LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — For the sixth consecutive month, Las Vegas air journey fell beneath final 12 months’s ranges as passenger counts declined 5.7% in July.
Numbers from Harry Reid Worldwide Airport are a part of the proof that tourism in Las Vegas continues to battle to dwell as much as 2024. The Tremendous Bowl offered a springboard for tourism final 12 months, and it has been an issue for Las Vegas to match that tempo.
Up to now in 2025, there have been 4.4% fewer arriving and departing passengers at Reid Airport.
Home journey has weakened, down 5.9% in comparison with July 2024, as a consequence of financial uncertainty on the nationwide degree.
However particulars in Wednesday’s report level to an unlimited dropoff for Spirit Airways, which carried 328,076 fewer vacationers out and in of Las Vegas in comparison with final July.
Spirit is a funds airline that got here out of chapter in March, and it warned it may exit of enterprise with out main adjustments. In July, Spirit stated it could furlough about 270 pilots later this 12 months to chop prices. Engine issues grounded a part of the airline’s jets beginning in 2023.
Even in a precarious monetary spot, Spirit was the second-biggest provider at Reid Airport in July with 446,454 passengers. That was a 42.4% drop in comparison with July 2024.
Total, Reid Airport’s passenger depend dropped by 286,660 passengers, falling from 5,060,565 to 4,773,905. If Spirit’s numbers have been nearer to final 12 months’s ranges, it may have erased the distinction.
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Southwest Airways, Reid Airport’s high provider, reported a slight drop. Passengers fell 0.3%, dropping from 1,924,282 final July to 1,919,333 final month.
Delta almost caught Spirit for the second spot, falling simply quick with 444,897 passengers, a 4.8% improve over final 12 months.
Worldwide journey was additionally down, dropping 3.8% in comparison with final July 2024. Mixed, WestJet and Air Canada flew about 35,000 fewer passengers in July in comparison with final 12 months.
Even with the prolonged decline, there was a glimmer of excellent information as passenger counts elevated in comparison with June. Home passengers elevated by 1.0% and worldwide passengers have been up by 2.7%.
