The spread of the coronavirus and the accompanying guidance against unnecessary travel has led to a dramatic drop in airline travel. The chart below helps demonstrate just how dramatic that drop was.
The TSA tracks daily visits through its security checkpoints. On April 2, 2019, there were over 2.4 million such visits, but on the same day this year, the number had fallen to just 124,021 — a drop in 95%.
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