WASHINGTON — Airlines are looking forward to another big Christmas and New Year’s season, with 3 percent more people flying in the U.S. than during last year’s holiday stretch.
The trade group Airlines for America said Tuesday that 47.5 million people are expected to fly over an 18-day period from Dec. 19 through Jan. 5.
The busiest days are forecast to be the Friday and Saturday before Christmas and the Thursday and Friday after Christmas, which falls on a Wednesday this year.
The trade group expects the lightest days to be Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve.
