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Originally Posted by GoldenBoot
March is traditionally the fifth busiest month of ABIA's year and April is the third lowest.
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Actually, April is the 4th lowest month. Jan., Feb., and Sep. are the three lowest months. I think if we were to ever get a second daily flight to London, it would be during the summer only - at least for now.
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Originally Posted by GoldenBoot
I know it exists and am having a hard time finding it again...does anyone have (or know where to find) the list of most popular international destinations of passengers who enplaned at ABIA? I believe the data was from 2011 or 2012.
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It was from the Brookings Institute and it compared 2011 with 2003.
http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/aviation
The default is New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA.
Just to the left of that, click on "Click here to choose a different metro area" and choose "Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX" from the drop-down list.
When that page comes up, click on "Where is everyone going? Click here for a table of the 200 most popular origins and destinations."
I think, based on passenger counts and percentage increases from 2003 to 2011, our next ultra-long-haul destination will be Seoul. It's already the 4th most popular international destination from Austin (22,447 annual passengers) and from 2003 to 2011 the percentage increase of travelers to/from Austin-Seoul was 140.5% from 2003.
London had 35,991 yearly passengers in 2011 and was
up 13.8% from 2003.
Toronto, Canada had 28,143 yearly passengers in 2011
up 27.9% from 2003.
Cancun had 27,906 yearly passengers in 2011
down 1.2%% from 2003
Seoul had 22,447 yearly passengers in 2011
up 140.5% from 2003.
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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy
Hmm sounds like the Mexico City route may not last much longer. Im betting that a city like Monterrey would be a busier route.
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Jdawgboy, Mexico City was the
6th most popular international destination from Austin in 2011 with
12,212 yearly passengers in 2011
down -43.6% from 2003.
Monterrey was the
53rd most popular international destination in 2011 and had
2,466 yearly passengers in 2011
up 20.2% from 2003.
If we can't even support Mexico City, there's no way we can support Monterrey, MX.