Airlines

U.S. Airport Traffic Drops in January Amid Covid Surge and Slow Vaccine Rollouts

Ruthy Munoz
January 22nd, 2021 at 1:45 PM EST

Almost 16 million passengers passed through the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoints the first 21 days of the new year, 3 million shy of the total screened over the Christmas and New Year holiday rush and 63% fewer than the same time period year over year as the pandemic continues to ravage air travel demand.

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