Historically, the summer months of June, July and August are the busiest months of the year for the air transportation industry, according to Statistics Canada. Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images/Postmedia files

Domestic traffic at airports was up again in September, as Canadians chose to travel within the country while air travel to the United States continued to weaken .

Statistics Canada’s monthly data said over 10 per cent more passengers were screened for domestic flights at Canadian airports than were in the same period last year. A total of 2.5 million air passengers travelled domestically in September, exceeding the pre-pandemic total posted in September 2019 by 11.6 per cent.

Meanwhile, transborder air travel in September was 10.5 per cent lower than the sa

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