Holiday weekend air travel spikes

Photo by: Southwest Airlines - Facebook
Photo by: Southwest Airlines - Facebook

(Fargo, ND) -- Holiday weekend air travel is spiking to its highest level since Thanksgiving as COVID cases drop.  

Data from the TSA is showing some of the busiest travel days since the holidays and airlines executives are saying spring break bookings are booming. Nearly eight-point-four million people were screened at airports between Friday and Monday, which is double the number from last year.

The caveat, however, are rising costs of fuel and labor. Those factors, as some may have already experienced, are expected to make ticket prices go up.