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Air travel demand is breaking records. Airline profits are not

Leslie JosephsCNBC
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Record summer air travel demand isn’t translating to record US airline profits. Carriers will have to answer for that disconnect when they report quarterly results this month.

Some airlines have forecast record demand, and in some cases, revenue. On Sunday, the Transportation Security Administration screened more than 3 million people, a one-day record.

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