Holiday travel cutbacks

ByABC News
October 17, 2008, 4:28 PM

— -- About this graphic:This interactive graphic shows how flight cutbacks by airlines could affect travel choices from the Thursday before Thanksgiving to the Sunday after. It focuses just on flights to seven major hub airports.

Airlines will operate about 2,900 fewer domestic flights daily during that 11-day holiday period compared with the corresponding days around Thanksgiving last year, which was Thursday, Nov. 22. USA TODAY analyzed schedule data as of Oct. 13 for more than 900 domestic routes compared with a year ago. You can use this graphic's interactive features to find the change in flights per day from every domestic airport with non-stop flights to one of the seven hubs.

Those are: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Houston (Bush) and Minneapolis-St. Paul. The information in this graphic is based on schedule data filed by the airlines with OAG­­- Official Airline Guide. Data are preliminary because airlines could still make some adjustments to their November schedules.

USA TODAY has also produced another interactive graphic that details airline service changes at 300 U.S. airports. That graphic is updated regularly. See interactive graphic here.