USA-TRAVEL / – REUTERS Agency
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) – The Transportation Security Administration booked 2.658 million passengers on Thursday, the highest number since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a smooth start to a busy travel season. vacation in the United States.
“So far so good,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNBC on Friday. Despite record travel, “the system held up pretty well,” he added, noting that less than 1% of flights were canceled on Thursday.
The number of passengers checked in the day before was the highest for a single day since November 2019.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimated that there would be more than 51,000 flights on Thursday, the highest number during the seven-day Remembrance Day travel period. The FAA estimates that there will be about 4.5% more flights during the period compared to 2022, but somewhat less than in 2019.
Airlines are in many cases operating larger planes today as they have cut flights – especially in New York – to smooth operations.
(Edited in Spanish by Carlos Serrano)
Source: Ambito
