Washington (CNN Business) The Transportation Security Administration says it screened 1,128,773 people at airports nationwide on Saturday, the latest sign traveling public is not staying home for the holidays despite warnings from health officials. The new number is close to Wednesday's pandemic record when nearly 1.2 million people flew — and represents the third-busiest day for US air travel since it cratered in March. Air travel has spiked over the past week, when US air travel numbers hit near or more than a million passengers for six straight days. TSA numbers show that, about 9 million people were screened at TSA checkpoints since the holiday rush began December 18. Prior to Wednesday, the previous pandemic record was set the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

Source: CNN December 27, 2020 13:41 UTC