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<ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/american-airlines">American Airlines</a> is the latest US <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/airlines"></a>carrier to ban masks with valves or vents on them, keeping in line with updated guidelines from the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/cdc">CDC</a>.</li><li>Masks with valves allow exhaled air to flow unhindered through the vents, which can mean that respiratory droplets containing <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/covid-19">COVID-19 virus</a> can reach others.</li><li>In general, passengers can still wear valved masks, if they cover them with a second, non-vented mask.</li></ul><keyword id="88011" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="american-airlines">American Airlines</keyword> on Thursday became the latest airline to ban passengers from wearing face masks that have valves or vents, a feature that some say make the masks more comfortable, but which effectively eliminates their ability to stop the spread of COVID-19.American said the new policy would take effect on Wednesday, August 19. Face coverings with one-way valves allow air to be exhaled without passing through any kind of filter or barrier, which can allow respiratory droplets containing the COVID-19 virus to linger in the air and potentially reach others. Alaska, <keyword id="6383835" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="delta">Delta</keyword>, Frontier, <keyword id="212932" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="JetBlue">JetBlue</keyword>, Southwest, Spirit, and United have all made the same move.The changes reflect <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover-guidance.html">guidelines</a> that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated last week to say that vented masks do "not prevent the person wearing the mask from transmitting COVID-19 to others.""An effective covering, worn properly, is one of the best ways we can control the spread of COVID-19 to protect our team members and customers," Alison Taylor, American's chief customer officer, said in a press release. "Since American began requiring face coverings in early May, the vast majority of customers have welcomed our continuing efforts to strengthen the policy based on the CDC's guidance."As Americans sought protective equipment early in the pandemic, many face coverings with vents ended up in circulation. Those masks are typically geared toward hot or dusty construction work, where exhaled air does not create a hazard. Which means that they may protect the people wearing them, just not anyone else. N95s and other masks made for medical settings do not have valves. Public health experts recommend wearing such masks to prevent respiratory droplets and aerosols containing the virus from spreading into the air from infected people, although masks can also have a degree of direct protection for the wearer.American said that masks made of porous fabrics like mesh or lace would also be prohibited. Masks must also cover the passengers nose and mouth, and may only be removed briefly while eating or drinking on board a flight.On most <keyword id="44023" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="airlines">airlines</keyword>, passengers can wear a protective, vented mask if they cover it with a disposable, non-vented mask.

US airlines are banning vented masks, which the CDC says don't stop COVID-19

<ul><li>An <keyword id="2573" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Air-India">Air India</keyword> flight carrying 323 passengers was due to land in <keyword id="6354604" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chicago">Chicago</keyword> but because of bad weather, it was diverted to <keyword id="190683" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</keyword>.</li><li>The flight could have gone back to Chicago in two hours but a strict flight duty time limitation (FDTL) of the crew rule left passengers stuck inside the plane for over 28 hours. </li><li>Air India was also slapped with a $8.8 million penalty fee for 'tarmac delay'. </li></ul>Flight delays are inarguably frustrating, and passengers are quick, and perhaps rightly so, to blame the airline - but there are times when the airline is not entirely at fault. One such incident happened on 09 May when a Chicago-bound, 16-hour Air India flight from New Delhi landed six hours late because of a rule that had no room for <a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/air-india-may-have-to-pay-almost-rs-60-crore-penalty-to-323-passengers-for-flight-delay-345581.html?utm_source=FB&amp;utm_medium=paid" data-type="tilCustomLink">accommodating</a> ‘relaxations’. The flight carrying 323 passengers was due to land in Chicago but because of bad weather, it was diverted to Milwaukee airport, just 19 minutes flight time away. Ideally, the flight could have flown back to Chicago after two hours but a recent mandate by the <keyword id="6354705" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="directorate-general-of-civil-aviation">Directorate General of Civil Aviation</keyword> (<keyword id="6354787" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="DGCA">DGCA</keyword>) said that regardless of circumstances, there would be no relaxation of the flight duty time limitation (FDTL) of the crew rule. So basically, the Air India crew that was servicing the flight has to be relieved and a fresh crew had to be driven in from Chicago to take over. Needless to say, this caused the unwarranted six-hour delay but passenger woes did not end there. The passengers were not allowed to get off the plane since the Milwaukee airport that was overburdened by a number of diverted flights had no gates available for the passengers to disembark. Among the passengers were a number of wheelchair-bound people, infants and an autistic child who was on her first flight. This kid had to seek medical attention at the Milwaukee airport. By the time the flight reached its final destination, the passengers were inside the flight for over 28 hours in all. Air India’s woes were multiplied when they were slapped with $8.8 million penalty fee for 'tarmac delay' that is to be paid to the passengers. The US guideline states that if international flights’ passengers are onboard for more than four hours, the airline is liable to pay $27,500 per passenger onboard. Air India, along with and the <keyword id="118746" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Federation-of-Indian-Airlines">Federation of Indian Airlines</keyword> (FIA) that represents private carriers (Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir), filed a plea in the <keyword id="6355014" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="delhi-high-court">Delhi High Court</keyword> seeking modification of the court’s direction to DGCA on April 18 to not permit variations in FDTLs. And the abovementioned incident was cited as an example in court during the hearing on 15 May. "A diversion by its very nature is unscheduled -- diversion due to medical emergency or any other reason. In such cases unless dispensation (variation) is accorded, flights will be grounded and passengers put to untold hardships. This is not to mention the huge penalties involved," said an airline official.

