The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and airlines are preparing for what they expect to be the busiest holiday travel season ever beginning this Friday, Nov. 17, through the end of the month.
“We expect this holiday season to be our busiest ever. In 2023, we have already seen seven of the top 10 busiest travel days in TSA’s history,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in a statement Monday.
More than 30 million people are expected to travel by air during the 12-day period beginning this Friday, with the busiest day expected the Sunday after Thanksgiving, Pekoske said on the “TODAY” show.
during the 12-day period beginning this Friday, with the busiest day expected the Sunday after Thanksgiving, Pekoske
TSA says it expects to screen 2.6 million passengers next Tuesday, Nov. 21, and 2.7 million on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Sunday, Nov. 26, is projected to see 2.9 million screened passengers.
Airlines for America — which represents American, United and Delta, among others — said the roughly 30 million passengers between Nov. 17-27 is an all-time high.
The busy holiday travel season arrives as Congress stares down an end-of-week deadline to avert a federal shutdown.
If there is a funding lapse, TSA workers and air traffic controllers would have to work without pay until government funding is restored.
Read more here and check out travel tips from the TSA here.
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