Interesting view of what is happening in the states with total passenger numbers by day in March vs same time last year.
This was yesterday
Date
3/30/2020
Total Traveler Throughput 154,080
3/20/2019
Total Traveler Throughput 2,360,053
Rest of the month can be viewed in the link below.
https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passeng ... Wr0K3PtILc
TSA checkpoint travel numbers for 2020 and 2019
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Re: TSA checkpoint travel numbers for 2020 and 2019
Thanks for posting. I've been tracking this along with the conversation on the US Airline Pilots Forum.
May 16th is 250K passengers per day and 9.4% YoY relative to 2019.
Some thoughts
1. TSA Throughput bottomed out at 3.6% of the YoY passenger numbers in Mid-April.
2. Seeing about a 20-25% week over week increase in passenger numbers.
3. Growth rate is 20-25% but the growth rate of the growth rate (second derivative) is declining.
4. No breakdown of international vs. domestic travel.
I watch a few different pilot vlogs and they all have the consensus that passengers are slowly returning - it was a ghost town in Mid-April but there are now passengers in seats.
I hope the passenger numbers keep increasing (as everyone who cares about the airline industry does) but I'm unsure whether the increase in passengers is just a release valve for trips that were truly critical/essential that were delayed by the pandemic (returning for family obligations, essential business negotiations, etc.)
Still a long way to go but I hope to see 10% by Monday May 18th and 20% by the end of May.
May 16th is 250K passengers per day and 9.4% YoY relative to 2019.
Some thoughts
1. TSA Throughput bottomed out at 3.6% of the YoY passenger numbers in Mid-April.
2. Seeing about a 20-25% week over week increase in passenger numbers.
3. Growth rate is 20-25% but the growth rate of the growth rate (second derivative) is declining.
4. No breakdown of international vs. domestic travel.
I watch a few different pilot vlogs and they all have the consensus that passengers are slowly returning - it was a ghost town in Mid-April but there are now passengers in seats.
I hope the passenger numbers keep increasing (as everyone who cares about the airline industry does) but I'm unsure whether the increase in passengers is just a release valve for trips that were truly critical/essential that were delayed by the pandemic (returning for family obligations, essential business negotiations, etc.)
Still a long way to go but I hope to see 10% by Monday May 18th and 20% by the end of May.
