Airport screenings top 2 million a day for first time in pandemic

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U.S. airport screenings topped 2 million people a day for the first time in the pandemic,

A surge in travel demand this spring has buoyed airfares, hotel rates and car rental prices.

Amid a busy getaway travel day for the Memorial Day weekend and the first holiday since coronavirus pandemic restrictions have been relaxed, a crowd of travelers wait in line to check in for their flights at LAX at Delta Airlines, Terminal 2 at LAX Friday, May 28, 2021.The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2 million people at U.S.

The agency screened just over 2 million people on Friday, about 74% of the number that passed through TSA airport checkpoints compared with two years earlier.

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