December and Annual 2023 load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to December 2022, airport-wide seat count rose by 15.4%, and pax traffic saw an 8.2% increase resulting in a -6.3% decrease in load factor to 75.5%. The route with the highest load factor in Decemb...
Jump to postNovember 2023 load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to November 2022, airport-wide seat count rose by 6.0%, and pax traffic saw a -0.2% decrease resulting in a -5.9% decrease in load factor to 77.9%. The route with the highest load factor in November was WN's ...
Jump to postInteresting: https://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1757482322226520556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1757482322226520556%7Ctwgr%5E4c48eae880314629aec3db2718fbc91eab4e090f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.urbanplanet.org%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcoremodule%3Dsystemcontro...
Jump to postThe airport posted October and November 2023 statistics. October: https://flymsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Airline-Statistics-October-2023.pdf November: https://flymsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Airline-Statistics-November-2023.pdf MSY saw 1,177,950 passengers in October. This was a 3.4% in...
Jump to postOctober 2023 load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to October 2022, airport-wide seat count rose by 6.2%, and pax traffic saw a 3.4% increase resulting in a -2.6% decrease in load factor to 80.3%. The route with the highest load factor in October was WN's MSY-...
Jump to postSeptember 2023 load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to September 2022, airport-wide seat count fell by -5.6%, and pax traffic saw a -2.4% decrease resulting in a 3.4% increase in load factor to 78.8%. The route with the highest load factor in September was a ...
Jump to postLooking back at my predictions for 2023, it was a mixed bag. Prediction: WN adds back MSY-OAK or SMF, but not both. Got this one correct. WN did add back MSY-OAK. Prediction: MX adds non-stop service to BDL or PVD, but not both. Another correct one. MX did add service to BDL. Prediction: NK adds bac...
Jump to postThe airport posted September 2023 statistics. https://flymsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Airline-Statistics-September-2023.pdf MSY saw 920,053 passengers in September, and this was a -3.1% decline over 2022 numbers. 9,388,500 passengers passed through the airport through the first 3 quarters of t...
Jump to postAugust 2023 load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to August 2022, airport-wide seat count rose by 2.5%, and pax traffic saw a -3.5% decrease resulting in a 5.9% decrease in load factor to 68.9%. The route with the highest load factor in August was WN's MSY-OAK...
Jump to postThanks for posting these updates. Looks like there will be several construction projects ongoing over the coming years to accomodate future growth. I do think that in the long term, the best plan will be to move the CONRAC to the north side of the campus, but that won't happen until the current bond...
Jump to postTaxiway Golf extension is now open. This will help improve safety by reducing runway crossings. Glad to see the project finished.
https://wgno.com/news/louisiana/jeffers ... l-airport/
The airport posted August 2023 statistics. July stats were never posted, but I was able to calculate the totals for that month. https://flymsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Airline-Statistics-August-2023.pdf MSY saw 1,057,157 passengers in July and 888,188 passengers in August. Overall, 8,468,447 p...
Jump to postThe spreadsheet linked below contains information on the passengers, seats, and load factors for all 27 BA US Destinations through July 2023. In July, MSY had the lowest load factor (79.4%) and lowest passenger totals of the 27 markets flown by BA. MSY had the 26th lowest numbers of seats flown fall...
Jump to postNice unexpected route from WN. Good to see them still growing here despite the soft Summer we experienced.
Jump to postJuly 2023 load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to July 2022, airport-wide seat count rose by 6.9%, and pax traffic saw a small 0.2% increase resulting in a 6.2% decrease in load factor to 77.7%. The route with the highest load factor in July was WN's MSY-LAX ...
Jump to postAgreed that the CONRAC will need to be moved in the future. Unfortunately, the current CONRAC is only 10 years old and the bonds are still being paid off on it. I doubt a new CONRAC will be built until those bond payments are nearly finished. In the immediate term, there is space to build another su...
