ORLANDO, Fla. — The number of passengers flying out of Orlando International Airport for Thanksgiving was comparable to pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by the airport Tuesday.
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Over the 10 days from the Friday before Thanksgiving through the following Sunday, airport officials recorded more than 670,000 departures, about 30,000 fewer than predicted.
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Nearly 50,000 passengers flew out of Orlando on Thanksgiving Day this year, a 115-percent increase from 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic limited traveling.
Compared to pre-pandemic totals from 2019, departures were still down, but only slightly.
Thanksgiving day departures were only down by about two-percent from what was actually recorded in 2019, which was itself a record-breaking day at OIA.
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