Largest airlines in North America based on passengers 2021

Despite a difficult year, American Airlines was the airline group that carried the most passengers in North America in 2021. With a passenger traffic of 165.7 million, the American airline outperformed its competitor United Airlines by more than 61 million passengers. The low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines ranked only fourth, with 99 million passengers.

Number of passengers carried by selected airline groups in North America in 2021 (in millions)

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Release date

August 2022

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Region

North America

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Data has been compiled by Statista using the following sources:
Data for American Airlines can be accessed here.
Data for United Airlines can be accessed here.
Data for Delta Air Lines can be accessed here.
Data for Southwest Airlines can be accessed here.
Data for SkyWest Airlines can be accessed here.
Data for Spirit Airlines can be accessed here.
Data for Alaska Airlines can be accessed here.
Data for Volaris can be accessed here.
Data for JetBlue can be accessed here.
Data for Air Canada can be accessed here.
Data for Frontier Airlines can be accessed here.
Data for Aeromexico can be accessed here.
Data for Allegiant Air can be accessed here.
Data for Envoy Air can be accessed here.
Data for VivaAerobuss can be accessed here.