OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Bev Hendrick is worried about the weather. She is traveling from Omaha to Arizona to visit family and was afraid her flight would not take off as scheduled.
“They’re predicting some snow from what they’ve told me,” Hendrick said.
She was right to be nervous. Several flights at Eppley were delayed or canceled Wednesday because of a major storm moving through the Midwest.
It couldn’t have come at a worse time.
Stephen McCoy is the chief information and development officer for Eppley. He said they expect nearly three hundred thousand passengers to fly in and out of the airport between December 16 and January 5.
“There will be higher volumes, there will be lines both at airline check-in counters and at TSA,” McCoy said.
That’s more than they saw in 2019.
“Many travelers are infrequent travelers who haven’t flown in a while,” Hendrick said.
Hendrick says it’s been a while since she traveled because of the pandemic. Now that she’s able, she’s glad she gave it a chance.
“I’m glad we can travel again, I love to travel,” Hendrick said.
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