Air travel is slowly rebounding in the US
Delta Airlines is increasing flights to many regions of the world from its hubs. (Miguel Angel Sanz/Unsplash/)This story originally featured on Flying Magazine.While it’s certainly not time to claim victory of any sort for airline travel over the COVID-19 virus, metrics released last week does at least offer a bit of encouraging news to people who depend on air carriers. Transportation Safety Administration data is a good place to begin since that agency keeps a close eye on the number of passengers who pass through its security screening checkpoints at airports that offer airline service.A month ago the numbers were grim—and surely set an industry low-point record—when just 87,534 passengers passed through security checkpoints in the US in a single day. A year earlier, pre-COVID-19, TSA recorded 2,208,688 passengers—indicating the numbers last month showed a 96-percent decline in passenger traffic. Just a few days ago on May 18, 2020, the...