AUSTIN | ABIA Updates

[ATX2030]

Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

Gate 11 is a jetbridged gate used, I believe, by Alaska. Delta and Spirit had used it in the past.

Gate 13 is going to be used as the hardstand gate. I don't know where they are in that conversion, however.

Thanks for the info on gate 11. That's disappointing to hear that they are no longer pursuing the hardstand ops plan out of that gate.

It's going to be interesting to see how many flights they can manage out of gate 13. The hold room can only accommodate 100-150 passengers and the apron loading area can only accommodate 1 COBUS at a time.

[Jdawgboy]

Out of curiosity, anyone notice in the KXAN piece with the graph list of airlines and passengers per airline...? There were some airlines listed on that graph including All Nippon and some charter airlines. I wonder if that is hinting at something..

[Werdman89]

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

Out of curiosity, anyone notice in the KXAN piece with the graph list of airlines and passengers per airline...? There were some airlines listed on that graph including All Nippon and some charter airlines. I wonder if that is hinting at something..

They likely got it from the publicly available data ABIA posts each month. Here's the latest from July. https://www.austintexas.gov/news/jul...stin-bergstrom

[Tyrone Shoes]

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

Out of curiosity, anyone notice in the KXAN piece with the graph list of airlines and passengers per airline...? There were some airlines listed on that graph including All Nippon and some charter airlines. I wonder if that is hinting at something..

Being close to the major hub airports of DFW and Houston Intercontinental Austin gets a lot of diversions...so much that AUS is one of the if not the largest diversion airports in the US. Sometimes pilots will time out and the diverted flight will terminate here with the passengers going thru customs.

[ATX2030]

Wonder if Viva Aerobus will launch the previously planned MEX and MTY routes now that Mexico has regained Category 1 status.

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/federal...-safety-status

[GoldenBoot]

Originally Posted by ATX2030

Thanks for the info on gate 11. That's disappointing to hear that they are no longer pursuing the hardstand ops plan out of that gate.

It's going to be interesting to see how many flights they can manage out of gate 13. The hold room can only accommodate 100-150 passengers and the apron loading area can only accommodate 1 COBUS at a time.

Gate 11 has and always was a jetway gate. I'm pretty darn sure it was not considered for a hardstand gate when they already had Gate 13 in mind. Gate 13 is already at ground level. Gate 11 is at concourse level.

I believe the hold room is being expanded...

[ATX2030]

Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

Gate 11 has and always was a jetway gate. I'm pretty darn sure it was not considered for a hardstand gate when they already had Gate 13 in mind. Gate 13 is already at ground level. Gate 11 is at concourse level.

I believe the hold room is being expanded...

I'm aware that gate 11 has always been a jetway gate. Did you take a look at the link I posted upthread with the schematics for the gate 11 hardstand ops? It's hard to have any sort of an adequate hardstand op with gate 11 being used. It'll be interesting to see the logistics of it with simultaneous flights being bused at the same time.

Hopefully they did expand the gate 13 hold room. It's like a dungeon down there.

[GoldenBoot]

I'm not sure what that two-year-old article said...it was from a publication which required me to take down all of your ad/malware blockers to read (SimplyFlying) - and I was not going to do that.

I typically get necessary data directly from ABIA themselves.

It would not make any sense for ABIA to take Gate 11 offline and use it as an additional hardstand gate. It's always been Gate 13 and it is in the midst of an expansion and will be plenty capable of operating while Gate 11 is in regular use.

[ATX2030]

Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

I'm not sure what that two-year-old article said...it was from a publication which required me to take down all of your ad/malware blockers to read (SimplyFlying) - and I was not going to do that.

I typically get necessary data directly from ABIA themselves.

It would not make any sense for ABIA to take Gate 11 offline and use it as an additional hardstand gate. It's always been Gate 13 and it is in the midst of an expansion and will be plenty capable of operating while Gate 11 is in regular use.

It's a great article with a ton of info! Either way looking forward to seeing the hardstand ops in action in the future.

[ILUVSAT]

^^^Might someone cut-and-paste the article?

[masonh2479]

Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

^^^Might someone cut-and-paste the article?

To paste the entire article would take up a lot of this page. Here is the link if you are interested, it is a nice read. https://simpleflying.com/austin-airport-expansion/

[Novacek]

Here's the image from the article (which looks like it came from a CoA presentation).

It confirms that it's using gate 13. I think the confusion is that it says "_near_ gate 11". Not replacing gate 11.



and that's what the text of the article says too

"Gate 13, an existing apron-level gate, will be used for busing operations. This model works well for short-term growth that exceeds an airport's current capabilities to handle more flying. A very infamous bus gate in the US, Washington National's Gate 35X, shut down a few months ago but was used to allow the airport to serve more flights as it planned a new concourse. Gate 13 will service three narrowbody aircraft hardstands.

Those three hardstands are a near-term solution, as Austin looks to add six new hardstand positions with a new busing gates facility near Gate 11. This will help service additional flights during the peak hours when there is not enough gate availability or help support the airport in case of irregular operations."

[gillynova]

I dropped off a friend at the South Terminal and I saw they were demo-ing this building next to it. Not really a good picture but just thought I would share

[drummer]

^^ I like the open air concept.

[freerover]

They are in the process of demolishing all of the old airforce buildings.

[Jdawgboy]

A friend who lives in SA said they will have an announcement tomorrow regarding an international route and that rumors are that it's to London. Anyone have any other details?

[ATX2030]

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

A friend who lives in SA said they will have an announcement tomorrow regarding an international route and that rumors are that it's to London. Anyone have any other details?

Condor seasonal 3x weekly to Frankfurt

[davidberko]

Originally Posted by gillynova

I dropped off a friend at the South Terminal and I saw they were demo-ing this building next to it. Not really a good picture but just thought I would share

That's in the waiting lot for rideshare drivers at the south terminal

[gillynova]

It's like right next to it. I tried to take a good photo but the cars were always in the way haha

[ATX2030]

Looks like Air Canada will be starting service to Montreal next May, 4x weekly using A220 equipment.