With fuel coming second only to wages as an airline’s greatest outgoing, a period of critical planning awaits them with rising prices coinciding with the traditionally busy summer season.
The industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines expects a record 246.1 million passengers — an average of 2.68 million per day — to travel on U.S. airlines.
Thunderstorms associated with winds gusting up to 49 knots were battering the city at that time causing houses being unroofed and about 20 people on the ground being injured.