The US welcomed 2.45 million plane passengers on Friday, the highest since the beginning of 2020 According to Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Masked and non-masked travelers wait in line at a security checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder / File Photo
(Reuters) – The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 2.45 million air passengers on Friday, the highest daily number since February 2020.
Highest number since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic but still below 2.73 million https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput screened on the same day of 2019. Traffic is unusually high Weather conditions and staffing issues lead to travel disruptions. On Friday, US airlines canceled 711 flights and delayed more than 6,000, according to FlightAware https://flightaware.com/live/cancellation/y yesterday.
Travelers (NYSE:) has faced a tough summer in US travel as airlines expect record demand and as they rebuild staffing levels after thousands of workers left the industry during the pandemic. pandemic period. A TSA spokesperson advised passengers to prepare, saying on Twitter (NYSE:) https://twitter.com/TSA_Nortosystem/status/1540654494131814400?s=20&t=jX82zxluRB-pnEJDEsHf-w Saturday: “Out to the airport early, busy!”
