20240911-003 Air Service Report — original pdf

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September 2024 Air Service Snapshot AUS monthly seat comparisons, April ‘24-March ‘25, compared to 2019 (pre-Covid) (chart one) and compared to previous year (chart two): Source: Cirium schedule data. Highlights of recent air service announcements/developments include:  Aeromexico upgauged MEX service from 99-seat E190 to 160-seat B737-800 for June 21– Aug. 19 ’24, also Oct. 21-22 ’24 and then Oct. 28 ’24 onwards permanently  Air Canada resumed seasonal service to YVR on May 1 ’24 (served through Oct. 21 ‘24) & started new seasonal service to YUL eff. May 3 ’24 (served through Oct. 22); reduced YVR from 4/Wk to 3/Wk for June ‘24-August ‘24  Allegiant new 2/Wk service to EUG started May 31 ’24 (served through Aug. 13 ‘24); discontinued IAD & OMA after Aug 12 ‘24; suspended LAS starting Aug 13 ’24; will close its AUS crew base on Jan 7, 2025 which means service permanently cancelled to BZN, FSD, SDF & SNA after this Summer; extended schedules for Feb 12 – May 13 and will serve 6 markets from AUS: AVL, CVG, DSM, GRR, PVU, & TYS  American summary of 2024 service changes: o Discontinued ABQ, BZN, CVG, CZM, EGE, ELP, IAD, JAX, LAS, LIR, MBJ, MCI, MCO, MEM, MSY, NAS, OKC, PUJ, PSP, PVR, RNO, RSW, SMF, TPA & TUL o LAS, MCO & MSY service will end on Oct 6 ‘24 o Last flights to IND & RNO on August 5 ‘24 o RDU will be suspended from Dec 19 ‘24 – April 3 ‘25 o Added Saturday only service to ECP and VPS for June 8 – August 3 ‘24 o Added 3 roundtrips to AGS in April ’24 for the Masters and 2 roundtrips to SDF in May ’24 for the Kentucky Derby o AA added roundtrip service to MSN on Aug 18 (Sun) and 21 (Wed) for the Epic UGM Conf o Following flights added for college football games:  DTW round trip on Sept 6 and 8  ATL-AUS on Oct 18 and AUS-ATL on Oct 20  XNA roundtrip on Nov 15 and 17  LEX-AUS on Nov 22 and AUS-LEX on Nov 24  British Airways downgauged LHR from A350-1000 (331 seats) to B777-200ER (272 seats) starting March 29, 2025  Copa upgauged PTY from 737-800 (154-166 seats) to MAX9 with lie flat seats (174 seats) eff. May ‘24  Delta summary of 2024 service changes: o Started BNA 3x MAF 3x & MFE 3x on April 22 ‘24 o Added AGS roundtrips on April 10 & 15 for the Masters golf tournament o Added service for college football games for the following weekends: FLL on Nov. 7; Gainesville (GNV) & TPA on Nov. 9; XNA on Nov. 16; and, Lexington (LEX) on Nov. 23 o DL reduced MAF from 3x->2x eff. Oct. 7 but added new service to HRL 1x in its place o Added 2x MSY service eff. Feb. 27, 2025  Frontier started nonstop service to CLE 3/Wk on May 16 ’24; new ATL service will start Oct. 11 ’24 with 3/Wk  Hawaiian added HNL 4th weekly flight for May 25 – Aug 3 ’24; reduced HNL frequencies from 3/Wk- >2/Wk for Jan 15 –Mar 12; dropped Wednesdays, will depart on Fridays & Mondays JetBlue discontinued FLL after April 30 ‘24; JFK will be suspended from Oct 27 ‘24-April 29 ‘25   KLM used the 318-seat B787-10 for April 1 – June 1 and will use the B777-200ER (288 seats) from June 3 – October 26; the 275-seat B787-9 returns on October 28  Lufthansa brought back the B787-9 (294 seat) starting Jan. 15 ’24 and increased service to 5/Wk on June 5 ’24 for the Summer season; extended the B787-9 service for Oct. 28 ‘24– Mar. 29 ’25 (IATA winter season) with 3/Wk  Southwest Sat. only SJU service started Mar 9 ’24 and loaded through Jan. 5 ‘25; SDF flights on May 2 & 5 for Kentucky Derby; OMA will operate on Saturdays for Nov. 23 ‘24– Jan. 4 ’25; Jan. 7 ’25 – March 5 ’25 will be revised again: M, Th, F schedule will increase from 111 to 115 departures & Sundays will increase from 124 to 125 departures, service to OMA & SJU will return during this time period; new year-round weekday MKE service starts on March 6 ’25, and new seasonal 3/Wk RNO service starts on March 6 ‘25  Spirit suspended EWR for Aug 14 – Oct 8  VivaAerobus started new MTY service eff. Mar. 22 ‘24  WestJet resumed seasonal YYC service on Apr 28 ’24 and will serve AUS