AAA expects 55 million Americans to travel for Thanksgiving this year, which is a 7.9% increase from 2021
TUCSON, Ariz. — AAA expects 55 million Americans to travel for Thanksgiving, nearly reaching pre-pandemic levels. 4.5 million of them will be flying to their Thanksgiving destination this week, which is a 7.9% increase from last year.
“It’s been a hard three years and it’s nice to see the number of people traveling again. There is a lot of pent up demand for travel we’re seeing really high load factors on all of our flights. We are expecting all of our flights to be at least 95% full upwards and a lot of them will be 100% full," said Bruce Goetz, Executive Vice President of Tucson Airport Authority.
“Expect crowds. It's going to be a busy week. We really expect almost every flight to be a 100% full so we do recommend people get here two hours ahead of time," said Bruce Goetz, Executive Vice President of Tucson Airport Authority. This is a nearly 20% increase in operating expenses since 2017, which is the last time parking rates went up. This goes for all public parking facilities, including the daily and hourly lots, the parking garage, and the economy covered and uncovered lots.
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