TSA, American Airlines report record-breaking stats following 4th of July
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — TSA reported record-breaking checkpoint travel numbers that exceeded the numbers of last year on July 4 and 5.
This is the first time since April 8 that the numbers exceeded their 2023 numbers.
TSA reported the number of people screened at CLT:
July 4 – 26,376
July 3 – 40,510
July 2 – 35,857
American Airlines says they are preparing for Sunday, what the airline is calling their biggest day of this holiday period and the entire summer travel season.
"We plan to serve more customers than ever before with 775,800 customers expected across more than 7,000 scheduled flights at CLT. That's more than 570 additional flights compared to last year. July 7 will be our busiest travel day with nearly 700 departures," American Airlines wrote in a recent release.
American Airlines also reports that the airline led the industry in on-time departures with only two flights canceled due to regional weather not related to Hurricane Beryl.
