Las Vegas’ McCarran International<\/a>, saw a survey by union members saying more than half its pilots were looking for another job.<\/p>\nFinally, the US military, itself shrinking in size, is retaining more of its aviators \u00a0with incentives who would otherwise transition to civilian carriers.<\/p>\n
No Abatement to Las Vegas Tourism<\/h2>\n
McCarran has grown exponentially from when it opened in 1942 as Alamo Field, welcoming a total of 12 daily flights. It is now the eighth-busiest airport in the nation, and for the first three months of this year, saw 48,416 arrivals with 5,657,874 passengers.<\/p>\n
That’s helping to bump the number of patrons who come to Las Vegas. The gambling mecca has seen a steady increase in the number of people occupying the city and March was the second-best month in the city’s history, with 3.78 million individuals, only behind July 2016\u2019s 3.83 million.<\/p>\n
The numbers have risen every year since 2013, and in 2016, Las Vegas saw 42.9 million arrive to gamble, watch shows, eat, and shop. And for the first quarter of 2017, there were 4.8 percent more customers at casinos and hotels than for the same time period last year.<\/p>\n
All those visitors translated to more revenue for the city. In March, aided by the NCAA Tournament, sports books and their ancillary gaming and entertainment beneficiaries, saw $991 million statewide (with the majority of that being in Las Vegas), a jump of 7.4 percent from March 2016.<\/p>\n
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McCarran International Commercial Airline Carrier Arrivals, January-March 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nSouthwest<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 17,893<\/p>\nAmerican<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3,633<\/p>\nDelta<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03,334<\/p>\nUnited<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02,806<\/p>\nSpirit<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02,751<\/p>\nAllegiant<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02,180<\/p>\nFrontier<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1,672<\/p>\nJetBlue<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01,345<\/p>\nVirgin <\/strong>America<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a01,167<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isn’t it ironic: while visitors are flocking\u00a0to Las Vegas in record numbers, that upswing could be affected if an airline pilot shortage, spurred by major changes in the commercial carrier industry and diminishing military training to supply captains, is not corrected in the coming years. In fact, the problem is so dire that no one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":49423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Record Las Vegas Tourism Numbers Threatened by Dwindling Pilot Supply<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n