The TSA said Friday’s travel broke a record set in November of nearly 2.91 million air passengers screened.

The TSA said Friday’s travel broke a record set in November of nearly 2.91 million air passengers screened.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 2.95 million airline passengers on Friday, the highest number ever on a single day.

The record travel coincides with the Memorial Day weekend that marks the beginning of the U.S. summer travel season. Last week, a group representing major U.S. airlines forecast record summer travel with airlines expected to transport 271 million passengers, up 6.3% from last year.

The TSA said Friday’s travel broke a record set in November of nearly 2.91 million air passengers screened. Five of the 10 busiest ever travel days have been since May 16, the agency said.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    5 months ago

    As far as I understand, there’s no practical reason for the TSA to exist.

    Abolishing the TSA isn’t a “throwing away our umbrella in a rainstorm because you aren’t getting wet”, right?