The Thanksgiving travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year.
Nicholas Olsen is just one of the 72 million people who are set to hit the road this week for Thanksgiving .DALLAS — Just as there are good odds the turkey will taste dry, airports and highways are expected to be jam-packedAuto club and insurance company AAA predicts that nearly 80 million Americans will venture at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday and next Monday. Most of them will travel by car.. The nationwide average price for gasoline was $3.06 a gallon on Sunday, down from $3.
Charlotte Douglas International Airport officials have said this holiday travel season is expected to be the busiest on record, with an estimated 1.02 million passengers departing the airport between last Thursday and the Monday after Thanksgiving.However, an ongoing shortage of air traffic controllers could cause flight delays.
Wild weather from coast to coast is causing headaches for travelers ahead of the busiest travel week of the year. Thanksgiving Day takes place late this year, with the fourth Thursday of November falling on Nov. 28. That shortens the traditional shopping season and changes the rhythm of holiday travel.
Airlines did a relatively good job of handling holiday crowds last year, when the weather was mild in most of the country. Fewer than 400 U.S. flights were canceled during Thanksgiving week in 2023 — about one of every 450 flights. So far in 2024, airlines have canceled about 1.3% of all flights.“The pandemic changed everything,” she said.
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