Thanksgiving Air Travel Down from 2019 But Still Too High, Officials Say

Travelers gather their luggage at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Though the number of people flying for Thanksgiving is down more than half from last year because of the pandemic, 3 million passengers who went through U.S. airport checkpoints last weekend marked the biggest crowds since mid-March, when the coronavirus crisis took hold in the United States. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI