US screens record 2.99 million air travellers in a single day
Al Jazeera
US Transportation Security Administration says it expects to screen 32 million people over July 4 holiday period.
The United States has set a new record for the number of air travellers screened at airports in a single day.
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 2.99 million airline passengers on Sunday, breaking the previous record set in May, the agency said on Monday.
The TSA said it expects traffic to surpass the 3 million mark on Friday, when many Americans start travelling in advance of Independence Day on July 4.
The TSA said it expects to screen more than 32 million people from Thursday through Monday, an increase of more than 5 percent compared with the same period last year.
“We expect this summer to be our busiest ever and summer travel usually peaks over the Independence Day holiday,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in a statement.
