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Record-Breaking Travel Looms for Turkey Day

AAA predicts 80M people will hit the air, roads, trains, buses, cruise lines for Thanksgiving holiday

(Newser) - The masses are prepping to get together for the holidays, and this year's Thanksgiving exodus looks to be a record-breaking one. AAA predicts that 79.9 million people will travel 50 miles or more for their holiday fixings—a jump of 1.7 million from 2023, and 2 million...

Sunday May Be the Busiest Air Travel Day Ever in the US

TSA expects to screen 3M passengers as part of the holiday weekend

(Newser) - The Fourth of July holiday will be a busy one for travelers, per the AP :
  • By air: Federal officials expect air-travel records to fall as Americans turn the timing of July Fourth on a Thursday into a four-day—or longer—holiday weekend. The TSA predicts that its officers will screen
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Downpours on Two Coasts Threaten Holiday Travel

Northeast deals with power outages and flooding, while California worries about flooding and slides

(Newser) - A heavy storm that hit northern New England on Monday has left lingering dangerous flooding and widespread power outages to Maine, leaving hundreds of thousands in the dark, closing ski resorts, washing out roads, closing bridges, and causing families to throw away spoiled holiday food. It's unclear when everyone...

TSA, Airlines Say Holiday Travel Will Break Records

Some 30 million people are expected to fly over Thanksgiving period

(Newser) - Get ready for a busy holiday travel season: Friday, June 30, was the busiest day in Transportation Security Administration history but the agency expects that record to be broken over Thanksgiving. "We expect this holiday season to be our busiest ever. In 2023, we have already seen seven of...

The Worst Time to Drive Over the Holiday Weekend

Thursday afternoon expected to be most congested, followed by most of Friday

(Newser) - Hoping to get a jump on the long weekend's traffic by heading out on Thursday? If so, you're not alone. The period of 2 to 6pm Thursday is expected to be the most congested on the nation's roads in regard to Labor Day weekend, according to transportation...

'Ominous Sign' for Those Who Plan to Fly This Holiday Weekend

With flights already being canceled, July 4 weekend is a big test for airlines

(Newser) - Travelers waited out widespread delays at US airports on Tuesday, an ominous sign heading into the long July 4 holiday weekend, which is shaping up as the biggest test yet for airlines that are struggling to keep up with surging numbers of passengers, the AP reports. In some cases, delays...

A Busy Travel Weekend Kicks Into Gear

TSA says business is booming again at US airports for the July 4 holiday

(Newser) - The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start, with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic. Travelers seemed to be experiencing fewer delays and canceled flights than they did earlier this week. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2.4 million travelers...

Holiday Weekend Travel Kicks Off With Cancellations

Airlines blame crew shortages, weather

(Newser) - More canceled flights frustrated air travelers on the final day of 2021 and appeared all but certain to inconvenience hundreds of thousands more over the New Year's holiday weekend. Airlines blamed many of the cancellations on crew shortages related to the spike in COVID-19 infections, with wintry weather in...

Staff Shortages Add to Flight Cancellations
Omicron Adds 
Flight Cancellations
Dec 26, 2021 1:40 PM CST

Omicron Adds Flight Cancellations

Airlines say they're short-staffed because of the variant's surge

(Newser) - Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, citing staffing problems tied to COVID-19, as the nation's travel woes extended beyond Christmas, with no clear indication when normal schedules would resume. More than 700 flights entering, leaving, or flying within the US were called off, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware....

Airline Offers Pay Incentives After Weekend of Cancellations

Staffers can pick up extra money for sticking it out through the holidays

(Newser) - American Airlines is throwing money at the problem. The problem, canceled flights , is due in part to labor shortages. So, with the holiday travel season looming, the company is offering a cash incentive to stick around and work through until the new year. Flight attendants will earn 150% of their...

Almost 1.3M People Went Through US Airports Sunday

It was the busiest travel day in the pandemic so far

(Newser) - Nearly 1.3 million people went through US airports on Sunday, the highest level of air travel in more than nine months, despite fear that travel will lead to more cases of COVID-19. The Transportation Security Administration said it screened 1,284,599 on Sunday, the highest total since March...

Mayor Traveled for Holiday as He Told Residents Not To

Denver mayor is in Mississippi to see his wife and daughter

(Newser) - The mayor of Denver, Colorado, was one of many officials urging residents of his city not to travel for Thanksgiving—but it turns out he himself is, yes, you guessed it, traveling for Thanksgiving. "My wife and my daughter have been in Mississippi, where my daughter recently took a...

Weather Still Not Cooperating for Thanksgiving Travel

'Could be a coast-to-coast storm'

(Newser) - A day after bringing havoc to the Rocky Mountains, a powerful winter storm rolled across the Midwest on Wednesday, threatening to scramble Thanksgiving plans for millions of people during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, the AP reports. The storm, which was blamed for one death and...

During Busiest Travel Time of the Year, a Big Weather Snafu

It's kind of a mess pretty much everywhere

(Newser) - A record-setting number of travelers are expected over the Thanksgiving holiday—indeed, the Sunday after Turkey Day, December 1, is expected to be the busiest day ever for US airlines—but the weather is not exactly cooperating . CNN reports 21 million people across the country are currently under some kind...

3 Storms Headed Our Way for the Holiday

Inclement weather could muck up travelers' plans during Thanksgiving week

(Newser) - According to AAA , upward of 55 million Americans will be journeying away from home during Thanksgiving week—a normally busy time for travelers that looks like it will be compounded by three storms across the nation, reports USA Today . AAA warns Wednesday afternoon will likely be the worst time to...

Oof: Record Number of People Flying for Thanksgiving

TSA expects more than 26.8 million travelers over the holiday, up 4% from last year

(Newser) - Flying somewhere for Thanksgiving? Good luck. The Transportation Security Administration says more than 26.8 million people are expected to make their way through airport security checkpoints between Nov. 22 and Dec. 2—a record high, per the Hill , and a 4% increase over 2018, per ABC . The busiest days...

There Are Going to Be a Lot of People Traveling for Thanksgiving

54 million is the estimate

(Newser) - Good luck if you're planning to travel for Thanksgiving. According to AAA, a record number of people will be doing so this year. Specifically, more than 54 million people, or the highest number since a record was set in 2005, per Newsday . That number includes Americans traveling more than...

Severe Weather Kills 4, Could Snarl Holiday Travel

Storms, tornadoes leave thousands without power in Miss.

(Newser) - There's lousy weather in many parts of the US just before Christmas but it's been especially bad in Mississippi, where tornadoes killed four people yesterday and left thousands of others without power. A state of emergency has been declared in two counties in the southeast of the state....

8 Dead as 'Nordic Outbreak' Blasts Wests, Heads East

Storm is moving eastward, will impact much of the nation: weather service

(Newser) - Stormy weather across the West blamed in eight deaths moved steadily eastward, prompting alerts of wintry conditions in New Mexico and Texas. Forecasters said the storm system in the West would sweep across the South and toward the Atlantic coast in the coming week, causing problems for holiday travelers. The...

Holiday Travel Forecast Is Nasty
Holiday Travel
Forecast
Is Nasty 
Dec 25, 2012 5:59 AM CST

Holiday Travel Forecast Is Nasty

Central states, Gulf Coast brace today; East after that

(Newser) - Forecasts of snow, sleet, and freezing rain threatened to complicate Christmas Day travel around the nation's midsection today as several Gulf Coast states braced for a chance of twisters and powerful thunderstorms. A blizzard watch was posted for parts of Indiana and western Kentucky amid predictions of up to...

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