The decline means more pain for airlines that were capitalizing on an increase in summer travel.
A passenger wears a face mask as she exits one of the terminals at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 9, 2020.cases spike in the southern U.S., according to data released Monday, souring airlines' hopes of a summer rebound that would help generate cash to weather the pandemic.
In the week ended July 19, 4.65 million people passed through checkpoints at U.S. airports, according to the Transportation Security Administration, down more than 4% from a week earlier and the first weekly percentage drop since April. Air travel is up sharply from more than five-decade lows hit in April, but airlines are facing softening demand amid new cases, quarantine orders for arriving travelers in New York and elsewhere andThe peak summer season is always crucial to airline revenue but it is even more important this year with a grim outlook for corporate travel this fall because of the pandemic.
The way the airlines bitch and put their hands out, you'd think there were only 465 people traveling - 4,650,000 is a lot; more than I thought. I thought planes are empty.
Just maybe, they are driving...
Damn!
Finally
Who is flying?
Yeah, leisure travel ain’t leisurely at the present. Note, hotels and B&Bs are on discount.