20241211-003 Air Service Report — original pdf

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December 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 eff. Oct. 28 ’24 • Air Canada will serve YUL May 2 – Oct. 24 ’25 & YVR May 1 – Oct. 25 ’25; YVR will now be served 4/wk for the whole season; upgauged YYZ from A319 (136 seats) to A320 (168 seats) eff. May 1 ‘25 • Allegiant will close its AUS crew base on January 7 ‘25 - service 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; extended schedules for May 14 – Sept. 2 ’25 and will serve 12 markets: AVL CVG DSM GRR IAD IND LAS PIT PVU SFB SRQ & TYS (G4 served 18 markets in 2024 during this same gme period). • American summary of 2024/2025 service changes: o Discongnued ABQ, BNA, BOS, BZN, CVG, CZM, EGE, ELP, IAD, IND, JAX, LAS, LIR, MBJ, MCI, MCO, MEM, MSY, NAS, OKC, PUJ, PSP, PVR, RDU, RNO, RNO, RSW, SMF, SNA, TPA & TUL o Suspended SJD from Jan 7’ 25 – Feb 12’ 25 o Added MSY service for Super Bowl on Feb 6, 7 & 10 2025 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 • BriMsh Airways downgauged LHR #1 from A350-1000 (331 seats) to B777-200ER (272 seats) stargng March 29 ‘25; added LHR #2 daily, eff. Mar. 31 ‘25 which will operate 6/Wk (all days but Sunday); second frequency in Summer 2025 (March 20-October 25 2025) will be mix of B787-8 and -9 • Delta summary of service changes: & TPA (eff. June 8 ’25) o New markets: MSY (eff. Feb. 27 ’25), ECP (eff. Mar. 9 ’25), IND, JAX & MEM (eff. May 7 ’25), SFO 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 added for weekend of Aug. 29, 2025 • FronMer started new ATL service on Oct. 11 ’24 3/Wk; announced new service to CVG (2/Wk eff Mar. 7 ‘25) ORD (3/Wk eff. Mar. 6 ‘25) MCO (3-6/Wk eff. Mar. 6 ‘25) & PHX (2/Wk eff. Mar. 7 ‘25) • Hawaiian last day of nonstop HNL service will be March 26, ‘25 • JetBlue JFK will be suspended from Oct 27 ‘24-April 29 ‘25 • KLM 275-seat B787-9 returned on October 28 ‘24 • • • LuRhansa extended the B787-9 service for Oct. 28 ‘24– Mar. 29 ’25 (IATA winter season) with 3/Wk; downgauged FRA from 294-seat B787-9 to 255-seat A330 for Mar. 31-Aug. 30 ‘25 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 March 6 ’25 with and new seasonal 3/Wk RNO service starts on March 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-4/WK for Jan 8 ’25 – Mar 26 ’25; upgauged MTY from 180-seat A320 to 240-seat A321 from Oct. 18 ‘24; downgauged MTY stargng Dec ‘25 from A321s to A320s (240 seats to 180 seats), 25% reducgon in capacity • WestJet YYC will return to AUS on May 12 ’25 and added a third weekly frequency for the 2025 season; announced new 3/Wk service to YVR eff. May 11 ’25 • December ‘24 v December ‘23 (down 8 desMnaMons based on monthly schedules): o + desgnagons: CLE, MFE, MTY & SJU o – desgnagons: BZN, CZM, EGE, FSD, JAX, LIR, MEM, PSP, PUJ, RNO, RSW & SDF New AUS Nonstop Service for 2024/2025: Destination Boston, MA (BOS) Harlingen, TX (HRL) Atlanta, GA (ATL) Omaha, NE (OMA) New Orleans, LA (MSY) Chicago-O'Hare, IL (ORD) Milwaukee, WI (MKE) Orlando, FL (MCO) Reno, NV (RNO) Cincinnati, OH (CVG) Phoenix, AZ (PHX) Panama City, FL (ECP) Indianapolis, IN (IND) Jacksonville, DL (JAX) Memphis, TN (MEM) Vancouver, Canada (YVR) San Francisco, CA (SFO) Tampa, FL (TPA) Source: Cirium schedule data. Airline Southwest Delta Frontier Southwest Delta Frontier Southwest Frontier Southwest Frontier Frontier Delta Delta Delta Delta WestJet