Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

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JetBlue has announced that it will start offering service from Austin Bergstrom International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Logan International Airport in Boston. Service will begin on January 19, 2006 with three daily nonstop flights to JFK and one daily nonstop to Logan. This will be the first service to go directly from Austin to Boston since 2002. Delta Air Lines will have two daily nonstop flights to New York begining this Saturday, which combined with JetBlue and existing service will give Austin a total of seven daily flights to New York.

Adding more nonstop flights to the East Coast has been at the top of Austin employers' wish list for years, said Andy Carlson, director of corporate recruiting for the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. New York, the nation's business capital, and Boston, a major tech center, have been particular targets.

Austin American-Statesman: JetBlue to land in Austin

Austin Business Journal: JetBlue flying into Austin with NYC, Boston service

ABIA Press Release: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport/nr_101105.htm

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Austin-Berstrom International Airports' passenger traffic was up 7.5% this September, to 619,954 passengers, compared to the same month last year. Activity through the year-to-date period is up 6% with 5.7 million passengers.

Austin Business Journal: ABIA traffic up in September

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Austin-Berstrom International Airports' passenger traffic was up 6% this October, to 669,939 passengers, compared to the same month last year. Activity through the year-to-date period is up 6% with ~6.4 million passengers.

Austin Business Journal: ABIA traffic up at ABIA for October

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American Airlines will begin service between Austin and Dallas' Love Field on March 2, 2006 with five daily and one weekend flight.

Austin American-Statesman: American to start Austin-Love Field flights

Austin Business Journal: American to lunch Austin-Love Field service

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Austin-Berstrom International Airports' passenger traffic was up 8% this November, to 658,425 passengers, compared to the same month last year. Activity through the year-to-date period is up 6% with ~7 million passengers.

Austin Business Journal: ABIA passenger traffic jumps 8%

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JetBlue began it's service in Austin today with three daily flights to New York and one to Boston. The company CEO stated that if these flights are successful, the airline would consider adding more flights to more cities, possibly Long Beach and Burbank in the Los Angeles area.

"People in New York and Boston want nonstop service to Austin, but it's been too difficult and expensive. We think it's too great a city to keep under wraps any longer," David Neeleman, JetBlue's CEO, says in a statement.

Austin Business Journal: JetBlue takes off in Austin

[ROBTEX]

This is great news for Austin! As much as I love Big D and consider it my 2nd hometown, I think I could almost be a clandestine traitor for Austin! I just love this city. I fall in love all over again each time I go down there. I'm sure Jet Blue will do very well. I'm still hoping they're gonna land at GSP or CHS in the near future!

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Austin-Bergstrom Internation Airport set a record last year with more than 7.68 million passengers, which was 6% higher than 2004. The previous record was set in 2000 with 7.66 million passengers.

Austin Business Journal: ABIA passenger traffic breaks a record

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Austin-Berstrom International Airports' passenger traffic was up 10.5% this January, with 584,599 passengers, compared to the same month last year. JetBlue carried 6,405 passengers in it's first couple weeks of service.

Austin Business Journal: January traffic at ABIA up by more than 10 percent

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Austin-Berstrom International Airports' passenger traffic was up 11% this February with 576,736 passengers, compared to the same month last year. JetBlue carried 17,177 passengers in it's first full month of service.

Austin Business Journal: ABIA February passenger traffic up, cargo down

[Richhamleigh, DC]

This is great news for Austin! As much as I love Big D and consider it my 2nd hometown, I think I could almost be a clandestine traitor for Austin! I just love this city. I fall in love all over again each time I go down there. I'm sure Jet Blue will do very well. I'm still hoping they're gonna land at GSP or CHS in the near future!

Not CHS or GSP, but CLT and RDU in July...

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Austin-Berstrom International Airport set a record number with 740,685 passengers in March which was 11% higher than March of 2005. The previous record for passengers in a single month was set in July 2005.

Austin Business Journal: ABIA traffic sets record

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American Airlines will be increasing the size of the plane used in their Austin-San Jose route because of increased demand. They have been useing 136-seat MD80s and will begin useing 188-seat Boeing 757s on two of the three daily flights starting Dec. 14th.

The flights earned the nickname "Nerd Bird" during the tech boom in the 1990s, when the planes were packed with laptop-pounding passengers who worked for tech companies in both cities.

Austin American-Statesman: American boosts jet size on Austin-San Jose route

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Half way through the year, ~4 million passengers have flown through Austin-Bergstrom, which is a 9% increase over the same period last year.

June saw the most passengers ever in a single month with 743,459. That makes it 5.5% more than June 2005.

Austin Business Journal: ABIA saw record passengers numbers in June, cargo declines again

[JDawgboy]

Its interesting on how the cargo comming through the airport has been declining while passenger traffic continues to increase at a healthy clip. We should be hearing some news about the start of phase one wich will the the first major expansion of the airport. I had heard once we pass I think at least 7 million to 7.5 million mark wich is supposed to be a trigger point to start the expansion. this will be 5 gates that will be built on the east end of the concorse.

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Aeromexico will begin service between Austin and Mexico City begining December 15 with four flights a week. This will be the only nonstop international desination from Austin-Berstrom.

From Austin, the flight will depart Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Friday at 2:45 p.m. and the return flight from Mexico City will depart there at 11:15 a.m.

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ABIA set another record last year with a total of 8.2 million passengers. It was a gain of 6.5% from 2005. ABIA has 26 nonstop destinations outside of Texas and American Airlines will begin nonstopn service to Seattle in April.

Austin American-Statesman: Austin airport has 2nd record year

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According to the company website, ExpressJet will begin nonstop service from Austin to nine cities outside of Texas this spring. The destination cities include:

Ontario, CA

Jacksonville

New Orleans

Kansas City

Tucson, AZ

Albuquerque

Oklahoma City

Tulsa

Corpus Christi

An announcement is expected to be made on Monday.

Austin American Statesman: ExpressJet to start Austin flights