LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas air journey continues to lag behind 2024 ranges, signaling that the town’s tourism restoration nonetheless has floor to make up.
In keeping with Harry Reid Worldwide Airport, passenger counts dropped 5.8% in August in comparison with final yr, persevering with a pattern that’s been in place for seven months.
Home journey continues to take the most important hit, down 5.9% year-over-year, whereas worldwide journey was down 3.7% in comparison with August 2024. 12 months-to-date, arriving and departing passengers are down 4.5%, a slight dip from July’s 4.4% year-to-date decline.
Arriving and departing passengers within the prime 5 scheduled airways in Las Vegas. (Harry Reid Worldwide Airport)
Spirit Airways remains to be working to regain stability after rising from chapter in March. It carried 352,815 fewer passengers this August in comparison with final yr. The airline plans to furlough round 270 pilots later this yr as a part of its cost-cutting efforts.
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Southwest Airways, the airport’s largest service, was a shiny spot, reporting a 4.2% improve year-over-year, carrying 1,828,498 passengers in August 2025 in comparison with 1,755,217 in August 2024. July’s report had proven Southwest barely down year-to-date, however August numbers present the airline is closing that hole.