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Alaska airlines canceled some flights as well. theres been disagreement in the industry on how to handle this new pandemic surge as air travel rebounds to pre-pandemic levels. cnns pete muntean has the latest from regan national airport. >> reporter: christine, paula, things are getting busier by the moment here at regan national airport. some of the numbers we have seen are already higher than where they were back in 2019 before the pandemic. the tsa screened 2.08 million people at airports acr...

Aaa estimates 109 million americans will drive or fly, almost 34% increase from last year. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean has the latest on what to expect. >> reporter: boris, paula, united airlines said we have gone into the busiest period of the holiday travel season. passenger loads will be 20% higher than what the airlines saw over the thanksgiving travel rush where we broke records. the tsa projects 20 to 21 million people will pass through security at americas airports between dec...

Picture from new york, a long line there, this is not the only one we have seen. people lining up for covid-19 tests. seeing this around the country a lot right now, particularly as people prepare for holiday travel. holiday travel is expected to roar back to near pandemic records. aaa estimates more than 109 million americans will drive or fly and almost 34% increase from last year. pete muntean is live from reagan national airport. pete, i mean, airlines, are they signaling anything about addi...

Much as when the delta variant period last summer. >> 2022 is still going to be a recovery year for the industry because, you know, were not -- covid isnt over yet. covid is never going to be over, but its still in the probably pandemic phase instead of the endemic phase. >> whats so interesting here is that the cdc is now giving out free at home coronavirus test kits to international travelers as they arrive into the united states. just a select few airports right now, dallas, chicago, miami, m...

Industry. its about all the millions of jobs that we support that are dependent on connectivity and aviation and getting people from point a to b. and so this was not only about saving the aviation industry. it was about saving an industry that is a critical cog in the u.s. in the global economy. >> reporter: american airline c.e.o. doug parker says another reason why these problems will not happen again at its airline is that it is aggressively hiring, adding 16,000 jobs in 2021, 18,000 planned...

Do you know what the plan is to get everything back and functioning normally again? >> well, people have already been warned that its probably going to take another five hours before some of the regularly scheduled flights begin to resume or get back on schedule. many of these flight cancellations or delays are residual effects of what took place on thursday when that winter storm swept through the area. and the airlines have been trying to keep up, but as we heard from jfk today, theres several...

Stranded on airplanes because of these cascading effects, residual effects from the delays going to the last update from officials, frozen equipment break downs and staff shortages and also heavier than normal passenger loads. this is grading what they describe as cascading series of issues for airlines that are still trying to recover amid this cold as well. this is the latest situation not helping the process here after thursdays storm. the water leak and we will keep doing the situation after...

Airplane is not america and shouldnt be. and that -- the reason he got on that boat or however he got to the united states was to avoid oppression. and that is oppression. that is trampling on peoples rights for no good reason and we should all stand up and say no to this. >> united promised to fix what is broke son this never happens again and saying theyll make big change thats will take effect by april 30th. of note, the airline said they wont ask law enforcement officials to remove passenger...

To this. >> united issued a statement after the press conference promising to fix whats broken so this never happens again. and saying they will make big changes that will take effect by april 30th of note the airline said that they wont ask law enforcement officials to remove passengers from flights unless its a matter of safety and security. good place to start you think. >> you know its a good place to start. lets see what happens. you know, im going to hang on to my wallet on this one. becau...