WASHINGTON, Could 30 (Reuters) – U.S. vacation air passenger journey topped 2019 pre-COVID ranges over the Memorial Day weekend, which generally marks the beginning of the busy U.S. summer season air journey season, figures from the U.S. Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) confirmed on Tuesday.
The TSA stated practically 9.8 million passengers had been screened or handed although safety checks over the four-day weekend, about 300,000 greater than over the identical vacation interval in 2019, the company stated on Tuesday.
The company stated it screened 2.74 million passengers on Friday alone, the best quantity in a single day since November 2019. Friday’s site visitors topped the latest excessive that had been set on Thursday and your entire weekend topped pre-COVID site visitors ranges.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated Thursday was the nation’s highest post-COVID each day site visitors, with 54,684 flights.
The FAA, airways and flight monitoring web sites reported easy journey over the Memorial Day interval and vital enhancements over 2022 efficiency, together with cancellation charges far beneath latest years.
American Airways (AAL.O) stated on Sunday it canceled solely 13 regional flights, or 0.2% of complete scheduled departures, after 4 consecutive days of American not canceling any flights.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Modifying by Kirsten Donovan and David Holmes
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