Matt Molnar
2007-11-13, 01:59 PM
More Thanksgiving travelers expected this year (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21755717/)
ATA forecasts 27 million to fly over 12 days, planes at 90 percent capacity
Updated 7:31 p.m. ET, Mon., Nov. 12, 2007
WASHINGTON - The airline industry is urging Thanksgiving travelers to get to the airport extra early this year, and to expect longer-than-usual lines at security checkpoints, due to an anticipated 4 percent jump in passenger traffic.
Domestic carriers are expected to fly roughly 27 million passengers worldwide over 12 days beginning Nov. 16, with planes about 90 percent full, the Air Transport Association said Monday.
The anticipated uptick in demand comes as the industry struggles through a year of record-low punctuality. Through September, more than 24 percent of flights arrived late, according to the Transportation Department, the industry’s worst on-time performance since comparable data began being collected in 1995. Read More... (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21755717/)
ATA forecasts 27 million to fly over 12 days, planes at 90 percent capacity
Updated 7:31 p.m. ET, Mon., Nov. 12, 2007
WASHINGTON - The airline industry is urging Thanksgiving travelers to get to the airport extra early this year, and to expect longer-than-usual lines at security checkpoints, due to an anticipated 4 percent jump in passenger traffic.
Domestic carriers are expected to fly roughly 27 million passengers worldwide over 12 days beginning Nov. 16, with planes about 90 percent full, the Air Transport Association said Monday.
The anticipated uptick in demand comes as the industry struggles through a year of record-low punctuality. Through September, more than 24 percent of flights arrived late, according to the Transportation Department, the industry’s worst on-time performance since comparable data began being collected in 1995. Read More... (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21755717/)