US: 2 million people board US flights for the first time since the pandemic started
More than two million travelers passed through US airport security checkpoints on Friday, the first time since March 2020 that such a milestone had been reached, according to the TSA. “The growing number of travelers demonstrates this country’s resilience and the high level of confidence in Covid-19 countermeasures,” Darby LaJoye, a TSA official, said Saturday. “TSA stands ready to provide a safe and secure screening process as part of the overall travel experience.” The agency screened 2,028,961 travelers on Friday, almost four times more than the 519,304 people that passed through security checkpoints a year earlier. Friday’s number is still only about 74% of the total on the same date in 2019. Air travel came close to hitting the two-million mark on the Friday before Memorial Day in May, when more than 1.95m people went through security checkpoints, according to the TSA. Still, significantly more Americans preferred to travel by road for Memorial Day weekend. Before the holiday, AAA said it expected about nine out of 10 travelers would drive to their destinations. Before the start of the pandemic, an average of about 2 million to 2.5 million travelers were screened daily by the TSA.<br/>
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US: 2 million people board US flights for the first time since the pandemic started
More than two million travelers passed through US airport security checkpoints on Friday, the first time since March 2020 that such a milestone had been reached, according to the TSA. “The growing number of travelers demonstrates this country’s resilience and the high level of confidence in Covid-19 countermeasures,” Darby LaJoye, a TSA official, said Saturday. “TSA stands ready to provide a safe and secure screening process as part of the overall travel experience.” The agency screened 2,028,961 travelers on Friday, almost four times more than the 519,304 people that passed through security checkpoints a year earlier. Friday’s number is still only about 74% of the total on the same date in 2019. Air travel came close to hitting the two-million mark on the Friday before Memorial Day in May, when more than 1.95m people went through security checkpoints, according to the TSA. Still, significantly more Americans preferred to travel by road for Memorial Day weekend. Before the holiday, AAA said it expected about nine out of 10 travelers would drive to their destinations. Before the start of the pandemic, an average of about 2 million to 2.5 million travelers were screened daily by the TSA.<br/>
