Aspen Airport closure drives nearly 130% increase in flights to Eagle County Regional Airport

Aspen Airport closure drives nearly 130% increase in flights to Eagle County Regional Airport

As a response to the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport closure next summer, the total Eagle County Regional Airport 2027 peak summer flight schedule will jump from 46 weekly flights this summer to 112 weekly flights next summer — an increase of almost 130%. American Airlines recently published what a news release is calling a “substantially” expanded summer schedule into tEGE for the peak summer season beginning May 27, 2027, a time during which the A…