AAA is expecting over 53.4 million people to travel for Thanksgiving this year, 4 million expected to hit the skies. Burlington International Airport, predicting they’ll see about 11,000 of those travelers leaving or arriving from their runway. That number is 94% of the travel they saw in 2019, a record year for travel at the airport.Sandy Smith from Ellenburg, New York got back Wednesday night after a short trip to Orlando. She is heading back home to join her family for Thanksgiving, after flying through packed airports for the first time in at least two years. While most were complying with Covid-19 safety precautions, some were not.”It was crazy. They actually had us get there an hour earlier than usual because the lines were just crazy,” Smith said. “There were people ahead of me that didn’t have masks on.”Masks are still required at Burlington International Airport, according to Acting Director of Aviation Nic Longo.Longo recommends getting to the airport at least two hours before your flight due to increase in travelers. He also said to make sure you know what security checkpoints are open when you arrive. Due to issues like staffing, they aren’t all open at the same time. Still, the Longo said the airport is excited to be busy and see people coming back.”Just walking around the terminals, seeing everybody’s faces, seeing everybody not only arriving into Vermont and meeting up with friends and family but leaving Vermont and hearing their stories that they’re heading out to have a holiday dinner or meet up with friends,” Longo said.
AAA is expecting over 53.4 million people to travel for Thanksgiving this year, 4 million expected to hit the skies.
Burlington International Airport, predicting they’ll see about 11,000 of those travelers leaving or arriving from their runway. That number is 94% of the travel they saw in 2019, a record year for travel at the airport.
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Sandy Smith from Ellenburg, New York got back Wednesday night after a short trip to Orlando. She is heading back home to join her family for Thanksgiving, after flying through packed airports for the first time in at least two years. While most were complying with Covid-19 safety precautions, some were not.
“It was crazy. They actually had us get there an hour earlier than usual because the lines were just crazy,” Smith said. “There were people ahead of me that didn’t have masks on.”
Masks are still required at Burlington International Airport, according to Acting Director of Aviation Nic Longo.
Longo recommends getting to the airport at least two hours before your flight due to increase in travelers.
He also said to make sure you know what security checkpoints are open when you arrive. Due to issues like staffing, they aren’t all open at the same time. Still, the Longo said the airport is excited to be busy and see people coming back.
“Just walking around the terminals, seeing everybody’s faces, seeing everybody not only arriving into Vermont and meeting up with friends and family but leaving Vermont and hearing their stories that they’re heading out to have a holiday dinner or meet up with friends,” Longo said.
