Travel restrictions pummel traffic at Bay Area airports

Passenger counts are down dramatically at the Bay Area’s three major airports, and the situation isn’t expected to improve significantly anytime soon in this era of travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

And the situation could be made worse by an order from the governor of Hawaii that took effect Thursday requiring anyone flying into that state, tourist or resident, be placed on a mandatory two-week quarantine to protect against the coronavirus.