A record number of travelers tookatrip through U.S. airports over Thanksgiving weekend, the Transportation Security Administration stated Monday
ByDEE-ANN DURBIN AP organization author
November 27, 2023, 3: 12 PM
FILE – Travelers walk through Miami International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving vacation, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Miami. A record number of travelers tookatrip through U.S. airports over Thanksgiving weekend, the Transportation Security Administration stated Monday, Nov.27 (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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A record number of travelers tookatrip through U.S. airports over Thanksgiving weekend, the Transportation Security Administration stated Monday.
The TSA stated it evaluated simply over 2.9 million guests on Sunday, surpassing the previous record of 2.88 million set on June30 That was 10% more than the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year.
Travel was fairly smooth inspiteof the crowds. On Sunday, simply 55 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were cancelled, according to FlightAware, a tracking service. Nearly 8,000 flights were postponed, consistingof numerous hundred that were affected by snow in Denver and Chicago.
Airlines were excited to prevent the disasters that ruined travel last December, when extreme winterseason storms knocked out thousands of flights and left millions of guests stranded.
Southwest, which canceled almost 17,000 flights last year, stated i