United Airlines operations at Dulles International and Houston airports Thanksgiving passenger record

Television stations in Washington, D.C., and Houston recently highlighted United Airlines’ operations at two major airports. Viewers got an inside look at the fast-paced environment where ramp agents and crew members work diligently to ensure passengers reach their destinations efficiently. The reports emphasized the challenging task of “turning around” an incoming aircraft in under an hour, a critical aspect of maintaining flight schedules, especially during the busy Thanksgiving period. Henry Bird, United Airlines’ managing director at Dulles International Airport, noted that to accommodate the record number of passengers expected this Thanksgiving, the airline is flying larger aircraft than before, increasing capacity by upgrading from fifty-seaters to seventy-seaters and from seventy-seaters to narrow-body aircraft