A projected 47.5 million passengers will take to the skies over the 18 days of the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period, a number that, if achieved would be an all-time high for winter holiday flyers
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Load factors, or the percentage of sits filled by paying passengers, likely are to run above 85% during the holiday travel period. For all practical purposes that means most flights will be packed to full or near-full with passengers. That’s because airlines typically operate very late night flights that are less than half full primarily to get those planes into position to start the next day’s operations. Such high load factors also mean U.S.
“Throughout this year we’ve seen steady gains in air travel demand, and this winter will be no exception” says John Heimlich, A4A’s Vice President and Chief Economist. “Buoyed by a healthy economy and plentiful, affordable air service, travelers once again are expected to take to the skies in record numbers.”
Still, A4A said it expects an average of 2.6 million passengers to take to the skies each day over the holidays, with daily volumes ranging from 2.2 million to 3 million. That is an increase of 3 percent from the comparable period a year ago. On Monday Chicago-based Boeing admitted what had already become obvious to anyone paying attention to the nine-month saga of the high-profile MAX version of the venerable 737 design: the MAX won’t be re-certified for commercial operations before year’s end. But the three U.S.
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