US expects to screen 20m air travelers during Thanksgiving period

The US TSA said Wednesday it expects to screen about 20m air passengers during the busy Thanksgiving travel period. The TSA said airport security checkpoints nationwide will be busy in the period that starts Friday and runs through Nov. 28, and that passenger volumes "may be very close to pre-pandemic levels this holiday" Delta said it expects to fly up to 5.6m passengers from Friday through Nov. 30, nearly 300% over 2020's 2.2m Delta passengers for the period but still below the 6.3m passengers during the same period in 2019. United Airlines said it anticipates more than 4.5m passengers during the Thanksgiving travel period - about 88% of 2019 volume. United said it was adding about 700 domestic flights for Thanksgiving week, and would fly 87% of its 2019 domestic schedule in November.<br/>