Airlines Spend Millions in Bid to Cut Lines in Record Summer
- ‘We are concerned’ about Memorial Day weekend, American says
- Low fares seen luring 4% more travelers than last summer
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U.S. airlines and airports are spending millions on added workers to avoid a repeat of long security lines, as the coming Memorial Day weekend kicks off what’s expected to be a record year for summer travel.
“We are concerned for this weekend, where we’ll see higher than normal flight loads,” said Ross Feinstein, a spokesman for American Airlines Group Inc. “That will just continue into June and pretty much all the way to September.”