I flight from NJ to FL once and NJ to CA once with delay (almost 24 hrs). Mercury did quite well. My experience is do not let cat spend too much time in the carrier, there are too many ppl and noise around, my cat get panic when there is no way to run. But after put him on may lap, he start to calm down and eventually start to venturing around the airport and drew a lot of attention. Although airline policy usually request you keep your cat in the carrier during the flight, its better have a leash on and hide your cat under a blanket on your lap, be a good actor and pretend there is nothing. The engine sound and vibration will not do any good to calm the kitty under a seat.
Bring some food with you, preferably wet food b/c it will be hard to feed water. Take the food out of can and keep in a zip bag. Or some dry food and a plastic droper to feed water(glass one may be considered as sharps so can not pass the security).
But sounds you have a new cat which may not feel safe even with you. Its better go to the vet and ask for advice, sometimes they will give you some kind of sedatives so the kitty can sleep over the flight, not sure if that is doable with a kitten.
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