U.S. airlines expect summer travel to reach all-time high

U.S. airlines expect summer 2015 air travel to rise to the highest level ever, according to a forecast released early Monday by Airlines for America (A4A), the industry’s leading trade group. A4A projects approximately 222 million passengers (2.4 million per day) are expected to fly on U.S. airlines from June 1 – Aug. 31, up 4.5 percent (104,000 passengers per day) from 2014. This includes 31 million travelers (332,000 per day) on international flights – a record high. To accommodate the expected…