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News Articles: holiday travel

Travelers wait in line at the Southwest Airlines ticketing counter at Nashville International Airport after the airline canceled thousands of flights in Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 27, 2022. The Department of Transportation is investigating the disaster, which led to $220 million in losses for Southwest

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  • Business

Southwest faces investigation over holiday travel disaster as it posts a $220M loss

The Department of Transportation says it is looking into the airline's flight scheduling practices and will hold it accountable for refunds. The 16,700 canceled flights cost Southwest $800 million.

January 26, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
Southwest Airlines says more than 16,700 of its flights were cancelled between Dec. 21-31, which will cost the company as much as $825 million.

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  • Business

Southwest Airlines' holiday chaos could cost the company as much as $825 million

Southwest Airlines says disruptions that led to more than 16,700 cancelled flights over the holidays will have severe financial consequences for the company.

January 06, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Airline staff search through unclaimed luggage at the William P. Hobby Airport on Wednesday in Houston.

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  • National

Unclaimed luggage piles up at airports following Southwest cancellations

After Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights over the week, travelers are scrambling to reunite with their luggage.

December 29, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Travelers walk through the snow into Terminal 1 Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis.

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  • Weather

Wild winter weather brings drastic temperature drops within minutes across the U.S.

Just as travel returns to pre-pandemic levels, an arctic front in the Midwest and and record-breaking cold temperatures along the Gulf Coast and in the Eastern U.S. could bring dangerous conditions.

December 21, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A man clears a driveway after a snow storm passed through northern Minnesota last week. Forecasters say another big storm is expected to hit the region this week.

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  • Weather

A severe arctic storm could threaten holiday travel across the U.S.

Biting wind and heavy snow are expected across 17 states this week, sending temperatures plummeting as low as minus 30 F in some areas. Blizzard conditions could hit the Upper Midwest on Thursday.

December 20, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Olson,
  • David Schaper,
  • and 1 more
Savannah is the most historic city in Georgia established in 1733.

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Georgia Today: Murder charges for Georgia mother, Savannah rewriting racist past, holiday traveling

On the Friday Dec. 16 edition of Georgia Today: Murder charges for the mother of the toddler found in a landfill, one of Savannah’s iconic town squares may be taking a big step to rewrite its racist past, and 5.2 million people will travel through ATL this holiday season.

December 16, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
A crowded security checkpoint at Denver International Airport on Nov. 22, days before Thanksgiving.

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  • National

More than 4,000 flights were delayed as holiday travel spikes in the U.S.

More than 100 U.S. flights were cancelled altogether, according to tracker, FlightAware.

November 27, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward

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  • News

Thanksgiving travel in Georgia expected to be the busiest since pre-pandemic

AAA – The Auto Club Group, the second largest AAA club in North America, says that Thanksgiving travel in Georgia is expected to be one of the busiest travel periods since 2005.

November 21, 2022
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  • Reporter Newspapers/ Atlanta Intown

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GPB morning headlines for November 18, 2022

Tributes to the late House Speaker David Ralston have been pouring in since news of his death Wednesday.

Monkeypox cases are slowing, but Georgia still ranks third in per capita cases nationwide, with most of those happening in Atlanta.

Officials at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport expect 2.9 million passengers will travel to, from or through the airport during the 10 day Thanksgiving travel period that begins Saturday.

Georgia counties are conducting the risk-limiting audit of the secretary of state's race and should be done by the end of the day.

November 18, 2022
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By:
  • GPB News Radio
Passengers at O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago, wait in line to be screened at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint in 2016.

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  • National

Ahead of the holidays, the cost for TSA PreCheck is dropping

The bulk of TSA PreCheck passengers spent less than five minutes at security checkpoints.

November 05, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Time is running out to book a relatively inexpensive flight for the holidays. Airlines say that demand is sky high and as a result, airfares are soaring.

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  • National

Holiday flights will be pricey and packed. Here are 5 things to know before you book

Airlines and travel websites say that bookings for holiday travel are strong despite higher airfares, as pandemic-weary travelers seem willing to pay.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • David Schaper
Airline passengers arrive at Chicago's Midway International Airport on the first day of the July Fourth holiday weekend on Friday.

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  • National

Airlines brace for huge July Fourth weekend crowds

Leisure travel has bounced back this year, and that means particularly big crowds over three-day holiday weekends.

July 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A mashup of images of COVID, a Rivian truck, Raphael Warnock and the city of Buckhead.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: COVID bounces back; Rivian drives big change; Warnock speaks out for voting rights

Friday on Political Rewind: COVID-19 continues to bounce back in the United States, though not necessarily because of the new omicron variant. Meanwhile, Sen. Raphael Warnock pushes for a federal voting rights act on the floor of Congress.

December 17, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more

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  • Health

Welcoming family into your home for Thanksgiving? Here's how to keep COVID out

Intergenerational indoor gatherings, a.k.a, Thanksgiving dinner, still pose a COVID risk to older adults and the immunocompromised. Here's how to keep everyone safe.

November 20, 2021
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
People crowd the beach in Huntington Beach, Calif., over the long Labor Day weekend last year, months before COVID-19 vaccines were available. This year, the CDC is recommending that people who are not fully vaccinated stay home.

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  • Health

If You're Unvaccinated, The CDC Wants You To Stay Home This Labor Day Weekend

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expressed concern about the further spread of the delta variant. Health officials have been concerned about holiday weekends during the pandemic.

September 02, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
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