this week must take the americans car, plane or train to get home for thanksgiving (taksigelsesdagen) and turkey. The holidays on Sunday are the biggest travel period of the entire year, and it squeezes the american infrastructure to the limit.
the Association of u.s. air carriers expect to 31,6 million people will fly over the thanksgiving period that goes from the 22. november to 3. december. This is an increase of 3.7 percent compared to the year 2018. For comparison, Copenhagen Airport last year used by 30,3 million travelers.
in Order to catch up with the increased demand is added 850 additional aircraft with over 108.000 extra seats compared to the 2018. On average, there will daily be about 25,000 domestic flights.
The busiest rejsedag in the air on Sunday, where the expected 3.1 million passengers. Keep the estimate, it becomes the busiest day for the u.s. airports ever.
A blizzard was on Tuesday reason to 460 flight cancellations at Denver international airport. Photo: Bob Strong/Reuters
The worst sign you can be greeted by when you need to fly home on thanksgiving holiday. Photo: Bob Strong/Reuters
Wild weather creates traffic chaos
Storms and heavy snowfall threatens millions of travelers during this year’s thanksgiving. It writes the CNN and several other international media.
Both Monday and Tuesday were cancelled flight in Denver, and one expects that the same could happen in Minnesota.
Many travelers were forced to stay overnight in Denver due to weather conditions, where airport staff handed out blankets and other necessities to the more than 1000 travellers.
According to the authorities in the UNITED states is a second heavy storm on the road against southwestern Oregon and northwestern California.
Authorities urge americans in the area to avoid travel on Tuesday and Wednesday, but supposedly, the wind cannot be the only one, many travelers fear.
the Storm is a so-called ‘bomb cyclon’, which will send the heavy snowfall over the northwestern UNITED states and over the mountains near Los Angeles.
With the storm is heavy rain, which can create flooding from San Diego to Los Angeles.
In total, the lives of 38 million. american in areas where there are warnings about severe weather conditions.
Also, the roads will be filled up. The American Automobile Association (AAA) expects to 49,3 million motorists will travel at least 80 kilometers to get home for thanksgiving. This is an increase of 2.8 percent compared to last year and the highest number since 2005.
– the Millions of thankful americans start the holiday with a trip away.
– A strong economic foundation motivates americans in a near-record number to move out in the holidays. Consumer expenditure is still high, thanks to rising wages, disposable income and husstandsformue, and travel is a top priority in the holiday season, said vice president of AAA Paula Twidale.
the Traffic will be worst in the cities of Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York, where the travel time in the peak hours will be extended by 360 percent.
Americans love thanksgiving, where the vast majority of occupy turkey with the family. The national thanksgiving turkey will, however, each year, pardoned by the incumbent president. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP
in turn, it will be bloody in several places. The UNITED states’s National security council estimates that 417 persons may lose their lives, while 47.500 people can get serious injuries as a result of vehicular traffic from today Wednesday until Sunday.
the Council estimates that 97 of the supposed deaths can be avoided if drivers and passengers use seat belts.
In 2017 was 40.231 persons killed in traffic accidents in the UNITED states.
Also kupéerne at the national rail networks Amtrak gets filled up. The company had last year 846.000 passengers during the thanksgiving.
