Is Las Vegas Out of Luck?
About this episode
The episode discusses the decline in Las Vegas air traffic and contrasts it with positive trends in the U.S. market.
Las Vegas air traffic is down 6%. Gordon and Jay work through what's behind it, then turn to a U.S. market headed firmly the other way. Follow the Hosts: Gordon Smith – LinkedIn Jay Shabat – LinkedIn Meghna Maharishi - LinkedIn Connect with Airline Weekly LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/airline-weekly/ X: https://x.com/Airline_Weekly/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/airlineweekly/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the airline and travel industries. 01:55 Vegas Market Slump 03:55 Why Visitors Dropped 06:54 Premium Shift and Prices 11:00 Events and Seasonality 12:57 Gambling Competition Theory 16:00 Capacity Correction Debate 17:52 Airline Winners and Losers 19:32 Break and Listener…
People in this episode
Hosts: Gordon Smith, Jay Shabat
Topics covered
- Las Vegas air traffic
- U.S. market trends
- airline competition
- travel industry
- economic factors
Keywords
- Las Vegas
- air traffic
- U.S. market
- airline competition
- travel trends
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Airline Weekly
Places: Las Vegas, San Diego, California
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