| Major Airlines of Latin America and the CaribbeanList of flag air carriers, domestic airlines, commercial airlines with passenger and cargo service, scheduled air carrier and low cost airlines. For more information about the companies click on the link to connect to the official site. The country links will open the respective country profile. Airlines of countries in the Caribbean | |
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Argentina Aerolineas Argentinas IATA Designator: AR, ICAO Designator: ARG, Callsign: ARGENTINA Aerolineas Argentinas is the flag carrier of Argentina and the largest airline in the country.It operates a regional flight network within South America and offers flights to cities in Mexico (Mexico City), the United States (Miami), Europe (Barcelona, Madrid and Rome) and to Auckland in New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. Its main hubs are at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) and Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE), located 22 km (14 mi) south-southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital. LAN Argentina IATA Designator: 4M, ICAO Designator: DSM, Callsign: LANAR LAN Argentina is an affiliate of LAN Airlines. It operates scheduled domestic services and international services to Lima (Peru), Miami (Florida, USA), Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Santiago (Chile) and Sao Paulo (Brazil). Its main bases are Jorge Newbery Airport (AEP) and Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE), both located in Buenos Aires. Sol Líneas Aéreas IATA Designator: 8R, ICAO Designator: OLS, Callsign: FLIGHTSOL Sol Líneas Aéreas is a regional airline, it operates domestic flights as well as to Montevideo, Uruguay. Main hub is at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP), a main airport for domestic flights in Buenos Aires. Bolivia AeroSur IATA Designator: SL, ICAO Designator: ASU, Callsign: AEREOSUR AeroSur is Bolivia’s biggest airline and one of the flag carrier of Bolivia. AeroSur operates domestic and regional scheduled services and some international flights to Europe and the US. Its main hub is at Viru Viru International Airport (VVI), Bolivia’s main air gateway of international flights. The airport is located near Santa Cruz. Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) IATA Designator: LB, ICAO Designator: -, Callsign: – BoA is the other Bolivian flag carrier. It operates scheduled domestic routes and international services to São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) in Brazil and Buenos Aires in Argentina. The airline has its main hub at Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (CBB) near Cochabamba in central Bolivia. Lloyd Aereo Boliviano S.A.- L.A.B. (defunct) IATA Designator: LB, ICAO Designator: LLB, Callsign: LLOYDAEREO LAB was the most important national airline of Bolivia until 2007. The airline has served South-America, Mexico, Miami, and the Caribbean. BrazilMajor airlines in Brazil Avianca Brazil IATA Designator: O6, ICAO Designator: ONE, Callsign: OCEANAIR The former OceanAir is a subsidiary of Avianca (Colombia). Avianca Brazil is a regional airline which operates passenger services to 18 destinations in Brazil. Its main base is at Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), São Paulo and it operates a secondary hub at Brasilia International Airport (BSB). Azul Brazilian Airlines IATA Designator: AD, ICAO Designator: AZU, Callsign: AZUL Azul is a domestic low-cost carrier which operates flights to destinations within Brazil. Its hub is at Campinas-Viracopos Airport (VCP), near Campinas. GOL – GOL Transportes Aeros IATA Designator: G3, ICAO Designator: GLO, Callsign: GOL The Brazilian airline operates a domestic routes network and growing international services to destinations in the Caribbean and South America. The fleet of VRG Linhas Aéreas combines the brands Gol and Varig. Its main hubs are at Congonhas Airport (CGH), São Paulo, Galeão International Airport (GIG) near Rio de Janeiro and Brasília International Airport (BSB), Brasilia. TAM Linhas Aeras IATA Designator: JJ, ICAO Designator: TAM, Callsign: TAM TAM Airlines is the largest airline in Latin America and Brazil’s flag carrier. It operates domestic scheduled services and also international flights to destinations in North and South America and Europe. Its main hub airports are at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), at Brasília International Airport (BSB), Brasília, Brazil’s capital city, and at Galeão International Airport (GIG) near Rio de Janeiro. TRIP Linhas Aéreas IATA Designator: T4, ICAO Designator: TIB, Callsign: TRIP TRIP Linhas Aéreas operates an extensive network of scheduled domestic