US: Brace yourself for a busy holiday season at airports

With Thanksgiving less than a month away, airlines and airports — not to mention savvy travellers — are bracing for what could be a record-setting year-end holiday travel season in the US. Capping a year in which lower fuel prices kept airline ticket prices down, and a more robust economy spurred an increase in passengers, the coming holiday season could make airports more crowded than ever. A4A has not yet issued projections on passenger numbers for the holiday season. But airport operators are already preparing to accommodate a bigger-than-usual surge. At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the world’s busiest, officials expect 4 to 6% more passengers in November and December than during last year’s holiday season, when 16.6m travellers passed through. <br/>