through Oct. 24  September ‘24 v September ‘23 (down 11 destinations based on monthly schedules): o + destinations: CLE, MFE & YUL o – destinations: ASE, BHM, BOI, CHS, JAX, LIR, MEM, OMA, PNS, PUJ, PVR, RNO, SJD, VPS New AUS Nonstop Service for 2024/2025: Source: Cirium schedule data. September air service comparison: Source: Cirium schedule data. Current AUS air service: Source: Cirium schedule data. September 2024 v. 2023 carrier seat share comparison: Source: Cirium schedule data. AUS Connecting Traffic Trends: Based on U.S. DOT O&D Passenger Survey, Cirium FM Traffic and ABIA statistics: 15.5% of AUS passengers in Q1 2024 were connecting between flights at the Airport. One-Way Domestic Fares for U.S. Medium & Large Hub Airports (Source: U.S. DOT, O&D Survey, YE Q1 2024): Top 10 AUS Domestic Markets Without Nonstop Service (Source: YE Q1 2024 DOT O&D Survey) Jacksonville (JAX) 1 Memphis (MEM) 2 Richmond (RIC) 3 Boise (BOI) 4 Fort Myers (RSW) 5 Louisville (SDF) 6 Hartford (BDL) 7 Birmingham (BHM) 8 Colorado Springs (COS) 9 Norfolk (ORF) 10 AUS Airline Codes: AA AC AM AS B6 BA CM DL F9 G4 American Airlines Air Canada Aeromexico Alaska Airlines JetBlue Airways British Airways Copa Airlines Delta Air Lines Allegiant Air Frontier Airlines Inc. Top 10 AUS International Markets Without Nonstop Service (Source: YE Q1 2024 FM Traffic) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Paris (CDG) Seoul (ICN) Rome (FCO) Dublin (DUB) Punta Cana (PUJ) Madrid (MAD) Tokyo (HND) Nassau (NAS) Sao Paulo (GRU) Barcelona (BCN) KL LH NK SY UA VB VS WG WN WS KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines Lufthansa German Airlines Spirit Airlines Sun Country Airlines United Airlines VivaAerobus Virgin Atlantic Airways Sunwing Airlines Southwest Airlines WestJet  HA Hawaiian Airlines Airport Codes: ABQ AMA AMS ANC ATL AVL BDL BHM BNA BOI BOS BUR BWI CHS CLE CLT CMH CUN CVG CZM DAL DCA DEN DFW DSM DTW ECP ELP EUG EWR FLL FRA FSD GNV GRR HNL HOU HRL IAD IAH IND JFK LAS LAX LBB Albuquerque, NM Amarillo, TX Amsterdam, Netherlands Anchorage Atlanta, GA Asheville, NC Hartford, CT Birmingham, AL Nashville, TN Boise, ID Boston, MA Burbank, CA Baltimore, MD Charleston, SC Cleveland, OH Charlotte, NC Columbus, OH Cancun, Mexico Cincinnati, OH Cozumel, Mexico Dallas, TX Washington Reagan, DC Denver, CO Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX Des Moines, IA Detroit, MI Panama City, FL El Paso, TX Eugene, OR Newark, NJ Ft. Lauderdale, FL Frankfurt, Germany Sioux Falls, SD Gainesville, FL Grand Rapids, MI Honolulu, HI Houston Hobby, TX Harlingen, TX Washington Dulles, DC Houston Intercontinental, TX Indianapolis, IN New York JFK, NY Las Vegas, NV Los Angeles, CA Lubbock, TX MFE MIA MKE MSN MSP MSY MTY OAK OGG OKC OMA ONT ORD ORF PBI PDX PHL PHX PIT PSP PUJ PTY PVR PVU RDU RNO RSW SAN SAT SDF SEA SFB SFO SGF SJC SJD SJO SJU SLC SMF SNA SRQ STL TPA TUL Palm Beach, FL Portland, OR Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Pittsburgh, PA Palm Springs, CA Punta Cana, Dominican Rep. Panama City, Panama Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Provo, UT McAllen, TX Miami, FL Milwaukee, WI Madison, WI Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN New Orleans, LA Monterrey, Mexico Oakland, CA Kahului – Maui, HI Oklahoma City, OK Omaha, NE Ontario, CA Chicago O’Hare, IL Norfolk, VA Raleigh-Durham, NC Reno, NV Ft. Myers, FL San Diego, CA San Antonio, TX Louisville, KY Seattle, WA Sanford, FL San Francisco, CA Springfield, MO San Jose, CA San Jose del Cabo, Mexico San Jose, Costa Rica San Juan, Puerto Rico Salt Lake City, UT Sacramento, CA Orange County, CA Sarasota, FL St. Louis, MO Tampa, FL Tulsa, OK LEX LGA LGB LHR LIR MAF MCI MCO MDW MEX Lexington, KY New York – LaGuardia, NY Long Beach, CA London, UK Liberia, Costa Rica Midland/Odessa, TX Kansas City, MO Orlando, FL Chicago Midway, IL Mexico City, Mexico Kazanoff Aug. 29, 2024 TYS VPS XNA YUL YVR YYC YYZ Knoxville, TN Valparaiso, FL Fayetteville, AR Montreal, Canada Vancouver, Canada Calgary, Canada Toronto, Canada