{"id":1024759,"date":"2021-11-17T18:30:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T23:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1024759"},"modified":"2021-11-17T18:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T23:30:21","slug":"tsa-expects-thanksgiving-air-travel-to-rebound-nearing-pre-pandemic-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tsa-expects-thanksgiving-air-travel-to-rebound-nearing-pre-pandemic-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"TSA Expects Thanksgiving Air Travel to Rebound Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftsa-expects-thanksgiving-air-travel-to-rebound-nearing-pre-pandemic-levels%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1024759&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/miami-airport-line-tsa-checkpoint-sept-2021-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The&nbsp;Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects Thanksgiving air travel to rebound, nearing pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects airport security checkpoints nationwide will be busy during the upcoming Thanksgiving travel period, which runs from Friday, Nov. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 28,\u201d the agency said in a Wednesday press release, predicting \u201cabout 20 million passengers during the Thanksgiving holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Administrator David Pekoske said the agency is \u201cprepared\u201d for the influx.&nbsp;In fact, he does not seem <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-health-travel-business-10bd847cf0c7fb8a6561ebdd63bf2f56\">concerned<\/a> by the potential impact the vaccine mandate on TSA agents could have on staffing with the travel surge on the horizon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cIn fact, implementation of the mandate will make travel safer and healthier for everyone,\u201d he said during an appearance on&nbsp;<em>Good Morning America.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cSo, we see quite a significant increase in the number of our officers that are vaccinated, and I\u2019m very confident that there will be no impact for Thanksgiving,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.217391304348\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TSA<\/a> expects to screen about 20 million passengers during the Thanksgiving holiday.  With overall vaccination rates improving nationwide and greater confidence in healthy travel, there will be more people traveling so plan ahead, remain vigilant and practice kindness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David P. Pekoske (@TSA_Pekoske) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSA_Pekoske\/status\/1461025151877853190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a separate statement, Pekoske reiterated that the agency expects \u201cthat travel may be very close to pre-pandemic levels this holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>We have deployed technologies that enhance detection capabilities and reduce physical contact, and it\u2019s equally important that passengers are prepared with travel tips for the most efficient checkpoint experience. With overall vaccination rates improving nationwide and greater confidence in healthy travel, there will be more people traveling so plan ahead, remain vigilant and practice kindness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2019, months prior to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, TSA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2019\/12\/05\/tsa-screened-record-breaking-number-thanksgiving-holiday-travelers\">announced<\/a> it screened a \u201crecord-breaking number\u201d of Thanksgiving travelers. At the time, it recorded December 1, 2019, as the \u201cbusiest day ever in the 18-year history of the agency,\u201d as roughly 2.8 million travelers passed through TSA checkpoints.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>From Friday, November 22, 2019, through Monday, December 2, 2019, TSA screened over 26 million passengers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Last year, TSA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2020\/12\/01\/tsa-holiday-screening-volumes-tick-above-1m-several-days-during\">announced<\/a> it screened over one million&nbsp;passers \u201c<\/span>on four individual days during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period\u201d \u2014 &nbsp;November 20 through November 29. &nbsp;However, the overall number of travelers over the travel period was far less than the prior year \u2014 9.5 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects Thanksgiving air travel to rebound, nearing pre-pandemic levels. \u201cThe Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects airport security checkpoints nationwide will be busy during the upcoming Thanksgiving &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}