Ahead of Thanksgiving, US Air Travelers Reach Post-COVID Peak

Number of Travelers in the US During Thanksgiving Holiday
Expected to Increase by Up to 80% Compared to Last Year

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki Ha-young] Ahead of the major U.S. holiday Thanksgiving Day (the 25th), the number of passengers using airports in the United States has increased, reaching the highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to CBS News in the U.S. on the 20th (local time), Lisa Farbstein, spokesperson for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), stated on Twitter that "on the 19th, a total of 2,242,956 passengers were screened at airport security checkpoints across the United States." This is the largest number since the sharp decline in passengers in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With vaccination efforts and other measures, Americans are gradually returning to pre-COVID-19 daily life (With COVID), and as Thanksgiving approaches, the number of Americans traveling home appears to have increased.

The number of passengers using air travel is likely to increase further as Thanksgiving nears. Experts predict that the number of travelers within the U.S. during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday could increase by up to 80% compared to the previous year.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 spread, the number of air travelers in the U.S. throughout 2020 remained around 1 million per day on weekdays. The record for the highest number of passengers was on December 1, 2019, when 2,870,764 people passed through airport security checkpoints in a single day.

Meanwhile, the American Automobile Association (AAA) also predicted that 53.4 million travelers will take long-distance trips by air, road, and rail during the Thanksgiving holiday, approaching pre-pandemic levels.

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