2025 was a busy, eventful — and, at times, sobering — year when it came to air travel.
We saw 8 of the 10 busiest days ever at U.S. airports, including an all-time single-day record just after Thanksgiving, as consumers continued to invest their money (and points) in travel at a record pace.
That was despite a roller-coaster year for economic sentiment — not to mention a barrage of concerning aviation headlines that included a deadly crash in January, mass delays in Newark in May and rampant air traffic control staffing shortages during the longest government shutdown in history.
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