
City of Austin
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Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for January 2018 was 1,042,834, up 13.2% compared to January 2017. January 2018 enplanements totaled 511,387, up 12.6%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 396,931, up 11% compared to January 2017; American Airlines passengers totaled 200,256, up 5.2%; United Airlines passengers totaled 148,312, up 9.9%; Delta Air Lines passengers totaled 131,494, up 19.7%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 43,464, down .7%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 42,241, up 79.6%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 28,425, up 63.4%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 20,197, up 60.9%; Virgin America passengers totaled 11,117, down 6.1%; British Airways passengers totaled 10,581, up 7.1%; AeroMexico passengers totaled 3,400, up 16%; Air Canada passengers totaled 3,216, down 5.2%; Volaris passengers totaled 1,224, down 43.9%; ViaAir passengers totaled 1,041; and Sun Country passengers totaled 669.
January 2018 air cargo totaled 14,139,412 lbs., up 4.1% compared to January 2017. International air cargo totaled 1,360,383 lbs., down 17.2%. Federal Express carried 8.2 million lbs., up 1.6%; and United Parcel Service carried 3 million lbs., up 16.4%.
Air Services transferred 523,246 lbs. of mail, up 15.6%; and 1,394,735 lbs. of belly freight, up 9.1%.
Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 3,718, down 14.3%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 15,549, down .7%.
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