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ATX2030 · #**8121** Posted **Apr 28, 2022, 9:14 PM**

Company that operates South Terminal at Austin airport rejects City’s offer

The South Terminal is planned for demolition within the next year or so, based on the latest Austin airport expansion plans.

https://www.kvue.com/article/money/e...2-e2fc3eff66bb

ILUVSAT · #**8122** Posted **Apr 28, 2022, 9:18 PM**

Apologies if this is already known...but, ABIA received updated numbers from an airline and March's PAX ended up going from 1.809 million to 1.822 million!

https://www.austintexas.gov/news/mar...in-bergstrom-0

freerover · #**8123** Posted **Apr 28, 2022, 9:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by ATX2030

Company that operates South Terminal at Austin airport rejects City’s offer

The South Terminal is planned for demolition within the next year or so, based on the latest Austin airport expansion plans.

https://www.kvue.com/article/money/e...2-e2fc3eff66bb

This is annoying. It seems strange though that the city's offer was so low.

StoOgE · #**8124** Posted **Apr 29, 2022, 2:52 PM**

I will say the letter from their lawyer is the exact sort of trolly nonsense that makes people not like lawyers.

Like we get it. You have a contract that never should have been signed and its giving you a lot of leverage and you want the city to pony up a bunch of cash to get you out of it - but please stop pretending you are actually trying to expand the airport out there.

Its like that alternative proposal for the Q2 site that *never* would have been built that council was floating around.

ILUVSAT · #**8125** Posted **Apr 29, 2022, 8:14 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by StoOgE

I will say the letter from their lawyer is the exact sort of trolly nonsense that makes people not like lawyers.

Like we get it. You have a contract that never should have been signed and its giving you a lot of leverage and you want the city to pony up a bunch of cash to get you out of it - but please stop pretending you are actually trying to expand the airport out there.

Its like that alternative proposal for the Q2 site that *never* would have been built that council was floating around.

Their $140MM, 10-gate terminal will be fo ULCC's (Allegiant, Frontier and maybe Spirit). How is that really going to help with the double-digit growth of the legacy airlines serving ABIA? I don't see a huge benefit.

I agree with ATCZERO and the port's director - they need to get rid of the PPPs and take this expansion in-house. Otherwise, there will be many more roadblocks to come.

GoldenBoot · #**8126** Posted **May 2, 2022, 5:35 PM**

The number of flights at AUS was up 135.4% in 1Q2022 vs. 1Q2019. That ranks #2 out of the nation's top 100 busiest airports.

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...rts-covid.html

"Of the nation’s 100 busiest airports in the first quarter of 2022, only 24 operated more domestic flights than they did in the first quarter of 2019."

LoneStarMike · #**8127** Posted **May 3, 2022, 2:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

The number of flights at AUS was up 135.4% in 1Q2022 vs. 1Q2019. That ranks #2 out of the nation's top 100 busiest airports.

Flights in 1Q2019 - 15,457
Flights in 1Q2022 - 20,929

That's an additional 5,472 flights compared to Q12019 - up 35.4%

The number of flights 1Q2022 were 135.4% recovered from 1Q2019.

From a passenger perspective, comparing 1Q2019 (3,707,949 passengers) to 1Q2019 (4,122,891 passengers) AUS saw an additional 414,942 passengers (an increase of 11.2%)

ATX2030 · #**8128** Posted **May 3, 2022, 2:34 PM**

AUS secures $400 million of funding for Airport Expansion and Development Program projects

https://www.austintexas.gov/news/aus...ogram-projects

GoldenBoot · #**8129** Posted **May 3, 2022, 5:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by LoneStarMike

Flights in 1Q2019 - 15,457
Flights in 1Q2022 - 20,929

That's an additional 5,472 flights compared to Q12019 - up 35.4%

The number of flights 1Q2022 were 135.4% recovered from 1Q2019.

From a passenger perspective, comparing 1Q2019 (3,707,949 passengers) to 1Q2019 (4,122,891 passengers) AUS saw an additional 414,942 passengers (an increase of 11.2%)

Thanks for the clarification!