Jump to postHere are a list of some upcoming construction projects and other upgrades that are set to be bonded out by the aviation board. Biggest of these that I see are a connector road to the southside of the airport complex that avoids using public roadways, expansion of the current terminal as noted in pre...
Jump to postAirports Council Internation-North America (ACI-NA) finally posted 2022 North American airport rankings. These rankings include all airports in Canada and the United States. The rankings are for the 50 busiest airports in terms of passengers, cargo, and movements. MSY does not rank among the top 50 ...
Jump to postBreeze still has all of the flights mentioned as on sale through the end of April. There is a good likelihood some of these are winter seasonal routes and others could be extended into Summer as additional schedule changes take place over the next several months. As with most other carriers, schedul...
Jump to postGood to get the ball rolling early in anticipation of future growth. This is one of the first steps in a long process.
Jump to postMuch anticipated flyover ramps will be opening soon. Westbound ramp opens this Friday, and the eastbound ramp opens in mid-October.
http://wwwapps.dotd.la.gov/administrati ... ?key=33872
Air Canada (AC) is extending MSY-YUL to year round service. Remains 2x weekly for now. Will be fly by a CRJ900 aircraft. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230922-acns24us
Jump to postThe spreadsheet linked below contains information on the passengers, seats, and load factors for all 27 BA US Destinations through June 2023. CVG-LHR service began in May and had a very good load factor of 89% for the month. In June, MSY had the 25th highest load factor at 87.5%. This placed the mar...
Jump to postJune 2023 load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to June 2022, airport-wide seat count rose by 8.5%, and pax traffic was unchanged resulting in a 7.9% decrease in load factor to 80.0%. The route with the highest load factor in May was WN's MSY-LAX route with a ...
Jump to postCongrats to SAT! I hope the route is a success for them. Had the opportunity to fly MSY-FRA and FCO-FRA-MSY with DE pre-pandemic, and it was a very decent experience. Connecting through FRA from LH metal to DE metal to fly back to MSY went seamlessly. I'm glad the interline agreement survived betwee...
Jump to postGood market for Breeze to tap into. Originally from that region, so these flights could draw people in from surrounding cities like Quincy and Decatur. Hope they are successful, and Breeze adds more destinations in the future.
Jump to postCBP lists Kansas City as a Mobile Passport Port of Entry. Has anyone used it yet? https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/mobile-passport-control I've used it twice this year at YYZ. Very convenient app that allows you to skip the long line. You fill out the form, and it has a shelf life of 3 hours ...
Jump to postThe spreadsheet contains information on the passengers, seats, and load factors for all 26 BA US Destinations through May 2023. In May, MSY had the 21st highest load factor at 84.8%. This placed the market between ORD and TPA. MSY ranked 26th for passengers flown and seats flown. Load factors are n...
Jump to postAs we all know, 2023 marked the full return to more normal traffic patterns within the airline industry as worldwide COVID restrictions came to an end. I'll now compare Q1 2023 to Q1 2019 for overall Overseas visitors and European visitors (since we have a TATL flight) to see how things have recover...
Jump to postTravel and Tourism Research office of the federal government SIAT inbound survey monitor is now updated quarterly, and has a great visualization tool to use. I'll be doing some more posts with this data in the coming weeks. https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/siat-inbound-survey-monitor Here is...
Jump to postI know the airport typically waives landing fees for an initial period of time for new service, so those definitely applied. I also know there was an initial incentive package put together by the local tourism board and the local business commission, but I'm not sure how large the package was. At th...
Jump to postThe spreadsheet contains information on the passengers, seats, and load factors for all 26 BA US Destinations through May 2023. In May, MSY had the 21st highest load factor at 84.8%. This placed the market between ORD and TPA. MSY ranked 26th for passengers flown and seats flown. Load factors are no...
Jump to postNo news or rumors recently. CM still has MSY on their booking site as a market scheduled to resume, but the date keeps getting pushed back. Pretty low confidence in them actually returning. NK went daily to SAP and CUN in May, but demand didn't match the near doubling of capacity. Thus, the low load...