service to about 80 destinations within Brazil. WebJet Linhas Aéreas IATA Designator: WH (WJ), ICAO Designator: WEB, Callsign: WEBJET Webjet Linhas Aéreas is a Brazilian low cost airline, it operates domestic services to 14 cities in Brazil: Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Natal, Navegantes, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Recife, Ribeirão Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador da Bahia, and São Paulo. Chile LAN Airlines IATA Designator: LA, ICAO Designator: LAN, Callsign: LAN LAN is Chile’s national flag carrier, the largest airline in the country and one of the largest airlines in Latin America. LAN operates an extensive network of both domestic and international flights to destinations in Latin America and the United States, to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, and to Paris, Frankfurt and Madrid in Europe. Its main hub is Santiago International Airport (SCL) near Santiago Sky Airlines IATA Designator: H2, ICAO Designator: SKU, Callsign: AEROSKY Sky Airline is the second largest airline in Chile. It operates a mainly domestic network of services to destinations within Chile, and to Buenos Aires in Argentina, to La Paz in Bolivia and to Arequipa and Lima in Peru. The airline is based at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), Chile’s largest and busiest international airport which is located about 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west of Santiago. Colombia Avianca IATA Designator: AV, ICAO Designator: AVA, Callsign: AVIANCA Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, S.A. – is Colombia’s largest airline and the country’s flag carrier. One of the world’s oldest airlines operates a large network of passenger and cargo services within the country and to destinations in North, Central, and South America and to the Caribbean and to Spain. Avianca’s main hub is at the El Dorado International Airport (BOG). Colombia’s primary domestic and international airport is located near Bogotá, D.C., Colombia’s capital. EasyFly IATA Designator: EF, ICAO Designator: ESY, Callsign: EASYFLY Easyfly S.A. is a Colombian low-cost carrier that operates flights to 18 cities in Colombia. Its main base is El Dorado International Airport (BOG), Bogotá. Costa Rica Lacsa IATA Designator: LR, ICAO Designator: LRC, Callsign: LACSA Lacsa is the national airline of Costa Rica. The airline is part of Grupo TACA and operates as TACA/Lacsa international scheduled services to destinations in Central, North and South America. Its main hub is at Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), located about 20 km (13 mi) northwest of San José, Costa Rica’s capital city. Nature Air IATA Designator: 5C, ICAO Designator: NRR, Callsign: NATUREAIR Nature Air (formerly Travelair) is a Costa Rican domestic airline, it operates scheduled mainly domestic services. Its base is at Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ), San José’s main airport for domestic flights. Ecuador AeroGal IATA Designator: 2K, ICAO Designator: GLG, Callsign: AEROGAL AeroGal is an airline based in Quito, Ecuador. It operates domestic passenger and cargo flights within the country and between the mainland and the Galápagos Islands, as well as flights from Ecuador to Bogotá, Colombia, and to New York City in the United States. The airline’s main hubs are at José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (UIO), Quito‘s principal airport, and Mariscal Sucre International Airport (GYE) which serves Guayaquil, Equador’s main port, its commercial center and largest city. tame IATA Designator: EQ, ICAO Designator: TAE, Callsign: TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador. Tame is a regional carrier which operates a network of passenger and cargo services to 10 cities in Ecuador: Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Galápagos (Santa Cruz y San Cristóbal), Machala, Loja, Coca, Esmeraldas and Lago Agrio. It also connects Quito with some destinations in the Carribean and it flys to Cali, Colombia three times a week.TAME’s main hub is at Mariscal Sucre International Airport (GYE), Guayaquil. French Guiana Air Guyane IATA Designator: 3S, ICAO Designator: GUY, Callsign: GREENBIRD Air Guyane Express operates domestic flights and under the name of Air Antilles Express regional scheduled flights to Fort-de-France, Martinique, to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Castries, Saint Lucia. Its main base is Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport. El Salvador TACA (Grupo Taca) IATA Designator: TA, ICAO Designator: TAI, Callsign: TACA TACA is a regional airline and El Salvador’s flag carrier. The group of five independent Central American