A long Fourth of July holiday weekend in the United States is expected to create new travel records. The Transportation Security Administration predicts that its officers will screen more than 3 million travelers at U.S. airports on Sunday. That would break the record of just under 3 million set on June 23.
Travel records are expected to fall as people readied themselves for the holiday by jamming airports, including O’Hare International Airport in Chicago . Travel records are expected to fall as people readied themselves for the holiday by jamming airports, including O’Hare International Airport in Chicago . Travel records are expected to fall as people readied themselves for the holiday by jamming airports, including O’Hare International Airport in Chicago .
Airlines hope the outcome is just as good for millions of other passengers scheduled to take holiday flights over the next few days. Federal officials expect air-travel records to fall as Americans turn the timing of July Fourth on a Thursday into a four-day — or longer — holiday weekend.TSA says it screened a record of nearly 3 million people Sunday, and bigger crowds are on the wayThe Transportation Security Administration predicts that its officers will screen more than 3 million travelers at U.S. airports on Sunday. That would top the June 23 mark of more than 2.99 million.
Peggy Grundstrom, a frequent traveler from Massachusetts who flew to Florida to visit her daughter and granddaughter, said the line for security in Hartford, Connecticut, was unusually long.
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