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21.11.2023 - 19:26 / skift.com
Severe weather moving across the eastern half of the United States on Tuesday appeared likely to disrupt the busiest travel period of the year, with more than 55 million people expected to travel by bus, train or plane before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thunderstorms were forecast from the lower Mississippi Valley to the mid-Atlantic region between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, while snow was expected to fall on parts of New England, according to the U.S. National Weather Service.
The severe weather was likely to cause delays and additional congestion during what the AAA group expects to be the busiest travel period in the country since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
Most of those traveling were expected to drive, AAA said, possibly motivated by a drop in gasoline prices from 2022. Around 49 million people were expected to get behind the wheel between Nov. 22 and Nov. 26, up 1.7% from the corresponding period in 2022, AAA said.
The number of Americans traveling around the holidays has rebounded in full force since the pandemic stymied the travel industry in 2020, AAA’s tracking shows.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday said the bad weather would likely cause delays at some airports. As of Tuesday morning, the flight tracking website Flightaware showed that only nine U.S. flights had been canceled and 850 delayed out of more than 48,000 estimated scheduled flights.
Industry group Airlines for America forecast that U.S. airlines would carry some 29.9 million passengers between Nov. 17 and Nov. 27. That would be an all-time high, up 9% over the 27.5 million in the same period last year and up 1.7 million passengers over pre-COVID record levels.
“We have never seen that many people fly over Thanksgiving before, so I encourage everyone who’s going to be traveling to pack your patience,” spokesperson Rebecca Spicer said in a video address on the group’s website.
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To date, American has canceled fewer flights than any other Thanksgiving period in its history.
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The top U.S. airlines and airports improved upon their Thanksgiving on-time performance this year compared to 2022.According to the latest analysis from leading global travel data provider OAG, the on-time performance of major U.S. airlines improved by one percentage point over last year's holiday, reaching 85.7 percent.OAG examined the on-time performance of all airports and airlines on Thanksgiving Eve (November 22), which is one of the busiest travel days of the year. In 2023, airlines and airports overcame not only crowds but weather disruptions to improve upon last year.According to OAG, nearly 18,400 flights arrived on time—within 15 minutes of the scheduled time—among the major U.S. carriers on November 22. Two airlines—Delta Air Lines (91.5 percent) and United Airlines (90.5 percent)—even achieved over 90 percent on-time performance across their domestic networks.Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines also saw improvements over last year, with on-time performance rates of 89.4 percent and 89.3 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, fifth-ranked Southwest Airlines reported a dip from 88.5 percent in 2022 to 86.9 percent in 2023.American Airlines (84.4 percent), Allegiant Air (84.2 percent), Frontier Airlines (76.2 percent) and Breeze Airways (62.3 percent) all improved upon last year while Sun Country Airlines (84.8 percent), JetBlue (64.8 percent), Spirit Airlines (61.7 percent) and Cape Air (33 percent) all lost ground compared to Thanksgiving Eve 2022.
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