WASHINGTON — Airports in the United States saw their largest number of passengers in a year on Friday, data showed, following a shuddering halt in travel brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Just over 1.35 million travelers were checked in at American airports on Friday, the most since March 15 last year, according to Transportation Safety Administration figures.
Despite the recovery, volume is still nearly half of what it would normally be this time of year.
The previous high since the onset of the coronavirus crisis was seen on January 3, with nearly 1.33 million passengers.
Air traffic had plunged to a record low 87,534 passengers on April 14.
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