TSA Expects Travel To Pick Up At BWI Over Thanksgiving Holiday

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LINTHICUM, Md. (WJZ) — BWI whitethorn not person been a packed location Tuesday, but the Transportation Security Administration is expecting things to prime up implicit the play arsenic radical question for the Thanksgiving holiday.

While galore Americans stayed location for the vacation oregon chose to deed the roadworthy to debar flying past year, families are erstwhile again taking to the skies. TSA is predicting elevated question betwixt present and Nov. 28.

Reginald Stephens, TSA’s acting national information manager for BWI, said the Sunday aft Thanksgiving successful 2019 acceptable records. But portion the bureau predicts travelers volition beryllium greeted by agelong lines, they aren’t expecting immoderate records.

“TSA officers nationwide screened astir 2.9 cardinal passengers connected the Sunday aft Thanksgiving [2019],” Stephens said Tuesday. “That’s the astir travelers screened successful a azygous time successful TSA’s 20-year history.”

The imaginable for agelong lines wasn’t capable to deter fliers similar Randy Bordin, who told WJZ he’s traveling for a long-overdue sojourn with his loved ones.

“We’re going down to spot my in-laws to person Thanksgiving unneurotic for the archetypal clip since the pandemic,” Bordin said.

Others, similar Jose Carrillo, are heading retired of the country.

“I’m flying to Atlanta with a connecting formation to Cancun,” Carrillo said.

Some, similar Ilashia Rush, got to the airdrome aboriginal successful anticipation of crowds. Instead, they were pleasantly amazed to find that wasn’t the case.

“I thought it was going to beryllium truly busy, but truthful acold it’s been okay,” she said.

For those of you flying implicit the holidays, it’s a bully thought to cognize what you tin battalion and what you should permission location – earlier you caput retired to the airport.

“People are going to beryllium traveling with food, they’ll adjacent travel to checkpoints with afloat frozen turkeys,” TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said.

But travelers won’t beryllium allowed to bring each crockery connected the plane. According to TSA, coagulated items tin spell done information checkpoints. But liquids, particularly those implicit 3.4 ounces, should beryllium placed successful a checked bag.

“If you tin spill it, dispersed it, spray it, pump it oregon determination it, it should spell successful your checked bag,” Farbstein said.

Travelers are besides reminded to wear masks astatine the airdrome and get good earlier their formation is acceptable to depart.

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TSA has a escaped downloadable app, “My TSA,” which travelers tin usage to hunt for items they’re allowed to bring connected the plane.