Air India may have to pay $8.8 million to passengers because it followed rules

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="60973" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="biden" source="Orion">Biden</keyword>'s Covid plan released Thursday will double fines for travelers who violate TSA <keyword id="11917124" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mask-mandates" source="Orion">mask mandates</keyword>. </li><li>It raises the minimum fine to $500 and the maximum fine to $3000 for repeat offenders.</li><li>Clashes over masks make up more than <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mask-disputes-make-up-75-unruly-passenger-complaints-faa-says-2021-7">75% of unruly passenger complaints</a> during air <keyword id="11896628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="travel" source="Orion">travel</keyword>.</li></ul>President Biden's <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21060150/embargoed-path-out-of-the-pandemic-potus-covid-19-action-plan-1.pdf">COVID-19 action plan released Thursday</a> will double fines for travelers who violate the TSA mask mandates covering air travel and some modes of public <keyword id="11894924" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="transportation" source="Orion">transportation</keyword>. Passengers who do not comply with the mask-wearing policies currently face fines starting at $250 and increasing up to $1,500 for repeat offenders. The new guidelines will raise the minimum fine to $500 and the maximum fine to $3000.Since January, the Federal <keyword id="12018329" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="aviation" source="Orion">Aviation</keyword> Agency has proposed fines of more than $682,000 against unruly passengers. Clashes over masks make up more than <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mask-disputes-make-up-75-unruly-passenger-complaints-faa-says-2021-7">75% of unruly passenger complaints</a>, as flight attendants describe "unprecedented violence" on the job, Insider's Sarah Jackson reported in July. The FAA has received 3,271 unruly passenger reports since the start of 2021. Roughly 2,475 of those reports come from passengers defying the federal mask mandate.In late August, the TSA extended its mask requirement for air and ground travel through January 18, 2022. The fine increase is one of six action items listed under the plan's "Increasing Testing and Requiring Masking" component. <h2>The six sections of the plan include: </h2><ol><li>Vaccinating the Unvaccinated</li><li>Furthering Protection for the Vaccinated</li><li>Keeping Schools Safely Open</li><li>Increasing Testing and Requiring Masking</li><li>Protecting Our Economic Recovery</li><li>Improving Care for Those with <keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword></li></ol>According to the plan, the increased fines will help "ensure that masking requirements remain in place on the other modes of transportation as we continue to battle COVID-19."

Biden's action plan doubles the fines for people who refuse to follow the TSA's mask mandate on airplanes to at least $500

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Lufthansa says activated AirTags are now allowed in checked luggage just days after banning them.</li><li>The airline said on Saturday the tags were "dangerous goods" and must be turned off.</li></ul>Lufthansa said it will permit AirTags in checked luggage despite telling passengers not to turn on the Apple devices less than a week ago.In a <a href="https://twitter.com/lufthansaNews/status/1580275638690541568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1580275638690541568%7Ctwgr%5Ec00eb0240a4cd88c4db130681aa8ff3b3b1bfd25%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.macrumors.com%2F2022%2F10%2F12%2Fgerman-airline-lufthansa-airtags-not-banned%2F">statement on Wednesday</a>, the German airline said an assessment by regulators meant it could reverse its policy."The German Aviation Authorities (Luftfahrtbundesamt) confirmed today, that they share our risk assessment, that tracking devices with very low battery and transmission power in checked luggage do not pose a safety risk. With that these devices are allowed on Lufthansa flights."On Saturday, the airline <a href="https://twitter.com/lufthansa/status/1578879849577385984">sent a tweet</a> saying it was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lufthansa-bans-active-airtags-in-luggage-making-them-useless-report-2022-10">banning activated AirTags</a> in checked luggage. It had previously told German publications <a href="https://www.wiwo.de/my/technologie/gadgets/flughafen-chaos-das-bringen-die-umstrittenen-gepaeck-tracker-wirklich/28624792.html?ticket=ST-325296-e2oYIYWhWnPfdvIbAM69-cas01.example.org">WirtschaftsWoche</a> and <a href="https://www.watson.de/leben/urlaub%20&amp;%20freizeit/879935671-airtags-im-flugzeug-koffer-erlaubt-oder-verboten-lufthansa-aeussert-sich">watson</a> that the tags had been classed as "dangerous goods" and would be treated like laptops and mobile phones.This meant they would need to have their batteries removed before going into checked luggage, rendering the tags useless for tracking luggage."According to ICAO guidelines, baggage trackers are subject to the dangerous goods regulations. Furthermore, due to their transmission function, the trackers must be deactivated during the flight if they are in checked baggage and cannot be used as a result," Lufthansa <a href="https://twitter.com/lufthansa/status/1579080657635930112">said on Saturday</a>.But the airline sparked confusion in <a href="https://airwaysmag.com/lufthansa-not-bannig-airtags/">a statement to Airways magazine</a> by saying it had "not banned AirTags and there is no guideline or regulation by Lufthansa to ban AirTags. There is a standing ICAO regulation on such devices, but this has nothing to do with Lufthansa or any other carrier."A spokesperson for Berlin Brandenberg airport told watson it would enforce any rules put in place by airlines.Some passengers started using AirTags during the summer of travel chaos where thousands of bags went missing or were lost entirely. Some passengers used data from their tags <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/passengers-beg-airlines-to-look-at-apple-airtags-to-find-lost-luggage-2022-7">to contradict airlines' claims</a> about where their luggage was located, while an Apple AirTag <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-airport-worker-theft-luggage-destin-fort-walton-apple-airtag-2022-8">helped track a lost bag to an airline worker's home</a>, who was then charged with theft.

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