Planes to be full for Thanksgiving

U.S. commercial airplanes will be full during the Thanksgiving holiday period even as the number of travelers falls for the first time in seven years, the Air Transport Assn. said.

Planes will average 90% full on Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Nov. 26, the three busiest travel days during the holiday period, the group estimated. The total number of passengers will fall by about 10% from a year earlier, the association said.