U.S. Air Passengers Exceed 1 Million, First Time Since March
- Milestone was reached on Sunday, according to TSA data
- Total was still only about 40% of comparable day last year
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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The virus-ravaged airline industry reached a milestone Sunday, carrying more than 1 million passengers for the first time in seven months.
U.S. airport security checkpoints processed 1,031,505 people, or 39.6% of the equivalent day in 2019, according to a tally by the Transportation Security Administration.