Multiple ground stops and delays at America’s busiest airports are beginning to upend the chaotic Thanksgiving travel week.
Due to thunderstorms from a coast-to-coast weather system moving across the US, all flights departing from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have been delayed by an average of 30 minutes.
The air traffic control tower was evacuated due to the storm, prompting a ground stop during the busy Thanksgiving rush at America’s busiest travel hub.
As of 11.30am ET, more than 260 flights were delayed there.
Meanwhile, a potential ground stop was forecast at San Francisco International Airport lasting until midnight, but no official announcement or delays are in place at the moment.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also announced plans for ground stops at New York’s John F Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports, and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport Tuesday afternoon.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, and Chicago O’Hare may see ground stops starting between 1pm and 5pm ET on Tuesday, according to the agency.
Approximately 82 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles for Thanksgiving, with Tuesday among the busiest days for Americans visiting family and friends this week.
RFK Jr’s air travel attire called out by Transport Secretary as Americans told to ‘dress with respect’
An image of Robert F. Kennedy Jr walking down the aisle of a plane barefoot while returning from the toilet has resurfaced amid Sean Duffy’s call for air travelers to dress ‘with respect’
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been called out for urging Americans to dress “with respect” during air travel an image of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s controversial travel attire resurfaces.
Ahead of the busy Thanksgiving travel period, Duffy said that Americans can make holiday air travel a little better by avoiding “slippers and pajamas” at the airport and not taking their shoes off on planes – something RFK Jr is quite fond of.
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The transportation secretary is begging us to behave ourselves on planes. Having flown to six continents as a travel editor, I say: it’s about time
On my last trip back from Mexico City in 2020, a passenger pulled what is now known in some circles as “a Kennedy”.
Sitting in the first row of first class on a US airline was an American man, dressed in a button down, slacks and loafers, who took his seat by the window and immediately proceeded to remove his shoes. Then he reclined, shoving his spectacularly dirty toes onto the wall in front of him.
An air hostess kindly asked him to put his seat up until we were in the air. He sat up … before reclining again several minutes later when she looked away.
Then, while we were taxiing to take off, he got up and stumbled barefoot into the bathroom — just as Robert F Kennedy Jr controversially did during his presidential campaign.