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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 9:57 pm
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Seat 7D
 
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According to the Austin airport's passenger counts, as reported on their website, American is dying there. Their passenger count is down 25% YTD. That's pretty sad for an airline with a massive Texas presence. In addition to lower revenue, American also has higher costs (fewer fuel hedges, higher labor costs, and less efficient MD-80s on many domestic routes).

I can't imagine Alaska operating any routes where a quarter of last year's passengers don't show up this year (the possible exception being SEA/SFO/PDX-LAX, where a certain number of aircraft have to be positioned to go to Mexico every day).
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