A record number of passengers traveled through U.S. airports over Thanksgiving weekend, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday.
The TSA said it screened just over 2.9 million passengers on Sunday, surpassing the previous record of 2.88 million set on June 30.
On Sunday, just 55 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were cancelled, according to FlightAware, a tracking service.
Nearly 8,000 flights were delayed, including several hundred that were impacted by snow in Denver and Chicago.
Southwest, which canceled nearly 17,000 flights last year, said it purchased additional deicing trucks and updated its crew-scheduling technology.
Persons:
Pete Buttigieg, Brett Snyder, Snyder
Organizations:
Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Travel, Chicago . Airlines, Transportation
Locations:
U.S, Denver, Chicago, East Coast