Delta Delta December air service comparison: Start Date 6/8/24 10/7/2024 10/11/2024 11/23/2024 2/27/2025 3/6/2025 3/6/2025 3/6/2025 3/6/2025 3/7/2025 3/7/2025 3/9/2025 5/7/2025 5/7/2025 5/7/2025 5/11/2025 6/8/2025 6/8/2025 Type Seasonal Year-round Year-round Seasonal Year-round TBD Year-round TBD Seasonal TBD TBD Year-round Year-round Year-round Year-round Seasonal Year-round Year-round Other Airlines Serving the Route American, Delta & JetBlue Southwest Delta & Southwest Allegiant Southwest American, United & Southwest New Route Delta, Spirit & Southwest New Route Delta & Allegiant American & Southwest American & Southwest Allegiant & Southwest New Route New Route Air Canada Alaska & United Southwest Source: Cirium schedule data. Current AUS air service: Source: Cirium schedule data. December 2024 v. 2023 carrier seat share comparison: Source: Cirium schedule data. AUS ConnecMng Traffic Trends: Based on U.S. DOT O&D Passenger Survey, Cirium FM Traffic and ABIA stagsgcs: 15.7% of AUS passengers in Q2 2024 were connecgng between flights at the Airport. One-Way DomesMc Fares for U.S. Medium & Large Hub Airports Source: U.S. DOT, O&D Survey, YE Q2 2024 Top 10 AUS DomesMc Markets Top 10 AUS InternaMonal Markets Without Nonstop Service Without Nonstop Service (Source: YE Q2 2024 DOT O&D Survey) (Source: YE Q2 2024 FM Traffic) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Richmond (RIC) Boise (BOI) Ft. Myers (RSW) Harpord (BDL) Birmingham (BHM) Colorado Springs (COS) Norfolk (ORF) Savannah (SAV) Buffalo (BUF) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Paris (CDG) Liberia (LIR) Seoul (ICN) Rome (FCO) San Jose (SJO) Dublin (DUB) Madrid (MAD) Sao Paulo (GRU) Barcelona (BCN) 10 Tucson (TUS) 10 Tokyo (HND) AUS Airline Codes: American Airlines Hawaiian Airlines AA AC AM AS B6 BA CM DL F9 G4 Air Canada Aeromexico Alaska Airlines JetBlue Airways Brigsh Airways Copa Airlines Delta Air Lines Fronger Airlines Allegiant Air Airport Codes: HA KL LH NK SY UA VB VS WN WS KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines Luqhansa German Airlines Spirit Airlines Sun Country Airlines United Airlines VivaAerobus Virgin Atlangc Airways Southwest Airlines WestJet Albuquerque, NM Amarillo, TX Amsterdam, Netherlands MEM Memphis, TN Mexico City, Mexico 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 Anchorage Atlanta, GA Asheville, NC Harpord, CT Birmingham, AL Nashville, TN Boise, ID Boston, MA Burbank, CA Balgmore, MD Charleston, SC Cleveland, OH Charlore, NC Columbus, OH Cancun, Mexico Cincinnag, 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 MEX 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 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN McAllen, TX Miami, FL Milwaukee, WI Madison, WI 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 Phoenix, AZ Pirsburgh, 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 Searle, WA Sanford, FL San Francisco, CA Springfield, MO HOU HRL IAD IAH IND JAX JFK LAS LAX LBB LEX LGA LGB LHR LIR MAF MCI MCO MDW Houston Hobby, TX Harlingen, TX Washington Dulles, DC Houston Intercongnental, TX Indianapolis, IN Jacksonville, FL 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 Kazanoff Nov. 26, 2025 SJC SJD SJO SJU SLC SMF SNA SRQ STL TPA TUL TYS VPS XNA YUL YVR YYC YYZ 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 Fayereville, AR Montreal, Canada Vancouver, Canada Calgary, Canada Toronto, Canada