AUSTIN | ABIA Updates

[Apankow]

I noticed that the airport built several new parking lots for the South Terminal late last year. With it closing at the end of the month, what do they plan for those parking lots? It seems like a waste to build brand new lots for six months of operations.

[ATX2030]

Originally Posted by Apankow

I noticed that the airport built several new parking lots for the South Terminal late last year. With it closing at the end of the month, what do they plan for those parking lots? It seems like a waste to build brand new lots for six months of operations.

Those lots will be used by all the construction workers for the AEDP for the next several years.

[Scuba]

Originally Posted by WesternSon

The streets are saying DL will announce AUS-CDG by the end of the week.

Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

...Also look for a CDG route fairly soon (within the next 4 years). AUS official are pursuing this route as well.

Paris and Seoul are the #1 and #2 unserved international routes out of ABIA. Interestingly, both airports (CDG and ICN) are SkyTeam hubs. So, DL is heavily involved with both. It's not clear if these routes would be served by DL metal or international metal (AF and KE) - or some sort of combination.

CDG was supposed to be "by the end of the week" that was September 2025 according to one poster, and now "soon" is to up to 4 years...that's kind of confusing!

I don't think of 4 years as being "soon" but it's encouraging they might someday add CDG, whenever that is! Bring it on!

[ILUVSAT]

Originally Posted by Scuba

CDG was supposed to be "by the end of the week" that was September 2025 according to one poster, and now "soon" is to up to 4 years...that's kind of confusing!

I don't think of 4 years as being "soon" but it's encouraging they might someday add CDG, whenever that is! Bring it on!

Just for clarity, it was never "by the end of the week." There was no source nor substance to that claim. The rumor was started by a random post on Airliners.net. And, that poster got roasted over it.

Additionally, there is plenty of reason to believe AUS officials are looking hard at CDG. It's a clear and top priority for them. They had the route only to have it pulled just before it initiated - due to Norwegian's downfall.

All-in-all, I believe AUS will see more international announcements once more connection availablities come online.

For me, I would agree that something 4 years off can be considered "fairly soon" (as directly quoted). Just my opinion. Concourse B will open in about 4-5 years - and, I don't think that's a long way off.

[gillynova]

New West Gate

[Speculator]

New stairway to the lounges opened as well.

[GoldenBoot]

New and interesting tidbits regarding Concourse B contained herein...

https://austin.widen.net/s/2f7b2nfhdp/industry-day---final?mc_cid=8c9893796d&mc_eid=b1f9105d12

[drummer]

^ Super helpful to visualize everything with the detailed layouts - thanks for sharing. Crazy to see the first image of the airport under construction in the 90s. Time flies.

[Speculator]

I really hope this isn't some VE project. A good airport can make a huge impression. Some new terminals have been me too and lame like NOLA and MCI. Some have been decent like LAX Tom Bradley. The new ORD looks sweet, TBH, looking at the schematics I don't see anything compelling. Hopefully the concourse is very wide at least. Even the new SLC concourse is super wide. Let's do this, Austin.

[Riverranchdrone]

Am I reading that presentation correctly? This new concourse will only take us up to 25 million passengers total for the airport. That seems pretty low considering that we are already doing 21 to 22 million with just the main terminal. I would think that we could almost double that and handle close to 40 million passengers.

[Croon]

Originally Posted by Riverranchdrone

Am I reading that presentation correctly? This new concourse will only take us up to 25 million passengers total for the airport. That seems pretty low considering that we are already doing 21 to 22 million with just the main terminal. I would think that we could almost double that and handle close to 40 million passengers.

I think the AUS 2040 Master Plan (Journey with AUS) addresses those capacity improvements and meeting those projections of around 40+ million passengers a year in the early 2040s (updated against prior estimates published pre-pandemic.

[ILUVSAT]

The airport, currently, is designed to handle 17 million passengers (and it's seeing ~22 million annually). I agree, I would hope for more. Hopefully, it was a typo?!?

However, it would be par for the course as the airport is 5 million behind now and it might be the same when Concourse B opens (designed for 25 million while serving 30 million)!?!

I really think it is some sort of misunderstanding. Can you imagine the uproar of spending $5 billion on an airport expansion that only yielded the capacity to service 8 million more individuals? Oh, and that's after adding 26 new gates.

[Armybrat]

This is what the Austin terminal looked like when I & my family flew in from San Francisco in January of 1959 after spending 2 years overseas in Taiwan:

http://attachment.tapatalk-cdn.com/15046/202605/408576_0dd5a89f27cf30153f167e8e205b185d.webp

[drummer]

^ Looks like a roadside diner.

[Sigaven]

Originally Posted by Speculator

I really hope this isn't some VE project. A good airport can make a huge impression. Some new terminals have been me too and lame like NOLA and MCI. Some have been decent like LAX Tom Bradley. The new ORD looks sweet, TBH, looking at the schematics I don't see anything compelling. Hopefully the concourse is very wide at least. Even the new SLC concourse is super wide. Let's do this, Austin.

No VE? In Austin Texas, the VE capital of the world?

[IluvATX]

Originally Posted by Sigaven

No VE? In Austin Texas, the VE capital of the world?

I’m just waiting for a Concourse B rendering of a huge shed with a tin roof and random limestone accents branded as “authentic Texas”.

[ILUVSAT]

Originally Posted by IluvATX

I’m just waiting for a Concourse B rendering of a huge shed with a tin roof and random limestone accents branded as “authentic Texas”.

Isn't PAGE designing Concourse B? If so, I would imagine it to look a whole lot like the east and west expansions/extensions of Concourse A (The BJT). PAGE designed those.

[atxsnail]

Waiting for a flight and walked over to the new west gates to get away from the crowds. Happened to walk into a press conference for the new porter airlines maiden voyage to Toronto.

Apologies for the image size, I'm on mobile and can't figure out how to get a smaller one

They had some pretty cool swag too along with a flight giveaway

[Riverranchdrone]

Did something change for the runways or flight paths. I have noticed the planes getting awfully close to each other as they turn in for approach. The other day I swear two planes were going to hit as one made a sharp turn to try and get infront of another in coming jet.

[Croon]

Originally Posted by Riverranchdrone

Did something change for the runways or flight paths. I have noticed the planes getting awfully close to each other as they turn in for approach. The other day I swear two planes were going to hit as one made a sharp turn to try and get infront of another in coming jet.

I look at one of Flight Radar apps and I'm under a flightpath area. Now and then I notice go-arounds on the radar because spacing or a take-off roll on the ground is too slow, but I haven't noticed anything with my own eyes. But after recent storms I've noticed the traffic of arrivals over the house pick up after circling 60 miles outside of town or arriving after diversions to SAT or HOU/IAH.