Air Canada says 100,701 customers boarded their planes on April 15th marking a steady return of travelers after the height of the pandemic.

The airline says there is a pent-up demand for travel and they passed the milestone smoothly which the company says shows they have recovered operationally from COVID-19’s effects.

During the pandemic passenger loads for Air Canada fell as low as 2, 175 on April 23, 2020 as air traffic around the globe ground to a halt.

The last time Air Canada carried more than 100,000 customers in one day was March 13, 2020.

Prior to the pandemic, in 2019, Air Canada carried nearly 150,000 people daily on average. Its single-day, passenger-load record was 187,000 customers on August 16, 2019.