2020 holiday travel half of 2019’s

The Transportation Security Administration screened about 11.3 million people at airport checkpoints between Dec. 18 and Dec. 28, the highest volume since the coronavirus crisis hit but still 50% lower than in 2019. Meanwhile, the Airlines Reporting Corp. noted that airline ticket sales for the week ending Dec. 27 were down 63.8% compared with last year, an improvement over the 66.1% of the previous week, possibly triggered by optimism over new coronavirus vaccines.