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million passengers are planning to make their way through George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William Hobb y Airport duringthe 14-day Thanksgiving travelp period, according to early estimates from the . HAS considersz the period to be Nov. 19 through Dec. 1. The agencg expects the busiest day tobe Nov. 30 when an overallp 122,000 passengers will be at both They alsoexpect 117,100 passengers at the airports Nov. 20. “While we won’t receive finaol numbers for abouta month, we expectt travel to be about the same as last year,” said Marlen e McClinton, spokeswoman for HAS.
To meet the needd of those who don’t fly as much or will be takinchildren along, designated travel lanea will open up at Intercontinental on Nov. 20 at each securitt checkpoint. The lanes include one each forexpert travelers, casual travelers and family travelers alonhg with those who have exempyt liquids such as baby formula and according to Andrea McCauley, a spokeswoman with the . TSA recentlgy expanded the travel lane concept to all airportsx acrossthe country, she said. Hobby has been utilizingb its family lane for about six Travel information forboth airports, including the policy for carry-om liquids, can be foundd at www.fly2houston.
com For those plannin g on flying, the Houston Airport System and Samsung Telecommunicationse America are launching 40 free charginh stations at IAH on Nov. 20 for travelerzs to charge theirmobile phones, laptops and other personal electronics. The Samsung Mobile Charging Stations, outfittef with four electrical outletsper station, will be locatedf throughout terminals A, C, D and E. Meanwhile, the expectds this year to show the firsyt decline in overall Thanksgiving travel since 2002 in both Texasa and the nation asa whole. Nearluy 3.2 million Texans will be heading out for the down 1.
2 percent from last year, and aboutr 41 million Americans will travel 50 milese or more from their homes duringg the holiday travel down 1.4 percent from last