311,840,17811,505,32411,050,91110,672,66710,195,1459,935,7439,484,204 [26]
Flair Airlines CanadaTBA4,500,000 [18]
Sun Country Airlines United States4,483,5154,140,6633,598,5842,733,3641,740,0003,127,0002,089,0002,062,0001,793,0001,851,0001,576,0001,439,0001,228,000 [27]
Notes

By fleet size

This is a list of airlines ranked by fleet size—not including subsidiaries, nor on order/planned aircraft--as of May 29,2025:

AirlineFleet sizeRef
United Airlines 1,030 [28]
American Airlines 993 [29]
Delta Air Lines 983 [30]
Southwest Airlines 809 [31]
SkyWest Airlines 579 [32]
JetBlue Airways 280 [33]
Alaska Airlines 238 [34]
Republic Airways 209 [35]
Air Canada 208 [36]
Envoy Air 169 [37]
Spirit Airlines 164 [38]
Frontier Airlines 161 [39]
PSA Airlines 144 [40]
WestJet 143 [41]
Endeavor Air 138 [42]
Volaris 106 [43]
Allegiant Air 127 [44]
Aeroméxico 122 [45]
Air Canada Express 105 [46]
Jazz Aviation 99 [47]
VivaAerobús 87 [48]
Hawaiian Airlines 73 [49]
Piedmont Airlines 69 [50]
Porter Airlines 66 [51]
CommuteAir 60 [52]
Mesa Airlines 60 [53]
Sun Country Airlines 59 [54]
Breeze Airways 50 [55]
GoJet Airlines 50 [56]
Air Transat 44 [57]
Air Canada Rouge 37 [58]
Air Wisconsin 35 [59]
Aeroméxico Connect 34 [60]
Canadian North 32 [61]
Avelo Airlines 21 [62]
Flair Airlines 20 [63]
Sunwing Airlines 12 [64]
Arajet 10 [65]
Cubana de Aviación 2 [66]

By number of destinations

This is a list of airlines ranked by number of destinations, as of July 25,2025:

AirlineDestinations
DomesticInternationalTotalRef
United Airlines 221149370 [67]
American Airlines 229130359 [68]
Delta Air Lines 213100313 [69]
Air Canada 50146196 [70]
Alaska Airlines 10721128 [71]
WestJet 4382125 [72]
Allegiant Air 1220122 [73]
Southwest Airlines 10314117 [74]
JetBlue 6546111 [75]
Frontier Airlines 8520105 [76]
Aeromexico 4854102 [77]
Sun Country Airlines 782098 [78]
Spirit Airlines 602585 [79]
Volaris 442771 [80]
Breeze Airways 71071 [81]
Air Transat 105767 [82]
Viva 441864 [83]
Avelo Airlines 48452 [84]
Porter Airlines 242145 [85]
Hawaiian Airlines 201030 [86]
Flair Airlines 141125 [87]
Mexicana de Aviación 15015 [88]

By frequency

This is a list of airlines ranked by daily flights (frequency): [89]

AirlineDaily departuresRef
American Airlines 5,946
Delta Air Lines 4,343
United Airlines 4,167
Southwest Airlines 3,592
Air Canada 1,500
Alaska Airlines 1,200
JetBlue 925
WestJet 777 [90]
Aeromexico 600
Frontier Airlines 500
Spirit Airlines 400
Interjet 270
Allegiant Air 242
Hawaiian Airlines 212
Volaris 200
VivaAerobus 115
Breeze Airways 105
Sun Country Airlines 47

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