Air travel is matching levels seen before the pandemic ahead of the busiest days of the Easter weekend—the start of spring break for some customers. It could offer a boost to airlines if they can handle the strain.
Passenger volumes so far this week have been tracking around or slightly above the equivalent weekdays in 2019, according to Transportation Security Administration data. Sunday was the third busiest day of the year so far: Close to 2.6 million people passed through U.S. airport checkpoints.
The daily number of people going through checkpoints has now surpassed two million for 30 consecutive days, the first time that has happened since 2019.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday is set to be the busiest travel day of the holiday period, with 51,252 flights expected across the U.S. Friday won’t be far behind, with the FAA forecasting 51,125 flights.
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