By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Safety Administration stated it had screened 2.99 million airline passengers on Sunday, the highest-ever quantity in a single day.The company stated on Monday it expects to display screen greater than 32 million vacationers throughout the 2024 Independence Day journey interval that runs from Thursday by July 8, which is 5.4% larger than 2023 ranges.The TSA stated it expects on Friday it is going to for the primary time display screen greater than 3 million folks, the busiest day anticipated throughout the upcoming vacation interval. Sunday’s file broke the prior excessive of two.95 million set in late Could, whereas seven of the ten busiest journey days ever have occurred over the previous month.A gaggle representing main U.S. airways forecast file summer time journey with airways anticipated to move 271 million passengers, up 6.3% from final 12 months.Business group Airways for America stated U.S carriers plan to fly greater than 26,000 every day flights this summer time, up practically 1,400 or 5.6% over 2023, once they carried 255 million passengers. The summer time journey season forecast is for June 1 to Aug. 31.The forecast comes because the Federal Aviation Administration is struggling to deal with a persistent scarcity of air visitors controllers. Some airways voluntarily trimmed New York flights final summer time to deal with congestion points and have raised new considerations concerning the lack of controllers.The FAA stated on June 5 it will once more lengthen cuts to minimal flight necessities at congested New York Metropolis-area airports by October 2025, citing shortages of air visitors management workers.The FAA stated the variety of controllers dealing with visitors in New York is inadequate for regular visitors ranges and that with out “elevated flexibility,” congestion, delays, and cancellations are possible at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports.Below minimal flight necessities, airways can lose their takeoff and touchdown slots at congested airports if they don’t use them a minimum of 80% of the time. The FAA’s waiver permits airways to fly fewer flights and nonetheless retain slots.(Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington; Enhancing by Chris Reese and Matthew Lewis)