chapter 4 – facility requirements - San Diego International Airport

• American, Continental, and Delta currently focus their
traffic on the east coast and their main hubs. As they are
well established in these regions, it was assumed that
these airlines will experience relatively slower growth
over the forecast period.
• Hawaiian and Alaska tend to focus more on the Pacific
region. As a result, these two airlines are expected to
grow at a rate of 1.9 to 2.0 percent annually through
PAL2.
Table 4-7 provides a summary of domestic enplanements by
airline. While legacy carriers accounted for 54.5 percent of the
total domestic enplanements in 2008, this trend will be reversed
by PAL2 with LCCs projected to account for 54.8 percent of
domestic enplanements.
The corresponding domestic operations by airline are presented
in Table 4-8. Domestic operations by legacy carriers are
expected to increase from about 109,000 operations to just over
113,000 operations by PAL2, averaging growth of just 0.2 percent
per year. Legacy carriers typically have more diverse fleets than
LCCs and as a result are expected to have more flexibility to upgauge
aircraft at SDIA and as a result experience significantly
slower growth in operations than passenger traffic. Growth in
LCC domestic operations is expected to more closely mirror
forecast passenger growth rates due to their operating more
limited narrow-body jet fleets.
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