Viva Aerobus was the leading Mexican airline in the domestic market in 2025, while foreign airlines dominated international flying to and from the country, led by American Airlines.
According to figures released by Mexico’s Agencia Federal de Aviacion Civil (AFAC), 122.7 million total passengers were carried by airlines within, to or from Mexico last year, up 2.4% over 2024. Mexican airlines carried 63.6 million domestic passengers for the year (up 3.1%), with Viva Aerobus on top totaling 25.1 million (up 7.3%).
Airlines carried 59.1 million international passengers to and from Mexico in 2025, including 18.1 million by Mexican airlines (up 4.7% over 2024) and 41 million by foreign airlines (up 1.6%), according to AFAC.
American and its regional affiliate Envoy Air led the way internationally, carrying 8.1 million passengers in 2025 (13.7% of Mexico’s international passengers), followed by Aeromexico at 7.7 million passengers.
The second leading domestic operator in 2025 was Volaris at 21.6 million passengers (up 5.5% year over year), followed by Aeromexico (12.1 million, down 5.7%), Aeromexico Connect (3.8 million, down 7.2%), state-owned Mexicana de Aviacion (434,299, up 45.5%) and TAR Aerolineas (217,315, down 2.6%).
U.S. airlines carried 26.8 million passengers to and from Mexico in 2025. After American, United Airlines carried 5.9 million. Third place among U.S. carriers was Delta Air Lines at 4.3 million, followed by Southwest Airlines (2.4 million), Alaska Airlines (2.1 million), JetBlue Airways (1.2 million), Frontier Airlines (722,544) and Spirit Airlines (710,869).
Canadian airlines carried 5.8 million passengers to and from Mexico in 2025, led by WestJet (2.4 million) and Air Canada (1.6 million). Central and South American airlines flew 4.1 million passengers to and from Mexico last year, led by Panama’s Copa Airlines (1.3 million) and Colombia’s Avianca (949,643).
European airlines carried 3.8 million passengers to and from Mexico in 2025, led by Iberia (693,719), Air France (478,326) and TUI (453,521). Three Asian/Middle East carriers flew 354,670 passengers to and from Mexico last year, including Emirates Airline (209,274), All Nippon Airways (102,412) and China Southern (42,984).
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