Holiday travel surge at airports

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Airlines are reporting zero cancellations over the weekend, with millions of Americans boarding flights home.
1:16 | 05/30/23

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NEXT HERE, THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TRAVEL SURGE REACHING WEEKEND TRAVEL SURGE REACHING PREPANDEMIC HIGHS. PREPANDEMIC HIGHS. SOME 37 MILLION PEOPLE WERE SOME 37 MILLION PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED TO DRIVE. EXPECTED TO DRIVE. THE TSA SCREENING OVER 7 MILLION THE TSA SCREENING OVER 7 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS PEOPLE IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE WEEKEND. OF THE WEEKEND. 2.6 MILLION MORE EXPECTED TODAY. 2.6 MILLION MORE EXPECTED TODAY. MAJOR AIRLINES FACING A CRUCIAL MAJOR AIRLINES FACING A CRUCIAL STRESS TEST. STRESS TEST. ELWIN LOPEZ ON HOW THEY DID ELWIN LOPEZ ON HOW THEY DID TONIGHT. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT MILLIONS TAKING TO >> TONIGHT MILLIONS TAKING TO THE SKIES. THE SKIES. HITTING THE ROADS AS THE HOLIDAY HITTING THE ROADS AS THE HOLIDAY SCRAMBLE COMES TO AN END. SCRAMBLE COMES TO AN END. OVER THE WEEKEND, SWARMS OF OVER THE WEEKEND, SWARMS OF PASSENGERS PACKING AIRPORTS FROM PASSENGERS PACKING AIRPORTS FROM COAST TO COAST. COAST TO COAST. >> THE AIRPORTS HANDLED IT WELL. >> THE AIRPORTS HANDLED IT WELL. NO ISSUES IN ATLANTA. NO ISSUES IN ATLANTA. >> TSA SEEING LONG LINES ALL >> TSA SEEING LONG LINES ALL WEEKEND AND BEATING PREPANDEMIC WEEKEND AND BEATING PREPANDEMIC RECORDS ON FRIDAY WITH MORE THAN RECORDS ON FRIDAY WITH MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION PASSENGERS SCREENED 2.7 MILLION PASSENGERS SCREENED NATIONWIDE AND WITH HARDLY ANY NATIONWIDE AND WITH HARDLY ANY DISRUPTIONS. DISRUPTIONS. MAJOR AIRLINES APPEARING TO PASS MAJOR AIRLINES APPEARING TO PASS A CRUCIAL TEST AHEAD OF WHAT IS A CRUCIAL TEST AHEAD OF WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE AN EVEN BUSIER EXPECTED TO BE AN EVEN BUSIER SUMMER. SUMMER. >> WE WERE EXTRAORDINARILY LUCKY >> WE WERE EXTRAORDINARILY LUCKY WITH THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. WITH THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. THE AIRLINES HAVE REALLY STAFFED THE AIRLINES HAVE REALLY STAFFED UP COMPARED TO LAST SUMMER AND UP COMPARED TO LAST SUMMER AND THE CHRISTMAS PERIODS. THE CHRISTMAS PERIODS. >> AND WHILE THINGS ARE RUNNING >> AND WHILE THINGS ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY RIGHT NOW, EXPERTS SAY SMOOTHLY RIGHT NOW, EXPERTS SAY THIS SUMMER COULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS SUMMER COULD BE IMPACTED BY THAT SHORTAGE OF AIR TRAFFIC THAT SHORTAGE OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. CONTROLLERS. WHIT? WHIT? >> SOMETHING TO WATCH

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