Airlines of South America | South American Airlines

From Colombia to Tierra del Fuego, the South American airline industry is comparatively small, dominated by national carriers and a handful of sizable publicly-held airlines based in Brazil. There is plenty of room for growth continent-wide, much of it resting on the development of the local economies.

The following are some of the larger airlines of South America:

  • Aerolineas Argentinas — also known as Austral.
  • Aeropostal — A privately held airline in Venezuela.
  • AeroRepublica — Colombia’s second largest airline.
  • Avianca — Colombia’s largest airline.
  • Gol Transportes Aéreos — Brazil’s second largest airline.
  • LAN — Chile’s largest airline and also the largest airline in South America. Has unified LAN Chile, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador, LAN Peru, and LAN Express under one name.
  • Varig — a Brazilian airline recently acquired and absorbed by Gol.