CLT Airport expecting busy Thanksgiving travel season

Thanksgiving travel is now in full force, and AAA said it predicts more than 53 million Americans will travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, a 13% jump from last year. Many of those travelers will be flying by air. With the Transportation Security Administration reporting they’ve screened more than two million travelers at airport security checkpoints nationwide on Friday. alone, the most since the pandemic started. Travelers at Charlotte Douglas Airport say so far, so good. “People here are really nice getting you moving through, the airline was on time getting us here and apparently getting us home,” Lea Vaassen said. Spirit, American, and Southwest Airlines say they are ready to handle the crowds, with American and southwest offering incentives for employees to work over the holidays. “The terminal is going to be very very busy, the parking lot is going to be busy, the roadways are going to be busy,” Jack Christine, the chief operating officer for Charlotte Douglas Airport, said. Christine warned travelers that this holiday season is not the time to run late. “It will be very helpful to our customers if they are in the building two hours prior to departure,” he said. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/travel/c...