If you plan to fly over the Labor Day holiday, get ready to labor through huge airport crowds. The increase breaks down to 2.23 million air travelers a day, an increase of 82,000 fliers a day, the trade group said. That decline comes after fares dropped nearly 4% from 2015 to 2016, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is expected to be the busiest airport for the Labor Day weekend, with 1.1 million airline seats on 7,900 flights, followed by Los Angeles International Airport with 930,000 seats on 5,900 flights, according to the trade group. hugo.martin@latimes.comTo read more about the travel and tourism industries, follow @hugomartin on Twitter.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 17, 2016 23:30 UTC