you are looking live at the Atlanta airport and the downtown connector side by side here expect both to be busy next weekend as holiday Travelers hit the road and the sky more than 40 million Americans are expected to drive to their destination and AAA says if you're headed out get ready Fox 5's Tyler fingert is live for us in Midtown and uh Tyler how busy does AAA expect Memorial Day to get well Christine good afternoon to you AAA says that the Memorial Day travel period could be one of the bus
iest in years it says that this is just a sign of what's to come this summer from the road to the sky with less than two weeks to go until the unofficial kickoff to Summer the weather won't be the only hot thing this year AAA says if you're traveling you won't be alone so this is just one ad for our bucket list Nicole Coleman and her husband are set to head to Italy for their honeymoon like many they like to travel and plan to do a lot of it this summer it's where we are able to find our peace a
nd I guess kind of rejuvenate from the stressful lives that we live every day AAA expects this Memorial Day weekend to set the tone for the summer to be one of the busiest since they started keeping track it estimates 42.3 million Americans will head out nearly 3.4 million of those will fly which will be the strongest Memorial Day Air Travel numbers in nearly two decades bookings are up over 200 percent as compared to 2022. the roads will also be packed more than 37 million Americans will drive
to their destination in Georgia the association estimates nearly 1.2 million Georgians will drive at about 115 000 will fly economy is to a point where people are starting to feel comfortable in traveling again AAA says gas prices are down about 75 cents compared to last year one thing that's not lower ticket prices AAA says plane tickets are up 40 percent to top destinations but that's not deterring Travelers we are definitely on a look at costs but for the most part we pretty much do what we w
ant to do when we want to do it AAA expects a Thursday and Friday before the holiday to be the busiest day on the roads if you are planning to drive the association recommends that you get your car checked out now to be prepared we're live in Midtown this afternoon Tyler fingert Fox 5 news good advice there all right thanks so much Tyler
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