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June 2018 Set a New Monthly Passenger Record for the Third Consecutive Month, with 1,489,191 Traveling Through Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
AUSTIN, TEXAS – June 2018 set a new monthly passenger record for the third consecutive month, with 1,489,191 traveling through Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. This surpasses the previous record by 74,948 passengers, set in May 2018 with 1,414,243 passengers.
June 2018
Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for June 2018 was 1,489,191, up 16.4% compared to June 2017. June 2018 enplanements totaled 761,839, up 15.2%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 510,662, up 8.4% compared to June 2017; American Airlines passengers totaled 249,431, up 5.1%; United Airlines passengers totaled 215,079, up 0.8%; Delta Air Lines passengers totaled 198,497, up 24.5%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 133,728, up 158.4%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 51,315, down 7%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 50,513, up 121.6%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 32,449, up 6.8%; British Airways passengers totaled 17,802, up 58.2%; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 8,185; Air Canada passengers totaled 4,506, up 27.8%; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 4,404; AeroMexico passengers totaled 3,981, up 17.5 %; Condor passengers totaled 3,808, down 7.9%; ViaAir passengers totaled 2,209; Volaris passengers totaled 1,662, up 149.9%; and Vacation Express passengers totaled 960.
June 2018 air cargo totaled 14,683,657 lbs., down 9.4% compared to June 2017. International air cargo totaled 1,510,527 lbs., down 7.7%. Federal Express carried 8.2 million lbs., down 10.3%; and United Parcel Service carried 3 million lbs., down 4%.
Air Services transferred 637,391 lbs. of mail, up 5.4%; and 1,753,783 lbs. of belly freight, up 2.1%.
Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 4,093, down 5.9%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 18,455, up 6.5%.
January - June 2018
Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for January – June 2018 was 7,586,046, up 15.2%, compared to January – June 2017. January – June 2018 enplanements totaled 3,812,915, up 14.7%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 2,702,836, up 9.2%; American Airlines passengers 1,352,864, up 8.2%; United Airlines passengers totaled 1,122,032, up 3.6%; Delta Air Lines passengers 1,013,604, up 23.7%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 483,528, up 133.6%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 294,942, down 1.2%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 266,528, up 121.6%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 160,737, up 24.5%; British Airways passengers totaled 80,105, up 26.7%; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 24,823; Air Canada passengers totaled 22,960, up 13.8%; AeroMexico passengers totaled 20,689, up 12.9%; Virgin America passengers totaled 11,117; ViaAir passengers totaled 8,370; Volaris passengers totaled 7,212, down 8%; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 6,667; Condor passengers totaled 4,221, down 44%; Vacation Express passengers totaled 960; Swift Air passengers totaled 845; and Scandinavian Airlines passengers totaled 697.
June 2018 (January – June 2018) air cargo totaled 89,473,643 lbs., down 1.7% compared to June 2017. International air cargo totaled 10,964,521 lbs., down 10.5%. Federal Express carried 49.4 million lbs., down 3.2%; and United Parcel Service carried 18.9 million lbs., up 15.1%.
Air Services transferred 3,640,165 lbs. of mail, up 11.2%; and 9,806,571 lbs. of belly freight, down 2.9%.
Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 24,489 for January – June 2018, down 7.9%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 103,461, up 4.3%.