The Christmas travel in airline is expected to rise 5.2 percent during the Christmas and New Year break, to more than 2.5 million people a day. The busiest day is expected to be the Friday before Christmas.
The trade group Airlines for America said Tuesday it forecasts that 45.7 million passengers will fly on a U.S. airline during the 18-day stretch that starts Thursday, December 20, and runs through Jan. 6, the Sunday after New Year’s Day.
The group says that since last Christmas, airlines have added 143,000 seats per day on domestic and international flights.
They are hoping that’s enough to handle the expected increase of 126,000 passengers a day.
