According to national news sources, 3.5 million people will be flying for the Thanksgiving Holiday. There are some fun yet realistic calculations that can be discerned from this information. First of all, approximately how much money can be made by airline companies this weekend alone. Well, think of each seat at a price of $150 one way. How much gross earnings did the companies make? Distance traveled as well is huge. With an average of at least 1,000 miles per passenger how many miles were traveled over the holiday weekend? To put this in perspective, think about a trip to the moon at 238,000 miles or Mars at 33.9 million miles, the scary part is both of those can be divided into the total miles flown by people over this Thanksgiving holiday season. How many times could you make each trip to the moon and Mars?
Happy Thanksgiving.