AUSTIN | ABIA Updates - Page 20

breathesgelatin · #**381** Posted **Aug 14, 2009, 12:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by hmelawyer

It would be very exciting to have Virgin America come to Austin. Though I don't have much travel to the West Coast (and I assume we would only get the hub routes to San Fran and LA to start), I would try to find a way to sample this airline.

I flew Virgin from NYC-London in 2007 and it was perhaps the best airline flight I've ever had.

LoneStarMike · #**382** Posted **Aug 14, 2009, 2:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by hmelawyer

I am assuming that if Southwest prevails on Frontier bid that Frontier branded flights will stop to Austin. Southwest has committed to keeping all destinations served, but I believe that means when you consider combined operations. The trimming of the Frontier fleet must mean the elimination of some routes with overlap and given the existing Southwest frequency on the AUS-DEN route I think we might be high on the list to lose Frontier service. I guess we will know more by next week.

As it turns out, Southwest did not prevail in their bid for Frontier, so it looks like they'll be around awhile.

Frontier Announces Republic Airways Holdings as Winner of Auction

Jdawgboy · #**383** Posted **Aug 14, 2009, 8:43 PM**

Seems to me that it would be easier to come to Austin than to Dallas or Atlanta since they are hubs. Austin is no hub at least not yet (

Jetblue

).

PartyLine · #**384** Posted **Aug 14, 2009, 11:08 PM**

I doubt Austin would ever be a hub like a Houston or Dallas those airports have direct international flights to Europe and all. I think it would be cool if Jet Blue started direct flights from Austin to like the Dominican Republic or some where in the Carribbean.

hmelawyer · #**385** Posted **Aug 17, 2009, 4:36 PM**

Short of getting direct flights to the Carribbean, I would be happy if Jetblue would simply adjust flight schedules some so that we could get connecting flights to most of their Carribbean destinations.

PartyLine · #**386** Posted **Aug 17, 2009, 4:45 PM**

Yeah that would be nice

hmelawyer · #**387** Posted **Aug 26, 2009, 2:16 PM**

Starting March we will be back to twice daily service between Austin and San Jose.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Airlines-Expands-Daily-prnews-2910999502.html?x=0&.v=1

hmelawyer · #**388** Posted **Sep 17, 2009, 3:15 PM**

American's St. Louis non-stop will be going away in the next year. http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=185214

Wonder if Southwest will pick up that route?

texastarkus · #**389** Posted **Sep 17, 2009, 8:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by hmelawyer

American's St. Louis non-stop will be going away in the next year. http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=185214

Wonder if Southwest will pick up that route?

I wouldn't be suprised if Alaska Air picks it up...just like they did when American gave up Seattle and San Jose

texastarkus · #**390** Posted **Sep 17, 2009, 8:24 PM**

American to launch direct service between New York's JFK and Austin-Bergstrom
Austin Business Journal

American Airlines parent company AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) is announcing plans Thursday to expand its service in some areas as a result of $2.9 billion in new financing it has recently secured.

One addition to the airline's lineup is a new direct flight between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. That new flight is part of the airline's move to increase its flights out of hubs such as Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.

The airline said the infusion will also help it make improvements to its fleet.

American did not give a start date for the new Austin-New York service. Currently, Jet Blue is the only airline that offers non-stop flights to the New York City area.

“Today’s announcement positions our company well to face today’s industry challenges and allows us to remain focused on the future and on returning to profitability,” said Gerard Arpey, American's chairman and CEO.

http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/09/14/daily40.html

hookem · #**391** Posted **Sep 18, 2009, 7:49 AM**

Hmm, competing directly with JetBlue. And after AA kind of reversed course on Austin as a "focus city"... wondering what their reasoning for this added service is? Do they expect to capitalize on some international traffic from AUS, or AA frequent fliers?

Do they expect to compete on price? I doubt it, against an airline that just got through offering "all you can fly" for one whole month at $599. Plus, JetBlue has newer planes, personal entertainment systems, just overall a better product (unless you exclusively fly first class).

I don't get it

austlar1 · #**392** Posted **Sep 18, 2009, 7:54 AM**

Doesn't Continental have one or two non stops to Newark out of Bergstrom? Also, doesn't Delta have a non stop to JFK that connects with a lot of their Europeon flights? I may be out of date with my information, so I'd appreciate an update.

LoneStarMike · #**393** Posted **Sep 18, 2009, 11:54 AM**

Continental flies three daily roundtrips between Austin and Newark. Delta used to have one daily roundtrip between Austin & JFK (on a regional jet) but that hasn't operated for awhile now.

BTW, Dallas is still Austin's top destination (1220 passengers per day fly between the two cities) but New York is #2 (875 people per day) as of Q1 2009.

Source Consumer Airfare Report (Table 6)

hmelawyer · #**394** Posted **Sep 18, 2009, 8:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by texastarkus

I wouldn't be suprised if Alaska Air picks it up...just like they did when American gave up Seattle and San Jose

Doubt that Alaska would pick it up. They don't have any operations in STL. The other two were easy for them. SEA is their hub so service between SEA-AUS was a natural extension of their network. For San Jose they already had considerable operations their and the flight to Austin is actually a PDX-SJC-AUS route. PDX is also an Alaska hub. So again they just hooked us to a hub as a natural extension of the network, this time with an intermediate stop at SJC. I don't think they will be offering an flights to from Austin that don't fit into the existing network.

KevinFromTexas · #**395** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 12:19 AM**

Air traffic had been slowing down for a while.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 11:19am CST
ABIA traffic up 2 percent in September
Austin Business Journal

Passenger traffic at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport rose 2 percent in September compared with the same month last year, according to the latest report from the airport.

...

http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/11/02/daily9.html?surround=lfn

the Genral · #**396** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 10:02 AM**

Delta and Us Airways both have seen increases of 40% and 60% respectively in passengers. What are they doing differently than the other carriers?

M1EK · #**397** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 5:15 PM**

Delta's numbers are higher because they absorbed Northwest. No idea on USAir.

hmelawyer · #**398** Posted **Nov 5, 2009, 10:13 PM**

I know USAir has added capacity in Austin in the last 12 months. The Austin-Charlotte route used to be twice daily and is now three times daily. This comes at a time when other carriers are reducing capacity. Additionally, US Air has no competition from Southwest on the Charlotte route as Southwest doesn't fly to Charlotte or any nearby airports.

hmelawyer · #**399** Posted **Dec 12, 2009, 3:05 PM**

More indications that Virgin America is seriously considering Austin and could be here in 2011.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Startup-airline-Virgin-apf-2758824090.html?x=0&.v=2

PartyLine · #**400** Posted **Dec 14, 2009, 3:03 PM**

I wonder if Jet Blue will add some new flights out of ABIA guess their still planning on making Austin a connecting hub?