20241113-003 Air Service Report — original pdf

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November 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 Oct. 21-22 ’24 and then Oct. 28 ’24 onwards permanently • Air Canada will resume YUL & YVR service on May 2 ’25 • Allegiant will close its AUS crew base on Jan 7 ’25 which means service is permanently cancelled to BZN, FSD, SDF, & SNA; extended schedules for Feb 12 – May 13 ’25, and will serve 6 markets: AVL, CVG, DSM, GRR, PVU, & TYS • American summary of 2024/2025 service changes: o Discontinued ABQ, BZN, CVG, CZM, EGE, ELP, IAD, IND, JAX, LAS, LIR, MBJ, MCI, MCO, MEM, MSY, NAS, OKC, PUJ, PSP, PVR, RNO, RNO, RSW, SMF, TPA & TUL o Discontinued BNA (last op Nov 4 ‘24), BOS (last op Nov 4 ‘24), RDU (last op Nov 3 ‘24) & SNA (last op Jan 5 ‘25) o Suspended SJD from Jan 7 ’25 – Feb 12 ’25 o Following flights added for college football games: ▪ XNA roundtrip on Nov 15 & 17 ’24 ▪ LEX-AUS on Nov 22 ’24 and AUS-LEX on Nov 24 ‘24 • British Airways downgauged LHR #1 from A350-1000 (331 seats) to B777-200ER (272 seats) starting March 29 ‘25; added LHR #2 eff. Mar. 31 ‘25 which will operate its second daily 6/Wk (all but Sundays), with B787-10 (256 seats) • Delta summary of service changes: o Announced 5 new markets: ECP (eff. Mar 9 ’25), IND (eff. May 7 ’25), MEM (eff. May 7 ’25), SFO (eff. June 8 ’25) and TPA (eff. June 8 ’25) o Added AGS roundtrips in April ‘25 for the Masters golf tournament o Added service for college football games for the following weekends in 2024: FLL on Nov. 7; Gainesville (GNV) & TPA on Nov. 9; XNA on Nov. 16; and, Lexington (LEX) on Nov. 23; CMH football flights added for weekend of Aug. 29 ‘25 o Added 2x MSY service eff. Feb. 27, 2025 • Frontier started new ATL service on Oct. 11 ’24 3/Wk • Hawaiian reduced HNL frequencies from 3/Wk->2/Wk for Jan 15 ’25 –Mar 12 ’25; dropped Wednesdays, will depart on Fridays & Mondays JetBlue JFK will be suspended from Oct 27 ‘24-April 29 ’25 • • KLM the 275-seat B787-9 returns on Oct 28 ‘24 • 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 summary of service changes: o OMA will operate on Saturdays for Nov 23 ’24– Mar 1 ’25 o New year-round weekday MKE service starts on Mar 6 ’25 with and new seasonal 3/Wk; RNO service starts on Mar 6 ‘25 o Extended schedules for April 8 ’25 – June 4 ‘25: 120 flights on Mon/Thur/Fri (down 3 YOY), 106 on Tues/Wed (down 10 YOY), 76 on Sat (down 7 YOY) & 118 on Sun (up 10 YOY) o Extended schedules for June 5 ’25 – August 4 ’25: 125 flights on Mon/Thur/Fri (flat YOY), 117 on Tues/Wed (up 1 YOY), 93 on Sat (up 4 YOY) & 112 on Sun (up 12 YOY); BOS will be served daily • Spirit extended schedules for April 9 ‘25 through May 21 ‘25 and will serve EWR (1x), FLL (5/Wk), LAS (5/Wk), LAX (1x) & MCO (5/Wk) • VivaAerobus increased MTY from 3/Wk to 4/WK for Jan 8 ’25 – Mar 26 ’25; upgauged MTY from 180- seat A320 to 240-seat A321 from Oct 18 ’24 • WestJet will serve YYC through Oct 24 ’24; will return to AUS on May 15 ’25 • November 2024 v November 2023 (down 3 destinations based on monthly schedules): o + destinations: CLE, GNV, LEX, MFE, MTY, SJU, & XNA o – destinations: CZM, FSD, JAX, LIR, MEM, PSP, PUJ, RNO, SAF, & SDF New AUS Nonstop Service for 2024/2025: Source: Cirium schedule data. November Historical Air Service Comparison: Source: Cirium schedule data. Source: Cirium schedule data. Current AUS air service:  November 2024 vs. November 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: 15.7% of AUS passengers in Q2 2024 were connecting between flights at AUS. One-Way Domestic Fares for U.S. Medium & Large Hub Airports Source: U.S. DOT, O&D Survey, YE Q2 2024  Top 10 AUS Domestic Markets Without Nonstop Service (Source: YE Q2 2024 DOT O&D Survey) Jacksonville (JAX) 1 Richmond (RIC) 2 Boise (BOI) 3 Ft. Myers (RSW) 4 Hartford (BDL) 5 Birmingham (BHM) 6 Colorado Springs (COS) 7 Norfolk (ORF) 8 Savannah (SAV) 9 Buffalo (BUF) 10 Top 10 AUS International Markets Without Nonstop Service (Source: YE Q2 2024 FM Traffic) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Paris (CDG) Liberia (LIR) Seoul (ICN) Rome (FCO) San Jose (SJO) Dublin (DUB) Madrid (MAD) Sao Paulo (GRU) Barcelona (BCN) Tokyo (HND) AUS Airline Codes: AA AC AM AS B6 BA CM DL F9 G4 HA American Airlines Air Canada Aeromexico Alaska Airlines JetBlue Airways British Airways Copa Airlines Delta Air Lines Allegiant Air Hawaiian Airlines Frontier Airlines Inc. Airport Codes: ABQ AMA AMS ANC ATL AVL BDL BHM BNA BOI BOS BUR BWI CHS CLE CLT CMH 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 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 MFE MIA MKE MSN MSP MSY MTY OAK OGG OKC OMA ONT ORD ORF PBI PDX PHL 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 Palm Beach, FL Portland, OR Philadelphia, PA 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 LEX LGA LGB LHR LIR MAF MCI MCO MDW MEM MEX 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 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 Memphis, TN Mexico City, Mexico Kazanoff, Oct. 31, 2024 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 TYS VPS XNA YUL YVR YYC YYZ Phoenix, AZ Pittsburgh, PA Palm Springs, CA Punta Cana, Dominican Rep. Panama City, Panama Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Provo, UT 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 Knoxville, TN Valparaiso, FL Fayetteville, AR Montreal, Canada Vancouver, Canada Calgary, Canada Toronto, Canada