Air travel is working its way to ‘normal’ now that the government shutdown is over and Thanksgiving travel is about to kick into high gear.
Friday’s news that the Federal Aviation Administration reduced the mandate for U.S. airlines to reduce domestic flights at 40 of the nation’s airports by 6% to 3% starting Saturday will help.
How are travelers feeling about taking to the skies during in the upcoming holiday travel period?
On November 12, as Congress was voting to re-open the Federal Government, Longwoods International did a flash survey of Americans travelers and found:
Over one third (36%) of American travelers say their travel plans have already been impacted by the Federal Government shutdown.
When looking at holiday travel, here’s how the holiday plans of that 36% break down:
37% says they’ve decided to drive instead of fly.
30% have postponed their holiday travel to a later date.
29% have canceled their holiday travel plans altogether.
26% say they’ve changed the destination for their holiday travel.
And 21% say they’ve shorted their holiday travel plans.
Have your holiday travel plans changed due government shutdown and it’s aftermath? Let us know in the comment section below.
