Category: air travel

US Air Travel Rises to Highest Levels Yet Since Pandemic Hit

Across the United States, air travel is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it is showing up in longer airport security lines and busier traffic on airline websites. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 1.3 million people both Friday and Sunday, setting a new high since the coronavirus outbreak devastated…


US Air Travel Rises to Highest Levels Since Start of Pandemic

Air travel across the United States is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it’s showing up in longer airport security lines and busier traffic on airline websites. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 1.3 million people both March 12 and March 14, setting a new high since the coronavirus outbreak…


US to Require Quarantine for All International Air Travelers

President Joe Biden on Jan. 21 issued an executive order that would require international air travelers to quarantine upon arrival to the United States.


John Wayne Airport Hopes for Smoother Skies Ahead as it Reports Plunging Traffic

Passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport plunged nearly 65 percent last year, but despite the pandemic-induced turbulence, the flight hub managed to retain all its employees. “John Wayne Airport is focusing on our budget and making cuts as necessary as our passenger numbers continue to remain low,” airport spokesperson Tricia Landquist told The Epoch Times…


Santa Ana Airport Offers Rapid COVID-19 Testing for Passengers and Public

Rapid testing for the COVID-19 virus is now available at the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, Hoag officials said Jan. 18. “As cases continue to rise here in Orange County and across the nation, it’s important that our community has access to COVID-19 testing,” Robert T. Braithwaite, Hoag president and chief executive, said in a release. “We are proud to…


Santa Ana Airport Offers Rapid COVID-19 for Passengers and Public

Rapid testing for the COVID-19 virus is now available at the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, Hoag officials said Jan. 18. “As cases continue to rise here in Orange County and across the nation, it’s important that our community has access to COVID-19 testing,” Robert T. Braithwaite, Hoag president and chief executive, said…


Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Lands at Long Beach Airport

LONG BEACH (CNS)—Long Beach Airport opened a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site Jan. 12 available exclusively for people planning to fly to Hawaii and hoping to avoid a state-mandated quarantine for visitors. The testing site is being operated in partnership with Hawaiian Airlines, offering $90 PCR tests with results within 36 hours. The site is open…


TSA Says About 500 Million Fewer People Traveled by Air in the US in 2020

U.S. travel agencies have seen about 61 percent fewer people at security checkpoints last year compared to 2019 statistics.


John Wayne Airport Travel Plunges in December

Holiday travel at Orange County, California’s John Wayne Airport appeared grounded as officials reported a 75 percent drop in the preliminary number of passengers for December. “John Wayne Airport has faced unprecedented challenges in 2020,” airport director Barry Rondinella said in a statement. “Through it all, the airport team has gone above and beyond to…


Over 1,000 Flights in Canada May Have Been Exposed to COVID-19 Since September

New data revealed that at least 1,300 flights that came in and out of Canada since September may have had the CCP virus on board. This includes 200 flights in the past two weeks, five of which arrived from the UK where a new mutation of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) coronavirus has recently been discovered….