Thanksgiving travel at Cleveland airport

CLEVELAND — One of the busiest travel days of the year is the day before Thanksgiving. TSA said earlier this week that between Nov. 17 and Nov. 29, they expect to scan over 30 million passengers in airports across the country.

Destination Cleveland, a nonprofit convention and tourism organization in Cleveland, were greeting people arriving at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on Wednesday.

Jen Brasdovich, the public relations manager for Destination Cleveland, expressed that she hopes it made the crazy travel day a little easier.

“Whether you are a Cleveland native who is returning home for Thanksgiving or you’re somebody who hasn’t been here before, we just want to make sure that people have a warm welcome when they land here in Cleveland,” she said.

Brasdovich was at the airport for three hours and said it was busy, but that it came in spurts.

“People are just really excited I think for the holiday season,” she said.

She also explained that the people arriving in Cleveland were there for mixed reasons.

“There’s some people who are from Cleveland who are coming home for the holiday and then we have some people who haven’t been to Cleveland before ever,” she said.

Bill Purpura, a spokesperson for AAA, said that they have over 55 million people traveling for Thanksgiving whether it’s by plane, car or another form of transportation.