UPS - Airlines urge lifting of mask mandates and pre-departure testing

As more states continue to turn the page on COVID - from pandemic to endemic - the masks are coming off and many testing sites are shutting down. Most requirements are now rolled back, except for masking in airports and on public transportation, where federal mandates are binding for another month. Meanwhile, new COVID-19 infections in the U.S. are now a their lowest level since last July - despite an uptick in the B.A2 subvariant - and over 99% of Americans are living in "low" or "medium" risk areas. Masks on a Plane: The largest U.S. airlines are urging the Biden administration to drop the federal mask mandate on jetliners, along with the pre-departure testing requirement for international travelers. Earlier this month, the CDC for the third time extended its mass transit mask mandate by 30 days, until mid-April, and masking guidelines for airlines remain in place. The federal mandate

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Airlines urge lifting of mask mandates and pre-departure testing