The holiday travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year, and staffing shortages and weather can lead to delays.
Travelers prepare to board aircraft near a holiday decoration on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, at Boston Logan International Airport, in Boston.Thanksgiving, by the numbers
Pekoske said TSA will have enough screeners to keep general security lines under 30 minutes and lines for people who pay extra for PreCheck under 10 minutes.on Monday began what was expected to be a 24-hour strike over their demands for higher wages. Only a handful of flights were canceled, and there were fewer than 100 delays.
Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Mike Whitaker said last week that he expects his agency to use special measures to deal with shortages at some facilities.The FAA has long struggled with a shortage of controllers that airline officials expect will last for years, despite the agency’s lofty hiring goals., where crews were trying to restore power lost to flooding from storms late last week.
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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