Nationwide, TSA counted 1.9 million daily airport check-ins last weekend, a high since March 2020 when the whole world pretty much shut down. But no one needs to travel more than New Yorkers do, and they’re doing it — by car, bike, boat, rail and air.
“Look at this,” said Balbir, a Lyft LYFT, +1.92% driver, as he navigated his Toyota Corolla TM, +1.53% around double-parked cars, suitcase-hauling pedestrians and the flashing lights of a Port Authority police cruiser on the departure level of Terminal 4 at Kennedy Airport.
“We’d be happy going to Cleveland,” said Don Garcia, who was flying with his wife, Melissa, to Orlando for a wedding. “Even Akron. Or Dayton.”That’s condescending New York humor, designed to make all other places sound boring. It’s another sign that New Yorkers are getting their post-COVID swagger back.
Airline analysts point out that U.S. domestic travel is bouncing back more quickly than international, and that makes sense. Much of Europe, all of India and many other parts of the world are still battling a raging pandemic, and no nation has vaccinated more people than the U.S. has, though Israel and a few other smaller nations can boast they are ahead on a per-capita basis.
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