LAX Seeing A Steady Stream Of Travelers Despite COVID-19 Risks

Los Angeles CA

22 December, 2020

5:44 PM

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CBS Los Angeles December 22, 2020 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Thousands of Angelenos appear to be willing to get on a plane over the Christmas holiday despite warnings from public health officials that the spike in coronavirus cases puts them at risk of contracting the disease. So far in December, Los Angeles International Airport has seen about 26% of the daily passenger traffic it saw during the same period in 2019, LAX spokesperson Charles Pannunzio told CBSLA Tuesday. That number is starting to tick up as Christmas Day nears, however, which mirrors what happened over Thanksgiving. One day this past weekend saw over 40,000 peole pass through security at LAX, Pannunzio said. Read more at CBS Los Angeles