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4th of July: Atlanta and Chicago best airports, Los Angeles and San Francisco avoid

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AAA reports that more than 46.9 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more for July 4 celebrations, and when looking at the week of July 4th in 2017, including the weekends before and after the holiday.

More than 47,000 flights were disrupted, and that the Fridays before and after July 4th were the busiest travel days within this period.

See what happened last year at the 4th of July weekend n the U.S.

  • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) had the highest number of on-time flights
  • Travelers are eligible to claim more than $195 million in compensation from disruptions experienced during this period under European law EC 261
  • The 10 most disrupted flight routes were:
    1. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
    2. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK)
    3. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
    4. John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
    5. Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
    6. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Portland International Airport (PDX)
    7. LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Canada’s Pearson International Airport (YYZ)
    8. Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
    9. Orlando International Airport (MCO) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
    10. LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD)

Source: AirHelp

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Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1979), beginning as a travel agent up through today as a publisher of eTurboNews (eTN), one of the world’s most influential and most-read travel and tourism publications. He is also Chairman of ICTP. His experiences include working and collaborating with various national tourism offices and non-governmental organizations, as well as private and non-profit organizations, and in planning, implementing, and quality control of a range of travel and tourism-related activities and programs, including tourism policies and legislation. His major strengths include a vast knowledge of travel and tourism from the point of view of a successful private enterprise owner, superb networking skills, strong leadership, excellent communication skills, strong team player, attention to detail, dutiful respect for compliance in all regulated environments, and advisory skills in both political and non-political arenas with respect to tourism programs, policies, and legislation. He has a thorough knowledge of current industry practices and trends and is a computer and Internet junkie.