NEW YORK — This Thanksgiving, 42.5 million people in the United States are expected to hit the road to visit family and friends — the highest number of holiday travelers since the start of the recession. Travel tracker AAA says ...

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WASHINGTON — Passengers may have to compete with slightly fewer people getting to the airport this Thanksgiving, but flights will be as full as ever, airline industry officials said Thursday. The Air Transport Association’s annual Thanksgiving travel forecast predicts 37,000 ...

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Delta Air Lines said 2,000 workers took voluntary buyouts and it will scale back flying more than planned later this year as it cuts costs to make up for higher fuel prices. The high cost of jet fuel was the ...

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LINTHICUM — Maryland officials say Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport hit an all-time record for passenger traffic in 2010. More than 21.9 million commercial passengers flew through the airport last year. That’s an increase of 4.7 percent over 2009 and ...

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