Domestic airlines have to be thankful for the long holiday weekend.
A record of more than 2.9 million ticket holders passed through security at the national airport Sunday, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.
The figure marked the busiest day of air travel in US history, and came despite a cross-country storm that brought up to 8 inches of snow to the Midwest and rain to the Northeast.
Bad weather caused low visibility at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport – a major hub, and delayed more than 900 flights there Sunday, according to ABC News. However, only three flights were canceled at O’Hare.
In the two days after Thanksgiving, the TSA scanned 4.8 million passengers, agency officials said.
BREAKING NEWS: Yesterday (Nov. 26), TSA screened more than 2.9 million individuals at airports nationwide, representing an agency record – the busiest day for air travel.
As #HolidayTravel season continues, we remind passengers to arrive at the airport early.
— TSA (@TSA) November 27, 2023
Air travelers wait to go through security ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on Nov. 21.JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Flyers braved the TSA at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on November 22, REUTERS
About 5.3 million took flights in the US in the two days before the holiday.
Airlines for America, which represents American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and others, predicts that the TSA will screen 29.9 million passengers between Nov. 17-27, a 9% increase over the same period last year and a 1.7 million increase from pre-pandemic level.
Federal transportation officials said they had hired more air traffic controllers and opened new East Coast routes before the attack, which comes as airlines have also added tens of thousands of workers over the past few years.
With Postal wire
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