We all know how crazy airports can be around the holidays, but this year might be even busier than years past. The Association of U.S. Airlines has predicted that planes will be fuller and tickets will be more expensive this year than they were at Thanksgiving last year. They expect that over 24 million people will pass through America’s airports between next Friday, November 16, and the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, November 27. This, even though it is more than the last few years, is still ten percent lower than the holiday traveling peak in 2006 and 2007. Some of the reasoning for this increase in travel is due to two main things. The first is that the unemployment rate has gone down which increases consumer confidence. The other is that the pattern of increasing flight passengers is right in line with the slow increase in our nation’s economic recovery.
For the entire week of Thanksgiving, expect that planes will all be close to 90 percent full. This is the highest average that it has been at in years. Also, because this is an average, most flights at peak times during the day will most likely be completely full. This can also be contributed to the fact that airlines have been providing fewer flights over the past year to match demand which also enables them to raise ticket prices. The Sunday after Thanksgiving, November 25, is predicted to be the busiest day for airports around the country followed closely by the day before Thanksgiving, November 21, and the Monday after Thanksgiving, November 25. In order to avoid long lines, missing your flight, or simply not getting a ticket, purchase your tickets in advance and get to the airport as early as you can.
Bomkamp, Samantha. "Atlanta Journal Constitution." Atlanta Journal Constitution. (2012): n. page. Web. 7 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/aerospace/busier-airports-full-planes-seen-on-thanksgiving/nSzTF/>.
Ticket fares have gone up four percent since last year and they are expected to keep rising. In the first nine months of this year ticket revenue of domestic flights for U.S based airlines has risen almost six percent. However, fuel costs have risen a little over six percent therefore cutting the amount of money an airline earns per passenger. So far this year, the ten largest airlines in the U.S> have only managed to generate fifty cents of profit per passenger on average.
For the entire week of Thanksgiving, expect that planes will all be close to 90 percent full. This is the highest average that it has been at in years. Also, because this is an average, most flights at peak times during the day will most likely be completely full. This can also be contributed to the fact that airlines have been providing fewer flights over the past year to match demand which also enables them to raise ticket prices. The Sunday after Thanksgiving, November 25, is predicted to be the busiest day for airports around the country followed closely by the day before Thanksgiving, November 21, and the Monday after Thanksgiving, November 25. In order to avoid long lines, missing your flight, or simply not getting a ticket, purchase your tickets in advance and get to the airport as early as you can.
Bomkamp, Samantha. "Atlanta Journal Constitution." Atlanta Journal Constitution. (2012): n. page. Web. 7 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/aerospace/busier-airports-full-planes-seen-on-thanksgiving/nSzTF/>.
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