Category: TSA

Christmas Holiday Air Travel Down More Than Half From Last Year: TSA

Air travel in the United States on Christmas Eve dropped by more than half from last year, according to figures from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The TSA said that 846,520 people passed through American airport security checkpoints on Dec. 24 this year, compared to 2,009,112 on the same day last year. The nation’s leading…


Before Christmas, TSA Recorded Highest Number of Travelers Since March

Nearly 1.2 million travelers were recorded yesterday at airports, the highest since the pandemic broke out, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). “@TSA screened 1,191,123 individuals at airport checkpoints nationwide yesterday, Wednesday, Dec. 23. It’s the highest checkpoint volume since March 16, when 1,257,823 people were screened.” TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said in a…