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Austin airport 5-year passenger trend graph 

AUSTIN, Texas – The busy summer travel season continues to break records at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with 1,609,397 passengers traveling in June 2019. This new record surpasses the previous monthly record set a month prior in May 2019, of 1,543,108 passengers.
 

June 2019

 
Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for June 2019 was 1,609,397 up 8.1% compared to June 2018. June 2019 enplanements totaled 815,203, up 7%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 536,463, up 5.1%; American Airlines passengers totaled 257,710, up 3.3%; Delta Air Lines passengers totaled 227,132, up 14.4%; United Airlines passengers totaled 224,590, up 4.4%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 100,295, down 25%; Spirit Airlines passengers totaled 78,058; Alaska Airlines passengers 55,584, up 10%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 49,729, down 3.1%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 23,782, down 26.7%; British Airways passengers totaled 18,807, up 5.6%; Lufthansa passengers totaled 9,336; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 8,214, up 0.4%; Air Canada passengers totaled 7,205, up 59.9%; AeroMexico passengers totaled 4,578, up 15%; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 4,496, up 2.1%; WestJet passengers totaled 2,252; Vacation Express passengers totaled 1,073, up 11.8% and Miami Air passengers totaled 93.

June 2019 air cargo totaled 14,244,610 lbs., down 3% compared to June 2018.  International air cargo totaled 1,721,137 lbs., up 13.9%. Federal Express carried 7.4 million lbs., down 9.5%; and United Parcel Service carried 3.2 million lbs., up 6.3%.

Air Services transferred 757,142 lbs. of mail, up 18.8%; and 1,829,984 lbs. of belly freight, up 4.3%.

Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 3,165, down 22.7%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 17,483, down 5.3%.

January - June 2019

Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for January – June 2019 was 8,269,731, up 9%, compared to January – June 2018. January – June 2019 enplanements totaled 4,152,514, up 8.9%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 2,862,792, up 5.9%; American Airlines passengers totaled 1,494,454, up 10.5%; United Airlines passengers totaled 1,215,218, up 8.3%; Delta Air Lines passengers totaled 1,122,435, up 10.7%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 356,169, down 26.3%; Spirit Airlines passengers totaled 317,106; Alaska Airlines passengers 298,421, up 12%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 280,492, down 4.9%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 107,494, down 33.1%; British Airways passengers totaled 91,554, up 14.3%; Air Canada passengers totaled 33,407, up 45.5%; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 31,308, up 26.1%; AeroMexico passengers totaled 19,632, down 5.1 %; Lufthansa passengers totaled 16,755; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 10,797, up 61.9%; WestJet passengers totaled 4,111; VIA Airlines passengers totaled 3,218, down 61.6%; Swift Air passengers totaled 1,267, up 49.9%;Vacation Express passengers totaled 1,073, up 11.8%; Miami Air passengers totaled 869, up 181.2%; Scandinavian Airlines passengers totaled 423, down 39.3%; Volaris passengers totaled 434, down 94%; and Air New Zealand passengers totaled 302.

June 2019 (January – June 2019) air cargo totaled 89,072,626 lbs., down .8% compared to June 2018. International air cargo totaled 10,140,711 lbs., down 7.5%. Federal Express carried 47.3 million lbs., down 4.3%; and United Parcel Service carried 18.4 million lbs., down 3%.

Air Services transferred 5,389,328 lbs. of mail, up 48.1%; and 11,177,052 lbs. of belly freight, up 14%.

Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 21,228 for January – June 2019, down 13.3%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 102,849, down .6%.

The airport of choice for Central Texas is Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). New nonstop international flights include Calgary, Canada (YYC) on WestJet www.westjet.com; Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) on Lufthansa www.lufthansa.com; London Gatwick, United Kingdom (LGW) on Norwegian Air, www.norwegian.com/us; and Mexico City, Mexico (MEX) on AeroMexico, www.aeromexico.com. Austin also welcomes new carrier Spirit Airlines,  www.spirit.com.  Find all nonstop routes with the free interactive flight guide on www.abia.org. Connect with us on Twitter @AUStinAirport, Facebook,  www.facebook.com/abia and on Instagram @AUSairport.