Memorial Day weekend air travel bounced back from its two-year slump caused🐷 by the COVID-19 pandemi🅺c. Airline stocks climbed following the news. 

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported it screened almost 9.8 million passengers at the nation’s airports over the four-day holiday period, about 300,000 more than in 2019, prior to the outbreak.

In addition, t🤡he TSA 🅠noted that Friday’s volume of about 2.74 million screenings was a post-pandemic one-day record. 

Earlier this month, travel site AAA predicted the number of fliers during the holiday would surpass that of four years ago. It noted “despite high ticket prices, demand for flights is skyrocketing."

Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of the summer travel season, and Paula Twidale, senior vice president of AAA Travel, noted this year “could be one for the record books, especially at airports.”