Editing Airline (section)

===Latin America and Caribbean===
[[File:Tam.a330-200.pt-mvl.arp.jpg|thumb|[[LATAM Airlines]] is the largest airline in [[Latin America]] in terms of number of annual passengers flown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://airtravel.about.com/od/basedincaribbeansa/tp/top10la.htm |title=Top 10 Airlines in Latin America By Arlene Fleming |publisher=Airtravel.about.com |date=10 June 2010 |access-date=22 August 2010}}</ref>]]

Among the first countries to have regular airlines in Latin America and the Caribbean were [[Bolivia]] with [[Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bolivia/Transportation#ref312761|title=Bolivia - Transportation {{!}} history - geography|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=14 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Cuba]] with [[Cubana de Aviación]], [[Colombia]] with [[Avianca]] (the first airline established in the Americas), Argentina with [[Aerolíneas Argentinas]], [[Chile]] with [[LAN Chile]] (today [[LATAM Airlines]]), [[Brazil]] with [[Varig]], the [[Dominican Republic]] with [[Dominicana de Aviación]], [[Mexico]] with [[Mexicana de Aviación (1921–2010)|Mexicana de Aviación]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]] with [[BWIA West Indies Airways]] (today [[Caribbean Airlines]]), [[Venezuela]] with [[Aeropostal]], [[Puerto Rico]] with [[Aerovias nacionales de puerto rico|Puertorriquena]]; and [[Grupo TACA|TACA]] based in [[El Salvador]] and representing several airlines of [[Central America]] ([[Costa Rica]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]] and [[Nicaragua]]). All the previous airlines started regular operations well before [[World War II]]. Puerto Rican commercial airlines such as [[Prinair]], [[Oceanair]], [[Fina Air]] and [[Vieques Air Link]] came much after the second world war, as did several others from other countries like Mexico's [[Interjet]] and [[Volaris]], Venezuela's [[Aserca Airlines]] and others.

The air travel market has evolved rapidly over recent years in [[Latin America]]. Some industry estimates indicated in 2011 that over 2,000 new aircraft will begin service over the next five years in this region.<ref>{{cite web|title=Latin America needs more than 2,000 new passenger aircraft in next 20 years|url=http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/latin-america-needs-more-than-2000-new-passenger-aircraft-in-next-20-years/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119202700/http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release-detail/detail/latin-america-needs-more-than-2000-new-passenger-aircraft-in-next-20-years/|archive-date=19 November 2011|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref>

These airlines serve domestic flights within their countries, as well as connections within Latin America and also overseas flights to North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

Only four airline groups – [[Avianca]], Panama's [[Copa Airlines|Copa]], Mexico's [[Volaris]], and [[LATAM Airlines]] – have international subsidiaries and cover many destinations within the Americas as well as major hubs in other continents. LATAM with [[Chile]] as the central operation along with [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]], [[Brazil]] and [[Argentina]] and formerly with some operations in the [[Dominican Republic]]. The [[Avianca Holdings|Avianca]] group has its main operation in Colombia based around the hub in [[El Dorado International Airport|Bogotá]], Colombia, as well as subsidiaries in various Latin American countries with hubs in [[Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero (airport)|San Salvador]], El Salvador, as well as [[Lima International Airport|Lima]], Peru, with a smaller operation in Ecuador.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} Copa has subsidiaries [[Copa Airlines Colombia]] and [[Wingo (airline)|Wingo]], both in Colombia, while Volaris of Mexico has [[Volaris Costa Rica]]  and [[Volaris El Salvador]], and the Irelandia group formerly included [[Viva Aerobus]] of Mexico, [[Viva Colombia]] and [[Viva Air Peru]].