United Airlines is anticipating record passenger volumes during the December festive holiday season, with more than 9.9 million – almost 10 million – people set to fly with the airline between December 19 and January 6.
That staggering amount would be a 12% increase on the same period last festive season.
On average – nearly 520,000 people will fly United every day during the year-end holiday period (based on current bookings) – about 62,000 more people per day than last year.
· Friday, December 20, Friday December 27 and Saturday, December 28 are expected to be the busiest travel days with more than 540,000 people flying United each day.
· United will operate nearly 4,500 flights per day and added nearly 500 flights a day on average to help manage this boost in demand.
· The most popular New Year’s Eve destinations outside of United’s hub cities include: Orlando, Las Vegas, Cancun, Fort Lauderdale and Honolulu.
“Even as the number of travellers grows, our operational performance and customer scores are at their highest level in years,” said David Kinzelman, United’s Chief Customer Officer. “United is ready for the holidays – our teams on the ground and in the air look forward to delivering a great experience and we’ve added even more easy-to-use features to our app to help our customers stay informed and save time.”
