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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT
"...at the same time, American continues its mass service expansion from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in announcing new service to Cozumel & Montego Bay this past week."
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Southwest and American are jockeying for position up there and AUS is reaping the benefits. Looking at load factors for some of those flights, it seems difficult to be making money. Now granted, these numbers are from September, a typically slow month, and load factors don't always determine profitability but some of these...it's gotta be hard for American to be making money on these routes.
Austin-Nashville 55% load factor
Austin-Indianapolis 52% load factor
Austin-Kansas City 49% load factor
Austin-El Paso 49% load factor
Austin-St Louis 46% load factor
Austin-Jacksonville 42% load factor
Austin-Aspen 42% load factor
Austin-Washington-Dulles 41% load factor
Austin-Cincinnati 39% load factor
Austin-Tampa 38% load factor
Austin-Reno 29% load factor