TSA Screened Highest Number of Airline Passengers Since 2019

Footage newly released by the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office appears to show two TSA agents at Miami International Airport stealing money from passengers as they pass through an airport security checkpoint.

Travel is rising, as was evident this past Labor Day weekend, 2023. According to the TSA, nearly 1 million more travelers passed through airports than did pre-pandemic in 2019. However, a government shutdown may happen within the next few weeks, which could affect travelers.

Jack Ieronimo was one of the people on a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Rome, Italy, that made headlines after passengers said they were stuck onboard for seven hours without taking off. 

A passenger who was stuck on a sweltering plane before her flight was canceled told the airline staff she was unhappy with how she'd been treated. She had no idea a fellow passenger was filming her, and that it would eventually go viral.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration expects the number of travelers passing through airport checkpoints to beat, if only slightly, the record of 262 million set four years ago.

A P&O cruise ship carrying thousands of passengers struck an oil tanker in Mallorca after a storm hit the Mediterranean island. The vessel escaped its moorings and was blown into the tanker in Palma on Sunday by strong gusts of winds. 

U.S. airlines and airports are preparing for a surge in passengers over the Thanksgiving holiday, with the number of travelers expected to hit the highest level in three years.

In a sign of reviving Hong Kong to China transport links, Saturday’s visitors to the gambling hub of Macau exceeded 55,000, the highest daily arrivals since the pandemic began, the government said on its website.

Private passenger rail operator Brightline carried a record 1.23 million passengers last year, the railroad’s first full year of operations since 2019. The number, which the railroad released in a monthly financial disclosure on Wednesday, represents a nearly 22 percent increase in ridership from three years earlier before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Despite a number of constraints in the aviation industry, American Airlines has achieved a full year of profitability for the first time since 2019. 

U.S. air passengers would be offered refunds for delayed flights and transportation on rival carriers under sweeping consumer protections proposed on Tuesday after a series of disruptions including a holiday meltdown at Southwest Airlines.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday will make a new push for legislation to bar passengers fined or convicted of serious physical violence from commercial flights after a series of recent high-profile incidents.