TSA reports highest travel numbers since pandemic hit
The TSA on Saturday reported the most passengers screened during the Covid-19 pandemic, with travel surging for Memorial Day weekend amid rising vaccination rates and a decrease in infections.
The transportation agency reported just over 1.9 million air travelers Friday, the most reported since March 2020 when the pandemic began to take hold in the U.S, and another 1.85 million travelers Thursday. TSA routinely saw more than 2 million passengers daily in 2019.
Air travel has slowly climbed in recent months, with more than 62 percent of American adults having gotten at least one vaccine dose and more than half of adults fully vaccinated as of Friday. Memorial Day weekend has been widely expected to mark a return to something more closely resembling normalcy for many, with Covid-19 cases falling significantly across the country in recent weeks.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday on Good Morning America that the TSA is “ready” but that travelers should expect lines.
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