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Travelers Have Reason to Be Thankful; They Experienced Their Best Thanksgiving
Travel Weekend in Recent Years
With Relative Ease and Good Weather Around the Country, Most Airport Travelers
Say, 'Wait - what wait?'
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Just two years after the hour- long
lines that dominated post 9/11 travel, it seems that travelers and the
Transportation Security Administration have the routine down pat. Wait times
from curbside through to security, tracked on the hour by Travelocity
representatives, on the whole went against the grain for what is usually
expected during the holiday travel crush. At airports around the country,
monitored by Travelocity, average wait times were consistently below 20 minutes
from the curb drop-off all the way through security.
Dedicated to informing travelers, Travelocity(R) stationed people at 25 of the
nation's busiest airports for the third year in a row to monitor security waits
and ticket counter lines on two of the busiest travel days of the year, the
Wednesday before and the Sunday following Thanksgiving (Nov. 26 and 30).
"Thanksgiving is the kick-off to the holiday travel season and can serve as a
measure for what's in store for the busy travel days ahead. Based on travels
during the Thanksgiving weekend, it looks like travelers' wishes have been
granted this year as wait times were kept to a minimum," said Travelocity
Editor-at-Large, Amy Ziff. "Our airport watchers reported seeing relatively few
delays at the nation's 25 busiest airports. In fact, some of the longest wait
times reported were at coffee bars, not security areas. Of course there were
places where wait times and delays spiked, but those were the exception, not the
rule.
"Even with the Transportation Security Administration's new policies and reduced
staffing everyone kept pace," Ziff continued. "Travelers came to the airport
with everything from surfboards to microwaves, but they now know the rules about
what to check and what to carry with them. This looks like a very good start to
what is expected to be a robust holiday travel season."
Here are the observations made by Travelocity representatives stationed at 25 of
the nation's busiest airports:
Wednesday, November 26th longest average waits from curbside through
to security were found at:
* Atlanta: 30 minutes
* Washington Dulles: 30 minutes
* Cleveland: 25 minutes
Wednesday, November 26th shortest average waits from curbside through
to security were found at:
* Dallas/Fort Worth: 10 minutes
* Houston Bush Intercontinental: 10 minutes
* Baltimore, Washington National, Boston, Chicago Midway, Denver,
Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Jose, Seattle: all 15 minutes
Sunday, November 30th longest average waits from curbside through
to security were found at:
* Washington Dulles: 30 minutes
* Miami: 28 minutes
* Orlando: 27 minutes
Sunday, November 30th shortest average waits from curbside through
to security were found at:
* San Jose: 10.5 minutes
* Chicago O'Hare: 10.6 minutes
* Chicago Midway: 11 minutes
Additional results:
* Some of the longest lines spotted were for coffee and other
concessions inside the terminals. The good news was with smooth
sailing through the airport, people had plenty of time to pick up
that cup of java or burger to go.
* Parking for the holiday filled up quickly. By 9 a.m. many airports
were running low on space at their long-term parking lots.
* Some airports provided special holiday programming to entertain and
relax travelers:
-- The Dallas/Fort Worth and Chicago Midway airports had musical
entertainment.
-- At LaGuardia there was an elf doing face painting and making
balloon animals.
-- At San Jose magicians entertained passengers.
-- At Dallas/Fort Worth the holiday helper staff also gave out
treats like popcorn, candy, soda and more.
In addition to providing the airport information, Travelocity's Eye On The Sky,
Rally Caparas, reported that air traffic made travel conditions excellent in
most airports around the country. His information is uniquely found on
Travelocity and can be especially useful for holiday travelers.
About Travelocity
Travelocity, a Sabre Holdings(TM) company, pioneered the online travel space and
continues to be the most popular travel service on the Web, giving consumers
access to hundreds of airlines, thousands of hotels and cruise, last-minute and
vacations packages, and best-in-class car rental companies, all backed by 1,000
customer service representatives staffed to provide 24-hour assistance. With 41
million members, Travelocity is the sixth largest travel agency in the United
States. It has been recognized worldwide for its leadership in the online
travel space, and it operates or powers Web sites in five languages across four
continents. Additional information about Travelocity can be found on the Web at
http://www.travelocity.com/ .
Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in travel commerce,
retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions
for the travel industry. More information about Sabre Holdings is available at
http://www.sabre-holdings.com/ .
CONTACT:
Judy Haveson ()
212/554-7425
Amanda Borichevsky ()
972/448-4790
Vollmer
DATASOURCE: Travelocity
CONTACT: Judy Haveson, +1-212-554-7425, or , or
Amanda Borichevsky +1-972-448-4790, or , both of Vollmer,
for Travelocity
Web site: http://www.travelocity.com/
http://www.sabre-holdings.com/