As expected, the sky was filled with travelers this Labor Day weekend, the Transportation Safety Administration reports.
However, the more than 8.7 million people who took to the skies represented a major milestone: The TSA reports the travel volume finally surpassed the number of travelers screened for a holiday before the pandemic.
It was the first time a holiday weekend passenger screening volume exceeded 2019, the TSA noted.
In a statement, the agency’s acting administrator, David Pekoske, noted, “TSA’s highly trained and dedicated workforce facilitated secure travel for millions of passengers during the busy summer travel season with very little disruptions at the checkpoint.”
He added, “We were also able to continue the deployment of new technologies that facilitate stronger identity verification procedures and enhanced security screening for carry-on bags.”