US-based legacy carrier United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) is gearing up for a Thanksgiving rush that will lead it to offer what it has referred to as the third-largest single-day schedule in the airline's history on Sunday, November 30, 2025. Network chief Patrick Quayle has indicated that United Airlines will be operating more than 5,000 flights on this unique holiday travel day, offering more than 650,000 seats. It will depend on more than 100,000 employees who are working on Sunday to pull this off.

This capacity push lands amid record industry forecasts for the November 21 to December 1 travel period and a national aviation system trying to show that it has regained its footing despite extensive shutdown-era disruptions. With capacity strains at air traffic control towers continuing to

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