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    Commentary: Record-breaking holiday travel lightens our spirits but darkens the climate picture

    by Karin Klein, Los Angeles Times Dec 30, 2023 3 minutes
    Cameron MacConomy holds his dog Cooper as he checks in for a flight to Boston last week at LAX.

    The jetliner was packed so tight that I couldn’t even work on my laptop. The tray table was too low and the seat in front too far back. The screen on the seat in front was too close for my eyes to focus on a movie. I’ve opened cans of sardines that seemed to have more room.

    My partner, Rick, and I were among the 7.5 million estimated U.S. air travelers this holiday season, a record number started tracking numbers in 2000. We headed from LAX to New York City to visit family, longtime friends, museums and trees glistening with Christmas lights. And given the complete dearth of empty seats on our flight, the AAA estimates seem to be right.

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