US airline CEOs call on Biden to lift mask mandate on travel
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The group also called for the president to do away with international pre-departure testing requirements.
A group of CEOs from all major U.S. airlines called on President Joe Biden to lift the federal mask mandate on public transportation.
The group -- which includes the heads of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines -- said current restrictions such as international predeparture testing requirements and the federal mask mandate are "no longer aligned with the realities of the current epidemiological environment."
The group cited increased vaccination rates and the lifting of such restrictions in other countries as reasons to do away with the COVID-era policies.
"It makes no sense that people are still required to wear masks on airplanes, yet are allowed to congregate in crowded restaurants, schools and at sporting events without masks, despite none of these venues having the protective air filtration system that aircraft do," the letter said.