StoOgE · #**8130** Posted **May 3, 2022, 7:14 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATX2030

AUS secures $400 million of funding for Airport Expansion and Development Program projects

https://www.austintexas.gov/news/aus...ogram-projects

Is this for the infill and small stuff?

GoldenBoot · #**8131** Posted **May 3, 2022, 8:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by StoOgE

Is this for the infill and small stuff?

Not 100% sure how, exactly, they will use this funding. But, it's only helping fund a portion of this phase of the expansion. ABIA will sell more bonds for future phases.

As a reference of what $400 million could build...the nine-gate expansion project (which opened in 2019) cost about $350 million in total.

freerover · #**8132** Posted **May 3, 2022, 8:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by StoOgE

Is this for the infill and small stuff?

EDIT: Looks like this is just short term improvements for BJ optimization.

freerover · #**8133** Posted **May 4, 2022, 9:48 PM**

I wonder if they would have got this bond sold if council had been able to force AUS into revising the master plan to deal with the fuel tanks. I have a guess but I don't know what I'm talking about anyway.

Tyrone Shoes · #**8134** Posted **May 7, 2022, 3:38 AM**

A plane spotter from DFW filmed in Austin and posted a couple hours of video on to you tube. Below is a snippet of the daily BA flight from London..

ATX2030 · #**8135** Posted **May 16, 2022, 10:50 PM**

ATCZERO don't know if you were working today but if you were quick question. All 3 heavies were on the ground this afternoon at the same time today. Did all 3 find gates or did BA have to hold and wait for one to vacate? Thanks.

ATCZERO · #**8136** Posted **May 17, 2022, 12:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by ATX2030

ATCZERO don't know if you were working today but if you were quick question. All 3 heavies were on the ground this afternoon at the same time today. Did all 3 find gates or did BA have to hold and wait for one to vacate? Thanks.

I just so happened to be working ground when all three heavies were parked at their gates. KLM used gate 6. Lufthansa on 3 I think. BWA on 1 or 2. I can't really see the numbers.

ATX2030 · #**8137** Posted **May 17, 2022, 12:23 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATCZERO

I just so happened to be working ground when all three heavies were parked at their gates. KLM used gate 6. Lufthansa on 3 I think. BWA on 1 or 2. I can't really see the numbers.

Great. Thanks for the info!

ATX2030 · #**8138** Posted **May 17, 2022, 2:16 AM**

TSA lines are out the door again at Austin's airport

https://www.kut.org/transportation/2...return-to-abia

By Nathan Bernier
Published May 16, 2022 at 6:15 PM CDT

The lines for security screenings spilled out of the Barbara Jordan Terminal and onto the sidewalk Saturday morning at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The wait was so long that some people who showed up well in advance missed their flights.

"It was pretty crazy," said Arjun Kannan, a New York City resident who was visiting Austin for the first time. "Airports have bad days, but I haven't seen something this bad."

Kannan said he showed up at 4:45 a.m. and didn't get through the line until almost three hours later, missing his 7 a.m. JetBlue flight. The airline rebooked him on a later flight free of charge.

psychlotron · #**8139** Posted **May 17, 2022, 3:19 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATX2030

TSA lines are out the door again at Austin's airport

https://www.kut.org/transportation/2...return-to-abia

By Nathan Bernier
Published May 16, 2022 at 6:15 PM CDT

The lines for security screenings spilled out of the Barbara Jordan Terminal and onto the sidewalk Saturday morning at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The wait was so long that some people who showed up well in advance missed their flights.

"It was pretty crazy," said Arjun Kannan, a New York City resident who was visiting Austin for the first time. "Airports have bad days, but I haven't seen something this bad."

Kannan said he showed up at 4:45 a.m. and didn't get through the line until almost three hours later, missing his 7 a.m. JetBlue flight. The airline rebooked him on a later flight free of charge.

I flew out of AUS on Sunday. It was pretty busy, but the lines for TSA were quite short. I was very pleasantly surprised.

enragedcamel · #**8140** Posted **May 17, 2022, 4:33 PM**

Yeah I went to London 3 weeks ago and the line took less than 10 minutes.

I wonder what it is that causes these long lines. Timing seems random?