On Wednesday, Oakland airport officials expected 170,000 passengers over the next five days. That’s a 10% increase from last Thanksgiving but still only about 90% of the traffic they saw pre-pandemic in 2019.
"You know you’re not home-bound anymore and we can get back to our normal lives," said Carmen Segrove, who was traveling with her husband, Mark. "We get to see our grandchildren and enjoy a good meal and just be together." " was amazed to see how many people are waiting for flights in the terminal," he said.
"People are traveling on different days. Not everyone is traveling on that Wednesday night," says Sharon Pinkerton, senior vice president at the trade group Airlines for America. "People are spreading their travel out throughout the week, which I also think will help ensure smoother operations." U.S. airlines plan to operate 13% fewer flights this week than during Thanksgiving week in 2019. However, by using larger planes on average, the number of seats will drop only 2%, according to data from travel-researcher Cirium.
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