U.S. airlines and airports prepare for a surge of travelers ahead of Thanksgiving. As vaccination rates have risen, many Americans are traveling for the holidays. TSA expects to screen about 20 million passengers during the busy Thanksgiving travel period, compared with nearly 26 million in 2019.
For those traveling by car, gas prices are 62 percent higher than they were at this time last year, and are the highest since 2012. AAA spokesman Andrew Gross weighs in on the high volume of travelers this year: “There’s a lot more confidence. People are feeling a lot better about traveling. And no matter what the gas prices are—and they are a lot higher than they were last year—people are going to take the trip.”
