Holiday plans on freeze

• Published in: McClatchy - Tribune Business News p. 1
• Main Author: Karen Branch-Brioso and John W.
• Format: Newsletter
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 22.12.2006
• Subjects: Air travel; Airline security; Airlines; Airports; Snow; Travel

Tampa International Airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan said today's late-day opening of the Denver airport could mean more cancellations of United and Frontier airlines' nonstop flights from Tampa. But she doesn't expect a big impact on most travelers, beyond the traditional bustle of the days-before-Christmas rush. "We had 608 flights [Thursday] and only 10 have been impacted," said Geoghagan, who said it was impossible to know how airlines that have connecting flights through Denver would be affected. "We're very busy with 30,000 departing passengers and 30,000 arriving passengers [each day] -- and that doesn't count meeters and greeters." Linda Willmott was propping her feet on a luggage cart overflowing with bags Thursday afternoon at the Tampa airport, the third airport she had seen that day. She and her new husband, Peter Willmott, wed in Capetown, South Africa, then spent 13 hours flying to Washington and Tampa. They had one more flight ahead of them: to their home in the British Virgin Islands.