Which puts us in the company of a few million fellow holiday flyers. According to AAA estimates, we’re talking 43.4 million people traveling for Thanksgiving this year? “We typically have one flight a day, maybe two, versus the three we normally have”, explains Knowles. Travelers can expect those 3 flights to be full.
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“You know pack your stuff, remember your 311”.
In the Philadelphia region, AAA Mid-Atlantic estimates that more than 542,000 people in the city and its Pennsylvania suburbs will travel at least 50 miles for the holiday this year, a 1.4-percent increase from 2014 and the most travelers since 2007. But then pack a lot of patients, because it will be easy to getting through Columbus to get into Atlanta.
Passengers can expect tighter security and longer lines to check-in, according to Tyler-Pounds Regional Airport Manager Davis Dickson.
On those days, the airport could see 21,000 passengers each day – about 2,000 more than an average day.
The updated travel alert was issued following threats from terrorist groups such as ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Boko Haram.
“During the holiday season the flight schedules are limited”.
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“Anytime you have a decrease in the price of gas folks are going to get out and drive”, said Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department spokesman Danny Straessle.
