Officials expect fewer travelers at KCI during Thanksgiving holiday - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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On the Wednesday through Monday of Thanksgiving weekendclast year, 220,000 passengers were estimated to have used KCI. Aviation Department spokesman Joe McBride said the decreasedr estimated passenger count results from fewe seats because of theeconomix downturn, higher fuel costs, fewer flights and fewer people flyingy compared with last The estimated passenger count s for this year and last assume an average load factoe of 83 percent based on scheduled seats. The , an airlines industry trade group, expects full planes duringh the Thanksgiving holiday season despite a 10 percenrt decrease in the number of passengers travelingon U.S.
airlinez compared with last year, the Aviation Department said in a The ATA expects that the three busiest travel days will be Sunday and Monday and that planes will be nearly 90 percent full, on average, on those three In preparation for the holiday travel season, the implementecd its family lane concept at every U.S. the Aviation Department said. The lanes enable families, infrequent travelers and those with medically necessary liquids to go througjh security at theirown pace. KCI will have one familuy lane ateach checkpoint.