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Americans are rushing to travel again and breaking pandemic-era records, now flying at levels 70% of pre-pandemic levels.
The US Transportation Security Administration screened more than 1.8 million people at airports on Sunday, the most since March 8, 2020.
The new number is an 8% increase over the same day a week ago and more than six times greater than the depressed figures of a year ago.
United Airlines said demand for travel this summer is high enough that it is adding more flights and seats to its schedule in July. That month, it will fly approximately 80% of its pre-pandemic schedule.
While domestic travel is seeing the largest growth, United is also restarting or expanding routes to several points in Europe, including Athens, Barcelona, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Frankfurt, Lisbon and Madrid.
