Despite a difficult year, American Airlines was the airline group that carried the most passengers in North America in 2020. With a passenger traffic of 95.3 million, the American airline outperformed its competitor United Airlines by more than 37.5 million passengers. The low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines ranked only fourth, with 54 million passengers.
Leading airline groups in North America in 2020, based on number of passengers
(in millions)
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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.
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