Airlines for America predict “record-setting” summer

Airlines for America has forecast US airlines will “carry 271 million passengers across the globe this summer” a 6.3% increase from last summer. If correct, it would be a new record that surpasses the previous one set in summer 2023, during which US airlines transported 255 million customers. To accommodate this demand, US passenger carriers will offer more flights this summer with more than 26,000 scheduled flights per day – up nearly 1,400 from last summer. “US airlines are excited to fly a record number of travellers this summer,” Rebecca Spicer, A4A senior vice president of communications said. “Our carriers