Jump to postMay 2023 load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to May 2022, airport-wide seat count rose by 15.6%, and pax traffic increased by 7.8% resulting in a 6.7% decrease in load factor to 79.8%. The route with the highest load factor in May was WN's MSY-LAX route with...
Jump to postThe airport posted April, May, and June 2023 statistics https://flymsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Airline-Statistics-April-2023.pdf https://flymsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Airline-Statistics-May-2023.pdf https://flymsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Airline-Statistics-June-2023.pdf MSY saw...
Jump to postThe spreadsheet contains information on the passengers, seats, and load factors for all 26 BA US Destinations through April 2023. In April, MSY had the 10th highest load factor at 85.9%. This placed the market between MCO and BWI. MSY ranked 24th for passengers flown and seats flown. Load factors ar...
Jump to postApril 2023 load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to April 2022, airport-wide seat count rose by 16.2%, and pax traffic increased by 8.0% resulting in a 7.1% decrease in load factor to 81.2%. The route with the highest load factor in April was a tie between AC'...
Jump to postRestarting this analysis that I was doing pre-Covid. The spreadsheet below lists the number of seats, number of passengers, and load factor by month and year to date for all FAA defined medium hub airports in the country. This data is obtained from the Dept. of Transportation Transtats page (https:/...
Jump to postAF announces CDG-RDU 3x/week https://corporate.airfrance.com/en/news/winter-2023-2024-air-france-further-expands-north-american-network-and-introduces-new-service This is taking the place of a DL flight, at least a few days a week. Still nothing on CDG-MSY.... Actually completely replacing the DL s...
Jump to postThe spreadsheet contains information on the passengers, seats, and load factors for all 26 BA US Destinations through Q1 2023. In January, MSY had the 12th highest load factor at 68.3%. This placed the market between SEA and DEN. MSY ranked 25th for passengers flown and 26th for seats flown. In Febr...
Jump to postMassive data dump warning! BTS Transtats is now reporting both domestic and international data with only a three month lag time. This means that I have international data up to March. First...here is all of the international data in chronological order from Dec. 2022 through Mar. 2023 December 2022 ...
Jump to postThere is still ample capacity to absorb, especially in A. No need for new gates in the near future.
I'm unsure of any plans to add more parking.
Once WN gets through the current pilot shortage, I definitely expect to see OAK return to daily service. It was a successful route before the pandemic. Some of the other routes have been picked off by MX including SMF, RIC, CAK, PIT, and RDU at least on a seasonal basis. BOS has service on DL and B6...
Jump to postThe airport posted March 2023 statistics https://flymsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Airline-Statistics-March-2023.pdf MSY saw 1,149,227 passengers passing through the airport in March. This placed the airport at 36th busiest in the nation between HOU and RSW. Passenger totals increased by 9.5% ov...
Jump to postFebruary 2023 domestic and November 2022 international load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. As compared to November 2021, airport-wide international seat count rose by 109.2%, and international pax traffic increased by 253.5% resulting in a 68.9% increase in load factor ...
Jump to postCM to PTY, DE to FRA, and TS to YUL are all international routes that never returned post-pandemic at MSY.
Jump to postIn case anyone might be interested, while at KNEW, New Orleans Lakefront Airport today, I noted newish signage from "City Jet" claiming that they would be starting passenger servive from KNEW to Houston, Dallas Fort-Worth and Birmingham. This is not reflected on their webpage, flycityjet....
Jump to postThe airport posted February 2023 statistics https://flymsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Airline-Statistics-February-2023.pdf MSY saw 1,017,706 passengers passing through the airport in February. This placed the airport at 35th busiest in the nation between HOU and STL. Passenger totals increased b...
Jump to postJanuary 2023 domestic and October 2022 international load factors and passenger numbers by route have been calculated. October international route seat count(% change), pax count(%change), and load factor(change): Airline............Seats....................Pax..........................LF AC...........
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