(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)Across the United States, air travel is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it is showing up in longer airport security lines and busier traffic on airline websites.
"Our last three weeks have been the best three weeks since the pandemic hit, and each week has been better than the one prior,” American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said Monday.
However, the airlines still have far to go before travel fully returns to pre-pandemic levels.
Since the pandemic hit, air travel has picked up a few times — mostly around holidays — only to drop back down.
The airline said people are booking leisure trips to beach and mountain destinations but business travel is still lagging.