Maritime travellers brace for storm [Video]

Holiday travel is starting to ramp up at the Maritimes’ largest airport.

“December is typically a very busy month for travel and typically this weekend ahead is one of our peak busy weekends,” says Jessica Pettigrew, communications advisor for the Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

An approaching nor’easter could cancel many of those flights this weekend.

Those travelling Thursday considered themselves lucky.

“Today was our original plan. Thankfully it wasn’t during the snow,” Samantha Thompson says.

“Looks like we picked it perfectly, coming in before the bad weather,” says Christopher Flinn.

It’s not just a busy time in the skies in Canada. If you’re flying south of the border, you won’t be alone. Forty million flyers are expected in the U.S. between Thursday and Jan. 2.

“Hanukkah and Christmas are on the same day this year, so we can anticipate some added volume because of that,” says Thomas Carter, New Jersey’s TSA federal security director.

The crowds and the uncertainty around …