Air travel is getting off the ground again.
A year of coronavirus pandemic restrictions and precautions made airports into ghost towns. The 777.9 million people annually who had been taking off their shoes and separating their laptops from their carry-ons at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints slowed to a trickle.
On April 2, 2020, 130,000 were putting their seats and tray tables in the upright position nationwide just 5.6% of the 2.4 million that had been flying the same day in 2019.
Protecting the airline industry was a big part of the federal CARES Act passed in March 2020 as airports became parking lots for most passenger jets. It was easy to wonder if people would ever get back to complaining about lost luggage and tight leg space.
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Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
A ground crew at the Arnold Palmer Airport in Latrobe prepare for a Spirit flight to Myrtle Beach for takeoff Friday.
Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Patty Nicely of Derry cleans and disenfects the seating on a Spirit airplane at Arnold Palmer Airport in Latrobe Friday.
Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Justin Stott of Latrobe loads luggage Friday on to a Spirit airplane at Arnold Palmer Airport in Latrobe.
Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
John Rohrer, 84, of Delmont and his wife, Elaine, 80, return Friday to Latrobe’s Arnold Palmer Airport from Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Westmoreland County Airshow to be held drive-in style this year
The 2021 air show is scheduled for May 29-30 at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, featuring the Blue Angels and the F-22 Raptor. Share Updated: 9:37 AM EST Mar 10, 2021
Westmoreland County Airshow to be held drive-in style this year
The 2021 air show is scheduled for May 29-30 at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, featuring the Blue Angels and the F-22 Raptor. Share Updated: 9:37 AM EST Mar 10, 2021
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Show Transcript GUARD TROOPS ARE THERE. THE 2021 WESTMORELAND COUNTY AIR SHOW WILL TAKE FLIGHT THIS YEAR DESPITE THE PANDEMIC. LAST NIGHT WE SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL AIRPORT. HE SAYS THE ANNUAL EVENT WILL BE DRIVE-IN STYLE THIS YEAR FOR SAFETY. KELLY F.: KELLY F.: HE SAYS THE ANNUAL EVENT WILL BE DRIVE-IN STYLE THIS YEAR FOR SAFETY. YOU CAN DRIVE INTO THE AIR SHOW, PARK YOUR CAR, GET OUT, GET YOUR CHAIRS OUT, SIT NEXT TO YOUR CAR AND
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A Spirit Airlines flight to Orlando is parked at a passenger boarding bridge before takeoff on May 4, 2020, at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity.
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Passengers flying from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport may be limited to Orlando as a destination for the immediate future, part of the continuing hit air travel is taking from the covid-19 pandemic.
While Spirit Airlines flights from the Unity airport to Myrtle Beach, S.C., are expected to resume Feb. 12, Westmoreland County Airport Authority members are concerned about the scarcity of flights from Arnold Palmer to Ft. Myers, another Florida destination that has been available in the past.