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Orbitz Reveals Busiest Airports and Most Popular Destinations for 2007 Holiday Travel Season

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For better or worse, Turkey Day and travel go hand-in-hand to make up the busiest travel time of the year.

With more than 25 million passengers (1) expected to travel during the 2007 Thanksgiving season, holiday travel on the heels of a hectic summer will require patience and preparedness.


Orbitz (http://www.orbitz.com/), with a heritage of keeping travelers "A Step Ahead(TM)," is helping by providing insight into the busiest airports for Thanksgiving, as well as the most popular travel destinations for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, in this month's Orbitz Insider Index.


Orbitz Top 10 Busiest Airports for Thanksgiving 2007 (Domestic & International)


Based on air ticket sales on Orbitz.com with departures between 11/21/07 and 11/25/07. Based on net bookings as of 11/02/07.


2007 Domestic - Thanksgiving Busiest Airports 2006
Rank Rank
1 Chicago, IL - Chicago O'Hare (ORD) 1
2 Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 2
3 Denver, CO - Denver International Airport (DEN) 5
4 New York, NY - La Guardia Airport (LGA) 6
5 Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International 8
Airport (ATL)
6 Boston, MA - Logan International Airport (BOS) 4
7 San Francisco, CA - San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 9
8 Newark, NJ - New York Newark International Airport (EWR) 3
9 Dallas, TX - Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) 11
10 Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas McCarran International (LAS) 15


2007 International - Thanksgiving Busiest Airports 2006
Rank Rank
1 Cancun, Mexico - Cancun International Airport (CUN) 1
2 San Juan, Puerto Rico - Luis Munoz Marin International 2
Airport (SJU)
3 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - Puerto Vallarta International 7
Airport (PVR)
4 San Jose Cabo, Mexico - Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) 9
5 London, Great Britain (UK) - London Heathrow Airport (LHR) 3
6 Mexico City, Mexico - Juarez International Airport (MEX) 5
7 Toronto, Canada - Pearson International Airport (YYZ) 4
8 Paris, France - Charles De Gaulle International Airport (CDG) 8
9 Nassau, Bahamas - Nassau International Airport (NAS) 11
10 Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona International Airport (BCN) 17





Orbitz Top 10 Destinations for Thanksgiving 2007 (Domestic & International)


Based on air ticket sales (air only and vacation packages with air) on Orbitz.com with departures between 11/21/07 and 11/25/07. Based on net bookings as of 11/02/07.


2007 Domestic 2006 2007 International 2006
Ranking Ranking Ranking Ranking
1 Chicago, IL 1 1 Cancun, Mexico 1
2 New York, NY 2 2 San Juan 5
3 Los Angeles, CA 4 3 London 3
4 Washington, DC 10 4 Puerto Vallarta, 2
Mexico
5 Denver, CO 7 5 San Jose Cabo 4
6 Atlanta, GA 5 6 Mexico City 6
7 Boston, MA 11 7 Toronto 8
8 San Francisco, CA 12 8 Paris 7
9 Newark, NJ 8 9 Nassau 9
10 Dallas, TX 13 10 St Thomas Island 14





Orbitz' Busiest Travel Days for Thanksgiving 2007 Based on air ticket sales (air only and packages with air) on Orbitz.com with departures between 11/21/07 and 11/25/07. Based on net bookings as of 11/02/07.


Busiest Days
11/21/2007 - Busiest for domestic travel
11/25/2007 - Busiest for international travel

Least Busy Days
11/25/2007 - Least busy for domestic travel
11/23/2007 - Least busy for international travel

Orbitz Top 10 Destinations for Christmas 2007 (Domestic & International)


Based on air ticket sales (air only and vacation packages with air) on Orbitz.com with outbound departures between 12/21/07 and 01/02/08. Based on net bookings as of 11/02/07.


2007 Domestic International
Ranking
1 Chicago, IL San Juan, Puerto Rico
2 New York, NY Cancun, Mexico
3 Los Angeles, CA Mexico City, Mexico
4 Denver, CO London, Great Britain (UK)
5 Washington, DC Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
6 San Francisco, CA San Jose Cabo, Mexico
7 Atlanta, GA Paris, France
8 Newark, NJ San Jose, Costa Rica
9 Orlando, FL Frankfurt, Germany
10 Boston, MA Guadalajara, Mexico





Orbitz Top 10 Destinations for New Year 2007/2008 (Domestic & International)


Based on air ticket sales (air only and packages with air) on Orbitz.com with outbound departures between 12/28/07 and 01/02/08. Based on net bookings as of 11/02/07.


2007 Domestic International
Ranking
1 Chicago, IL Cancun, Mexico
2 New York, NY San Juan, Puerto Rico
3 Denver, CO San Jose Cabo, Mexico
4 Los Angeles, CA Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
5 Las Vegas, NV San Jose, Costa Rica
6 Orlando, FL London, Great Britain (UK)
7 San Francisco, CA Mexico City, Mexico
8 Washington, DC Montego Bay, Jamaica
9 Miami, FL Nassau, Bahamas
10 Newark, NJ St Thomas Island, Virgin Islands (US)

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