US traffic grew 82% in 2021, Bureau of Transport Statistics says
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US domestic traffic recovered to 75% of pre-pandemic levels in 2021, while international travel in and out of the country was about half of where it stood in 2019. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that US airlines carried 674 million passengers in 2021, 82% higher than in 2020...
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