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These are the best airlines right now, according to The Points Guy
Ultra-low-cost carrier Allegiant had the best reliability, thanks to its low rate of cancellations,…
Taylor Rains
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Southwest Airlines is giving fully vaccinated staff 16 hours extra pay - and cutting special sick pay for unvaccinated workers who catch COVID-19
Southwest Airlines told staff that the new vaccine incentives were "unrelated" to President Biden's…
Grace Dean
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Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta Air Lines will not require employees to get vaccine
The decision was announced on Tuesday, days after United Airlines announced that its workers must b…
Azmi Haroun
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United's CEO said one worker a week was dying from COVID-19 before the company mandated vaccines. Now, no vaccinated employees have died in 2 months.
Scott Kirby also said that while nearly 3,000 United employees are currently sick with COVID-19, no…
Jake Epstein
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Widespread flight cancellations continued for a 5th consecutive day amid a surge in COVID-19 infections, bringing the total to about 13,000 since Friday
A further 2,182 flights were canceled by Tuesday morning, FlightAware data shows. Airline staff sic…
Grace Dean
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Democrats are asking Biden to mandate that airlines require passengers to be fully vaxxed for COVID-19 before flying
The request comes as more than 4 million people plan to travel by air for the upcoming Thanksgiving…
Yelena Dzhanova
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American Airlines and Southwest, both based in Texas, says they'll still mandate COVID-19 vaccines despite Gov. Abbott's order
American Airlines said they "believe the federal vaccine mandate supersedes any conflicting state l…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's vaccine mandate ban won't make airlines or other large businesses drop their plans, legal experts say
Law professors said that large businesses will likely have to conform to a federal vaccine mandate …
Ashley Collman
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There is no evidence Southwest flights were cancelled due to a vaccine protest, FAA says
Some, like Sen. Ted Cruz, tried to tie the cancellations to vaccine mandates. However, the company,…
Charles Davis
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Experts react to airlines dropping mask rules, and share how they plan to stay safe from Omicron variants while flying
Masks are optional on planes, trains, and buses in most places across the country, but experts expl…
Hilary Brueck
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American Airlines joins Southwest to ban alcohol on flights after rise in assaults on board
The ban comes after a passenger punched a flight attendant in the face on a Southwest flight from S…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A British boxer said he was 'disgusted' with American Airlines after he was removed from a flight over an alleged mask dispute
British boxer Amir Khan said he was removed from an American Airlines flight after someone said his…
Sophia Ankel
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Some flight attendants said they didn't get sick nearly as much during the pandemic due to extra cleaning and mask-wearing - and they hope airlines keep sanitation a priority as travel rebounds
Airlines around the world began overhauling cleanliness in early 2020, when many epidemiologists be…
Allana Akhtar
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A Ghana airport is fining airlines $3,500 for every passenger who is unvaccinated
Ghana is also fining airlines for every passenger who has a positive PCR test after arriving at Kot…
Sinéad Baker
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Delta CEO reveals he's still refusing to call it the Delta variant
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has understandably seemed to want to distance his company from the h…
Avery Hartmans
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A Southwest Airlines flight attendant died from COVID-19 less than 2 months after testing positive, following a trip to Hawaii, reports say
Flight attendant Maurice "Reggie" Shepperson tested positive for COVID-19 in June and died this wee…
Kate Duffy
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How 2 airlines transported the COVID-19 vaccine to some of the farthest regions of the world
Cargo carriers UPS Airlines and FedEx Express had the honor of flying the first doses from Michigan…
Thomas Pallini
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Reopening stocks from airlines to cruise operators are getting hammered as Delta strain drives surge of infections
The CDC on Monday advised Americans to avoid traveling to the UK because of rising coronavirus case…
Carla Mozée
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The US has suspended 44 China-bound flights by Chinese airlines in a spat over COVID-19 rules
The US Department of Transportation announcement came after China suspended 44 flights operated by …
Grace Dean
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An American Airlines flight to the Bahamas had to be canceled after a group of unruly teenagers refused to wear masks
The flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to the Bahamas wasn't able to take off until the next mo…