US: Thanksgiving expected to be busiest ever for air travel

There’s growing consensus: This will be the busiest Thanksgiving ever for air travel. The latest comes from airline trade group Airlines for America (A4A), which released its annual Thanksgiving travel forecast Wednesday. A4A expects a record holiday in terms of passenger traffic, matching similar expectations from the TSA. A4A projects a record 30.6m passengers will travel on U.S. airlines during a 12-day window around Thanksgiving. That’s up from about 29m passengers that flew during the comparable period in 2017. For 2018, A4A defines the Thanksgiving travel period as beginning Friday, Nov. 16, and ending the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 27. This year, A4A expects the busiest day during that period to be Sunday, Nov. 25, when the group estimates 3.06m passengers will travel on US carriers. <br/>