ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Thanksgiving travel rush is underway. The Federal Aviation Administration predicts the busiest Thanksgiving travel season in 15 years, with over 360,000 flights this week across the country.
Thanksgiving is typically the busiest holiday for travel, according to AAA, beating out Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July. So, how are things looking at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport? News10NBC’s Kristi Blake just got off a flight on Monday morning and had no delays. There is no line at TSA on Monday morning in Rochester and there are only a couple of delayed flights on the board.
It’s been about a week since air travel has returned to normal, after the longest federal government shutdown in history ended. Last Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration lifted all restrictions on flights to 40 major airports that it had enacted because air traffic controllers were overworked and understaffed. Air traffic controllers went without pay for 43 days, but are receiving pay now that the government is funded. The FAA’s list didn’t include the Rochester airport, but it did include several airports that Rochester offered flights to.
As travelers head out for Thanksgiving, the U.S. Department of Transportation has a new campaign aiming to bring civility to air travel. The “The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You” campaign urges Americans to “dress with respect” and remember simple courtesies, like saying “please” and “thank you” to flight attendants. Ultimately, the department hopes to cut down on unruly passengers.
So, what do travelers in Rochester think about the “dress with respect” recommendation? News10NBC spoke with two students at St. John Fisher University, heading to a two-week nursing trip, who chose to wear comfortable clothing, sweatshirts and sweatpants, instead of something more formal.
“I want to sleep on the plane, potentially. Also, this is like always my heaviest clothing. So I take it out of my suitcase to wear it,” one student said.
“My sweatshirt has a sleep mask in it, so we’re ready for some naps on the plane. I mean, I was up at 2:30 this morning, so there is no way I am putting on nice clothes to come to the airport at 2:30 in the morning,” another student said.
The pair went on to say that maybe for an afternoon flight, they would put on some jeans or a nicer outfit, but for a flight this morning, it is sweatpants all the way.
AAA predicts that 81.8 million people will travel at least 50 miles from now through Monday, Dec. 1, which would be over a million more than last year. Out of those, 90% of people are expected to travel by car, about 73 million.
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