SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – After more than a yr of remaining household, San Francisco Intercontinental Airport leaders say they’re starting off to see a lot more people today scheduling flights.

Some individuals explained they’ve been ready to journey for a lengthy time and lots of persons are flying to tropical areas for leisure.

“This is the initial time that I’ve traveled considering the fact that the pandemic,” Antonio Perez said.

Perez claims it is been far more than a calendar year because he’s checked in for a flight and he’s not by itself in his choice to fly.

“Last thirty day period there ended up possibly 10,000-11,000 men and women for each-working day going via our protection checkpoints, that quantity is now up to 14,000-15,000 a day and proceeds to climb,” Doug Yakel claimed. 

Doug Yakel with San Francisco Intercontinental Airport says lots of of these folks are using holidays.

“We’re not expecting considerably in business vacation for the remainder of this calendar year so we do feel that as journey is starting off to recuperate and it is, it is genuinely that leisure sector that is main the restoration,” Yakel mentioned. 

Airport leaders are attempting to keep men and women risk-free — They have reminders for people today to social distance, hand sanitizer readily available, and partitions up.

“Masking is nonetheless a prerequisite. Even though a good deal of states around the region have lifted their masking need at any airport on any aircraft in the united states it is now a federal necessity that you have on a confront mask at all occasions,” Yakel claimed. 

Nonetheless, Perez claims he’ll be using additional precautions on his flight.

“I are unable to say that I really feel extremely secure — Which is why I brought this one particular because I want to use this on the plane simply because I feel the air in the plane can be much more contaminated than outside the house,” Perez reported. 

Airport officials are on the lookout into creating a digital overall health app that will be able to certify that persons have been vaccinated or have experienced a damaging examination just lately.