{"id":3844,"date":"2018-11-26T21:48:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T02:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=3844"},"modified":"2018-11-26T21:48:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T02:48:54","slug":"a-record-setting-thanksgiving-air-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/a-record-setting-thanksgiving-air-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Record Setting Thanksgiving Air Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a record setting Thanksgiving Air Travel period.\u00a0 More than 30 million traveled and the record setting day was Sunday, November 25<sup>th<\/sup> with over 3 million flyers in one day.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/crowded-airport-e1543286592723.jpg\" width=\"272\" height=\"204\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>According to the American Automobile Association (better known as AAA) this was the biggest Thanksgiving travel week since 2005.\u00a0 They estimated over 48 million drove.\u00a0 Over 9 million in the Midwest alone.\u00a0 That left the others to catch trains or better yet, fly (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/news\/local\/cleveland\/more-than-54-million-americans-expected-to-travel-this-thanksgiving\/95-615861019\">https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/news\/local\/cleveland\/more-than-54-million-americans-expected-to-travel-this-thanksgiving\/95-615861019<\/a>).<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/crowded-airplane.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>A group known as A4A tracks flight travel out of Washington DC.\u00a0 For the 12 days around Thanksgiving they estimated that over 30 million Americans would fly.\u00a0 The busiest day was Sunday, November 25 with 3.06 million travelers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danielreed\/2018\/11\/14\/scoot-over-more-passengers-will-fly-this-thanksgiving-holiday-season-than-well-maybe-ever\/#50764e2915e1\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danielreed\/2018\/11\/14\/scoot-over-more-passengers-will-fly-this-thanksgiving-holiday-season-than-well-maybe-ever\/#50764e2915e1<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>On an average day in American 2.3 million passengers fly.\u00a0 That would be every man, woman and child in the Greater Cincinnati area.\u00a0 On Sunday November 25, four days after Thanksgiving, airlines packed 800,000 more passengers than usual on flights.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Thanksgiving.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>I don\u2019t think when the Pilgrims started Thanksgiving in October of 1621, they ever entertained such a thought.\u00a0 They were simply out to start a Christian nation.\u00a0 Their wisdom in establishing a day of thanks to God for his bountiful blessings has paid huge dividends for the airlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a record setting Thanksgiving Air Travel period.\u00a0 More than 30 million traveled and the record setting day was Sunday, November 25th with over 3 million flyers in one day. 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