Air travel slumped 61% in 2020, TSA says

More than 1.3 million people passed through TSA checkpoints on Jan. 3

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More than 300 million people flew in 2020.

Although about half of those travelers flew during the first three months of the year before the coronavirus pandemic set in.

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It’s a 61% drop from 2019 but still, it’s a good chunk of people considering months of public health guidance to not travel.

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The new tally comes on the heels of a pandemic air travel record set on Sunday.

On that day alone, more than 1.3 million people passed through TSA checkpoints at airports across the country.


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