Why are more turkey-lovers flying?
Although I’ve only been covering air travel for a little bit over a year, I’ve noticed a trend: the amount of people flying is increasing.
OK, I can’t take credit for discovering this trend — the industry has been saying it for a while and travelers are getting accustomed to squishing up next to strangers. Both business and leisure travel is on the rise. More companies are sending workers to business meetings that require more than a walk down the hall, and more people are going on vacation. This makes sense to me.
But it’s the increase in Thanksgiving travel that has me perplexed. The Air Transport Association expects 27 million people to travel this Turkey Day season, a 4 percent increase from last year.
What? How is this happening? I understand there are millions of people who go visit out-of-state relatives this time of year; they probably do it every year. It’s a routine. But who are these new folks starting this routine this year? Did a couple million people wake up and discover a long-lost granny in
Tennessee who could use some company this year? Or did a few relatives decide to reunite after a long-standing feud over who gets grandma’s gravy boat? Why are folks who haven’t flown in years — especially for a piece of dry turkey and chunky mashed potatoes — suddenly taking to the skies?
Are you one of these folks? Where are you going, and more importantly why now?
Let me know.
Ja’Rena Lunsford, Business Writer
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