Airlines saw a spike in passenger volume for the July 4th holiday weekend, but the numbers are still dismal for the industry (AAL, DAL, LUV, UAL)

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• US airlines saw more than 700,000 passengers per day three times over the July 4 holiday weekend. That's a new record for travel demand since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
• However, the numbers remained far below 2019 levels, as airlines continue to burn cash amid the drop in demand.
• More than 3.3 million people flew over the first five days of July, compared to more than 11.9 million during the same period in 2019.
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More than 3.3 million people traveled by air over the first five days of July, setting a new record for air travel during the coronavirus pandemic.

Additionally, more than 700,000 people flew over three days of the long holiday weekend — July 2, 3, and 5, according to the US Transportation Security Administration — breaking that barrier for the first time since March 18, early into the pandemic quarantines.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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