The significant growth of TRáI'm theéAviacation inmateón Latin American and the Caribe during the first semester ofñthe podríto take for a reviewón of the forecasts for the regionón and 2025.
Airports Council International for Américh Latin and Caribbean (ACI-LAC) informs that preliminary data from the main markets toéinmates of the regionón indicate an increase in 6.24% in the traápassenger traffic during the first half of 2025, in comparisonón with the same personíI smell the añprevious one.
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Argentina I stand outó In the first semester of AñO, registering a growth of 15% in the traáI'm theéprisoner in tépassenger terms.
Sayún Rafael Echevarne, Director General of ACI-LAC, «The data seem to indicate that the policiesíticas de liberalizationón and deregulationón from the transport sector toéreo in Argentina isán bearing concrete fruits in téterms of sustained growth, greater connectivity and a notable increase in núpassenger grouper».
México, one of the markets máBig Am'sérich latina, spaghettién mostró one evolveópositive n, with an increase of 3.1% in the traápassenger traffic during the first half of 2025 in comparisonón with the same personíodo de 2024. Total, they mobilized 94.5 million passengers in that period, reflecting the solidity and maturity of the Mexican market in the regionón.
Brazil spaghettién had a performanceñthe highlighted. Brazilian airportsñthey mobilized you 112 million passengers in the first half of the yearñO, an increase of 9,3% with respect toñprevious one. Other notable results were The Savior (+8,5%), Perú (+7,1%) and Panamá (+7%).
For 2025, ACI prevé a growth of theáI'm theéprisoner in Américh latina and the Caribe of the 4,1%, reaching the 789 million passengers, while the growth of the tráworld figure is estimated at a 3,7%, reaching the 9.800 million passengers.
«Based on the growth observed in the first half of the yearñO, ACI isá reviewing your pronótrappingsáfic for the regionón», añadió Echevarne.
OAG confirms it
On the other hand OAG, publicó un theálysis for the regionón that reveals más statistical dataíaesthetics that represent the growth of the regionón, is on the rise and with expected results for the close of the yearñO.
- Route growth: Latinoamérica currently has about 550 routes toéinternational areas, a 41 % más that the 390 from 1996.
- Increased capacity: The international seating capacity reachedó the 66,5 million in 2025, a 18 % más that in 2019, driven by higher average capacity per route.
- Expansionón in Colombia: Colombia's international market multipliedó times seven from toñO 2000, with Avianca controlling the 53 % of international capacity.
- Brazilian marketñO: It's still the más grande, with 17,6 million scheduled seats and más de 185 airport pairs in 2025, although toún below máximo of 200 from 2019.
- Participationón of aerolílow cost lines: The aerosolsílow-cost lines represent less than 20 % of international seats in Latin Americaérica, well below the 45 % from Europe, indicating room for growth pending regulatory changes.
Centerárelying exclusively on international connections, these statesíKey statistics provide an overview of connectivity toéArea in Latin Americaérica:
- Currently there are just under 550 routes to and from Latin Americaérica, in comparisonón with the 390 from 1996, which represents an increase in 41 %.
- The total for 2025 remains slightly below the máximo of 2019, from 572 airport pairs. La rotationónumber of passengers on the network has always been a characteristicíaesthetics of the Latin American market.
- The actual capacity of 66,5 million passengers is a 18 % higher than the 56,2 millions of 2019, since the average capacity per route has increased to 122 000 passengers per route, in comparisonón with the 83 400 from 2019.
Despite Colombia's leadership in téterms of capacity growth, Brazil continues to be Latin America's largest international marketérica, with:
- 6 million seats scheduled thisñO.
- The greatest connectivity, con más de 185 airport pairs connected in 2025, in comparisonón with some 200 on 2019, which shows that the marketún has not fully recovered.
- In comparisonón, International connectivity from Colombia has improved with the incorporationón of fifteen new destinations from 2019, including Bogotá-Manaus and Cartagena-Lima.
Load Aérea
ACI's preliminary data alsoén indicate that, from January to June 2025, the load volume toéarea in Américh latina and the Caribbean grewó a 2,2% in comparisonón with 2024. Among the main cargo marketséevil from the kingsón, I stand outó Panamá, con más de 100.000 tons transported, which is equivalent to an increase in 15%. Argentina tooén mostró significant growth (+8,3%).
Growth in June
in June 2025, the tráI'm theéprisoner in Américh Latin and the Caribbean reachedó the 38.3 million passengers, year-on-year growth of 3.4% equivalent to 1.3 million additional passengers, accelerating the pace of growth in 0.8 percentage points compared to the month of May. The total increase in tráfic of the regionón was primarily driven by performanceñor the aerosolíLAC-based lines, what, themselvesún the úlatest IATA report, recorded the highest growth of tráfic globally in June (+7.9%)
