"Air travel's number one priority is safety and while safety will be maintained, travelers will pay a heavy and completely unnecessary price in terms of delays, cancelations and lost confidence in the air travel experience,"
"Thanksgiving should be about spending time with family, not worrying about flight disruptions or canceled plans,"
"The damage from this shutdown is growing by the hour with 60% of Americans reconsidering their travel plans."
A coalition of major travel industry groups warned that the ongoing government shutdown could depress demand and cost the U.S. travel economy billions. The coalition includes hotel, cruise, gaming and tourism organizations urging a clean continuing resolution and a government reopening before Thanksgiving. TSA officers and air traffic controllers are working without pay, fueling staffing shortages and flight disruptions. Thanksgiving week 2024 was one of the busiest on record and a similar surge could overwhelm strained systems. The letter estimated $4 billion in travel-economy losses so far. Airlines, airports and TSA are bracing for record crowds amid growing traveler uncertainty.
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