Airport crowds expected as Thanksgiving travel rebounds
By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #Travel Last year, almost as many Americans traveled by car during Thanksgiving as before the pandemic. This year, they also are taking to the skies. Next week’s holiday rush will be a major test for airlines, which have struggled with staffing shortages and occasional operational meltdowns in recent months as traffic rebounded after plunging last year. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport expects 2.22 million passengers for the Thanksgiving travel period between this Saturday and the Monday after the holiday. That’s still below the 2.6 million people who passed through the terminals in Thanksgiving…