AUSTIN | ABIA Updates

[texastarkus]

COA/DOA posted numbers for December and all of 2025.
With a total of 21,666,852 departing and arriving passengers...now mark the third-busiest year on record. The most interesting factoid of the entire press release was: 94,249 pounds of Salt Lick BBQ brisket was served in 2025.

Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for January – December 2025 was 21,666,852, down 0.44%

Top three airlines for the year, January-December:

1--Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 8,904,277, down 0.8%
2--Delta Airlines passengers totaled 3,819,112, up 14.9%
3--American Airlines passengers totaled 3,508,972, down 17.9%

Foreign Flag airlines for the year, January-December:
1. British Airways passengers totaled 247,562, up 21.7%
2. Air Canada passengers totaled 127,502, up 2.5%
3. Aeromexico passengers totaled 105,832, up 35.3%
4. Lufthansa passengers totaled 94,226, up 1.5%
5. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines passengers totaled 76,254, up 3.6%
6. Copa Airlines passengers totaled 60,929, up 1.8%
7. VivaAerobus passengers totaled 45,935, up 43.1%
8. WestJet passengers totaled 16,867, up 12.1%

https://www.austintexas.gov/news/aus...ar-end-numbers

[gillynova]

[GoldenBoot]

Originally Posted by texastarkus

The most interesting factoid of the entire press release was: 94,249 pounds of Salt Lick BBQ brisket was served in 2025.

That's about the size of a large Humpback Whale or an adolescent Sperm Whale (~47 tons)!

[ILUVSAT]

Interesting find...

https://services.austintexas.gov/edi....cfm?id=467337

[gillynova]

Any news on when the South Terminal closes?

[WesternSon]

Toronto Pearson - Austin

(E195-E2)*

May 21, 2026

5x weekly

Pretty decent add especially as US-CA traffic is in the dumps and Porter has very limited onward connections from YYZ.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/porte...55zHKDw_F1nimN

[texastarkus]

Originally Posted by WesternSon

Toronto Pearson - Austin

(E195-E2)*

May 21, 2026

5x weekly

Pretty decent add especially as US-CA traffic is in the dumps and Porter has very limited onward connections from YYZ.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/porte...55zHKDw_F1nimN

interesting add since Air Canada already has a year-round daily flight plus a second seasonal daily flight. Is the market gonna be over served? Don't forget Air Canada is also re-starting daily to SAT. Hopefully good deals on airfare soon.

[GoldenBoot]

Originally Posted by gillynova

Any news on when the South Terminal closes?

The ice/sleet storm delayed the closing for a few more weeks.

ABIA will make an announcement well in advance of its closing as to make sure customers don't go there to catch their flights.

[GoldenBoot]

Originally Posted by texastarkus

interesting add since Air Canada already has a year-round daily flight plus a second seasonal daily flight. Is the market gonna be over served? Don't forget Air Canada is also re-starting daily to SAT. Hopefully good deals on airfare soon.

Plausible questions. However, YYZ still has some demand and 2025 O&D traffic out of AUS to Canada is up 9% (US average is down 10%). Additionally, revenue on Canadian routes to/from AUS are up 18% (US average was down 6%).

It will be interesting to watch SAT's AC flight. It was not successful once before (ending service in 2020, I believe). But, this time, AC is flying fewer times a week (3x) and using smaller aircraft (A220).

[Croon]

some things flying under the radar for AUS in wave of Southwest announcements.

Southwest is firming up details for new flights come October. One of which is part of long-waited service in Knoxville (TYS) Great Smoky Mountains region (AUS-TYS/TYS-AUS Saturdays) and weekly Saturday and seasonal(?) service to STS Sonoma County (Charles Schulz).

Per Southwest booking calendar:
AUS to STS 1035am-1220pm Saturdays
STS to AUS 1110am-445pm Saturdays

Otherwise you can connect to and from on other day via Southwest to add service to/from STS to San Diego, Las Vegas, Burbank, and Denver.

Another option for those heading up North Coast/Redwoods/Mendocino or spending time in Sonoma/Napa. Sonoma Press Democrat article here

[GoldenBoot]

Originally Posted by WesternSon

Toronto Pearson - Austin

(E195-E2)*

May 21, 2026

5x weekly

Pretty decent add especially as US-CA traffic is in the dumps and Porter has very limited onward connections from YYZ.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/porte...55zHKDw_F1nimN

This makes 10 international carriers serving Austin.

[ILUVSAT]

Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

This makes 10 international carriers serving Austin.

That's 11 international tails at AUS!

-Aeroméxico/Aeroméxico Connect
-Air Canada
-Air Canada Rouge (AC utilizes RV on flights from YUL)
-British Airways
-Cayman Airways
-Copa Airlines
-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
-Lufthansa
-Porter Airlines
-Viva Aerobus
-WestJet

[texastarkus]

There probably isn't a need but I'd like to see a non-stop to Edmonton, Alberta.

[Urbannizer]

ABIA Retail Center

https://services.austintexas.gov/edi....cfm?id=467743

[ahealy]

Originally Posted by texastarkus

interesting add since Air Canada already has a year-round daily flight plus a second seasonal daily flight. Is the market gonna be over served? Don't forget Air Canada is also re-starting daily to SAT. Hopefully good deals on airfare soon.

I've been sleeping on our Air Canada direct and am taking advantage of YUL this summer! Scored some super cheap tickets and happy to support our friends up north

[GoldenBoot]

The last day of the South Terminal is March 31. Those airlines will begin operating out of the BJT on April 1.

[JoninATX]

Passenger traffic for January 2026 was 1,435,466, up 2.77% compared to January 2025.

https://www.austintexas.gov/news/jan...tional-airport