airlines, whose operations are combined to serve destinations in Latin America, North America, and the most important business and tourist destinations in South America and the Caribbean. TACA’s three main hubs are 1. at Comalapa International Airport (SAL), located about 50 km (30 mi) from San Salvador, El Salvador’s capital city; and 2. at Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), about 20 km (12.5 mi) from San José, Costa Rica, and 3. at Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), located 11 km (7 mi) from Lima, the capital city of Peru. Guyana Roraima Airways IATA Designator: -, ICAO Designator: ROR, Callsign: RORAIMA Roraima Airways is a domestic airline. Trans Guyana Airways IATA Designator: -, ICAO Designator: TGY, Callsign: TRANSGUYANA Guyana’s leading domestic scheduled carrier. Universal Airways IATA Designator: UV, ICAO Designator: UVA, Callsign: UNIVERSAL Another Guyanese carrier with flights to New York, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and Suriname. MexicoMajor airlines in Mexico AeroMéxico IATA Designator: AM, ICAO Designator: AMX, Callsign: AEROMEXICO Aerovias de Mexico, Mexico’s leading airline is also the country’s flag carrier, the company is based in Mexico City. Aeroméxico Connect IATA Designator: 5D, ICAO Designator: SLI, Callsign: COSTERA A subsidiary of Aeroméxico, established in 1988, the regional airline operates feeder services to AeroMéxico’s hub airports, the company is headquartered in Monterrey. AeroUnion IATA Designator: 6R, ICAO Designator: TNO, Callsign: AEROUNION Mexican cargo airline AeroUnion was founded in 1999. Headquartered at Mexico City International Airport it operates cargo services within Mexico and between Mexico and the USA. Interjet IATA Designator: 4O, ICAO Designator: AIJ, Callsign: INTERJET ABC Aerolíneas was founded in 2005. The company is headquartered in Mexico City. From its hubs at Guadalajara, Tijuana, Mexico City, Monterrey, and Toluca, Interjet operates scheduled flights within Mexico, to destinations in Cuba, Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, and the USA. VivaAerobús IATA Designator: VB, ICAO Designator: VIV, Callsign: VIVA/Aeroenlaces Aeroenlaces Nacionales is a Mexican low-cost airline with its main hubs at General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, Monterrey and at Mexico City International Airport. Volaris IATA Designator: J4, ICAO Designator: VOI, Callsign: VOLARIS Based in Tijuana – General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport, the Mexican low-cost airline operates scheduled flights within Mexico, and to destinations in the USA and Central America. Mexicana Airlines IATA Designator: Compania Mexicana De Aviacion, was the other one of Mexico’s two leading airlines. Mexico’s oldest airline founded in 1921 ceased operations in 2010. Panama Copa Airlines IATA Designator: CM, ICAO Designator: CMP, Callsign: COPA The Compania Panamena de Aviacion S.A. is Panama’s leading airline and its flag carrier. According to Copa, the airline operates scheduled passenger services to 49 destinations in 27 countries in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Its main hub is at Copa Tocumen International Airport (PTY), the country’s largest airport, located 24 km (15 mi) east of Panama City, Panama’s capital. Peru Aero-Condor IATA Designator: Q6, ICAO Designator: CDP, Callsign: CONDOR PERU Domestic and oldest Peruvian airline. Suriname Surinam Airways IATA Designator: PY, ICAO Designator: SLM, Callsign: SURINAM Suriname’s official airline company. Uruguay PLUNA IATA Designator: PU, ICAO Designator: PUA, Callsign: PLUNA Pluna Lineas Aereas Urugauyas an Uruguay based airline and the flag carrier of the country. It operates scheduled services within South America. Pluna’s main hub is at Carrasco International Airport (MVD), the largest airport in Uruguay located near Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital city. Venezuela Aeropostal IATA Designator: VH, ICAO Designator: LAV, Callsign: AEROPOSTAL Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela la Aerolínea de Venezuela – a Venezuelan Airline. Avensa IATA Designator: VE, ICAO Designator: AVE, Callsign: AVE Aerovias Venezolanas, S.A. Airlines of the Caribbean Cuba Linea Aerea Cubana IATA Designator: CU, ICAO Designator: CUB, Callsign: CUBANA Cubana de Aviación S.A. – Cuba’s Airline. Jamaica Air Jamaica IATA Designator: JM, ICAO Designator: AJM, Callsign: JULIETT MIKE Jamaica’s National Airline. Trinidad and Tobago BWIA West Indian Airways IATA Designator: BW, ICAO Designator: BWA, Callsign: WEST INDIAN Trinidad and Tobago’s national airline, serves many Caribbean islands with North America, South America, the United Kingdom and Europe. |
