Officials at Metro Airport expect roughly the same number of Thanksgiving travelers this year as last year, despite a national downturn. “It looks comparable to last year,” Marketing Manager Jim Caldwell says. Caldwell expects about 12,000 people will pass through the airport between Tuesday and Sunday. AAA projects air travel nationally will be down 6.7% this year compared with Thanksgiving 2008. Things were moving smoothly at the airport this morning, with no major delays and good weather, Caldwell says. The number of flights at Metro Airport has held at about 50 arrivals and departures per day for most of 2009. Delta plans to add an early morning flight to Atlanta in January, Caldwell says. The flight will leave Baton Rouge a little after 9 a.m., and will meet requests from business travelers.—Timothy Boone
Metro Airport: Thanksgiving travel comparable to last year
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