Whether by plane, train or automobile, Americans are traveling this Thanksgiving holiday in record numbers.

O’Hare International Airport is predicting its busiest Thanksgiving week ever, despite the FAA recently lifting flight restrictions across the country during the country’s longest government shutdown.

More than 1.63 million travelers may pass through O’Hare during the seven-day Thanksgiving period, until Dec. 1, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. That’s a 9.5% jump from 2024 and likely the busiest Thanksgiving travel week in the airport’s 70-year history

And air travel is up across the country. The Federal Aviation Administration is expecting this to be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period in 15 years with more than 360,000 flights. Tuesday is expected to be the pe

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