The TSA said it expects to see a high number of passengers during the Peak Spring Break trip that continues until the end of this week.
American drivers and vacationers are raiding roads and airports at higher than expected numbers during the ongoing spring break.
In a statement provided to the Epoch Times, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said there is a high volume of passenger volume expected during the peak spring break trip that runs until the end of this week. Nationally, spring break air travel is expected to increase by more than 5% from last year.
On a busy day so far this month, TSA has screened between 2.5 million and 2.7 million per day nationwide.
“Spring break is one of the busiest travel times of the year,” said Adam Stahl, TSA director of acting. “While we focus on spring break, TSA is closely tracking and preparing for the summer travel season.”
According to American Airlines (A4A), the industry-trade organisation leading the US airlines, the country’s top airlines expects to carry 173 million passengers from March 1st to April 30th.
“To meet this demand, US airlines will use more flights and more seats each starting last year.
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This week, gasoline prices across the country are $3.12 per gallon as refineries switch to more expensive summer petrol blends. According to AAA data, its price rose by $0.05 a week ago, but is $0.40 lower than a year ago.
“The increase has nothing to do with politics or tariffs that remain suspended for now, but instead is a seasonal outcome and happens almost every year,” Patrick de Haan, head of oil analysis at Gasbuddy, told the Epoch Times.
The country’s most expensive gasoline market is California ($4.66). This is generally higher as there are relatively few refineries producing unique recycled gasoline blends in California. California’s gasoline tax is higher than taxes in most other states.
Other states with the highest pump prices include Hawaii ($4.54), Washington ($4.08), Nevada ($3.74), Oregon ($3.71), Alaska ($3.40), Arizona ($3.35), Illinois ($3.25), Pennsylvania ($3.23), and Idho ($3.19).
All of the cheapest gasoline markets in the country are located in the southeast, southwest, or the midwest of the US. In Mississippi, drivers fill tanks at an average of $2.64 per gallon, followed by Texas ($2.66), Kentucky ($2.68), Oklahoma ($2.71), Louisiana ($2.72), Tennessee ($2.73), Arkansas ($2.78), Alabama ($2.75), Alabama ($2.75), Tennessee ($2.73) and Tennessee ($2.73). ($2.78).
The top ten most expensive states in the country for public claims per kilowatt hour are Hawaii ($0.56), West Virginia ($0.47), Montana ($0.45), Idaho ($0.43), South Carolina ($0.42), Tennessee ($0.42), Arkansas ($0.42), New Hampshire ($0.42), Kent, 0.42). Alaska ($0.41).
The top ten states of public claims per kilowatt hour are Kansas ($0.22), Missouri ($0.25), Nebraska ($0.26), Delaware ($0.29), Iowa ($0.29), Michigan ($0.29), North Dakota ($0.30), UTAH ($0.30), and Texas ($0.30).
With spring break trips over later this month, TSA, IATA and the broader travel industry will begin to rise towards the summer travel season in the US, which usually starts on anniversary and goes through Labor Day weekends.
Aixa Diaz, a spokesman for the AAA, told The Epoch Times that the travel industry group has not monitored travel trends for spring break, but will release more annual travel forecasts than Memorial Day holidays.
A year ago, the AAA estimated that 43.8 million vacationers travelled more than 50 miles from their homes during their Memorial Day holiday trip. This was a 4% increase from the previous year, roughly coinciding with pre-pandemic records for 44 million anniversary tourists in 2005.
