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News Articles: air travel

Passengers queue up at Greece's Thessaloniki Makedonia Airport on Sept. 2. Recommendations about physical distancing prove hard to follow at airports — and in the jetway leading to the plane.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: What's The Advice About Traveling In The Delta Variant Era?

Here are questions to ask yourself — and databases to check — before making the decision to take off as the highly contagious coronavirus variant continues spreading.

September 03, 2021
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By:
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
An illustration of the Overture supersonic airliner designed by the Boom Supersonic company of Denver, Colo. United Airlines announced it will purchase 15 of the planes for commercial passenger service.

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  • Business

United Airlines Wants to Revive Supersonic Travel. But What About Climate Change?

Boom Supersonic's Overture is designed to travel twice as fast as current airliners and complete transcontinental flights in roughly half the time. Passenger flights are expected to begin in 2029.

June 04, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A woman walks past posters explaining mask requirements at Grand Central Terminal train station in New York City on Wednesday. Rules requiring masks on transit are unchanged by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's updated mask guidance for fully vaccinated people.

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  • National

Here's What Is (And Isn't) Changed By The New CDC Mask Guidance

Some parts of public life in the U.S. still operate according to restrictive rules, and that includes planes, trains and buses.

May 13, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will start on April 19.

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  • World

New Zealand, Australia To Create 'Travel Bubble,' Resume Quarantine-Free Travel

The pandemic is under such control in the two countries that people will be able to travel between them for the first time without quarantining since March 2020.

April 06, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its domestic travel guidance for fully vaccinated people on Friday, lifting certain requirements while continuing to advise mitigation measures like mask-wearing and hand-washing.

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  • Science

CDC Says Travel Is Safe For Fully Vaccinated People, But Opposes Nonessential Trips

Guidance released Friday allows fully vaccinated people to travel domestically without getting tested or self-quarantining, but advises them to keep practicing mitigation measures to protect others.

April 02, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
For lighter moments during the coronavirus pandemic, passersby had an opportunity to vote for their stay at home spring break moments on the retaining wall of a home in St. Paul, Minn.

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  • National

While Some Spring Breakers Swarm Beaches, Many Stay Home, Dreaming Of Summer Travel

Many colleges and universities are cancelling or shortening the annual week off that's usually a rite of spring, but good vaccination news has people booking vacations over the summer months.

March 12, 2021
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By:
  • David Schaper
A British Airways plane comes in to land behind a tail fin at Heathrow Airport in London. On Friday, the head of the group that owns BA called for instituting an electronic health pass for passengers as the company announced steep losses due to COVID-19.

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  • Business

British Airways Owner Calls For Digital Health Passes For Passengers

Luis Gallego, the CEO of International Airlines Group, wants "common testing standards and the introduction of digital health passes."

February 26, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Do Airplane Passengers Not Know There's A Pandemic Going On?

Our correspondent took a flight Sunday and saw a number of concerning things in airports and on planes. So many questions were raised. We went in search of answers.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
A jetliner arrives at London's Heathrow Airport earlier this year. On Wednesday, the U.K.'s highest court reversed a ban on the airport's controversial plans for a third runway.

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  • Europe

U.K.'s Top Court Lifts Ban On Heathrow's Plans For 3rd Runway

The unanimous judgment represents a stinging reversal for climate activists, who had won a lower-court ruling earlier this year against the major international hub on environmental grounds.

December 16, 2020
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By:
  • Colin Dwyer
There's increasing emphasis on wearing masks while flying. How much protection do they offer against COVID-19?

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  • Global Health

Do Masks On Plane Flights Really Cut Your Risk Of Catching COVID-19?

On an eight-hour Emirates flight, with mask-wearing enforced, a whopping 27 coronavirus-positive people boarded the plane in Dubai. Guess how many passengers got infected?

October 20, 2020
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Dozens of Delta jets have been parked on the tarmac of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport since last spring. The airline reported $5.4 billion in third quarter losses on Tuesday.

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  • Business

Delta Loses $5 Billion In 3rd Quarter, May Soon Furlough 1,700 Pilots

Delta is the first major airline to report 3rd quarter results and lost more than expected, as air travel demand remains weak due to the pandemic.

October 13, 2020
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By:
  • David Schaper
An American Airlines plane lands at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020. Air traffic has rebounded a bit but it's way below pre-coronavirus levels.

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  • National

Reviving Air Travel And Florida Tourism

Florida's governor wants the traveling public to start traveling again. He wants the public to know that air travel is safe during the coronavirus pandemic and hopes tourists will soon return.

August 28, 2020
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By:
  • Greg Allen
A flight attendant adjusts protective glasses. There has been little documentation about COVID-19 transmission on planes.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: So Do Lots Of People Get COVID-19 From Flying?

A study released this week points to two passengers infected on a four-hour-plus flight. But there hasn't been a lot of documentation of transmission on planes. So how risky is flying?

August 21, 2020
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By:
  • Pranav Baskar
Many airlines now require passengers to wear masks to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread — and are putting scofflaws on a no-fly list.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Can An Airline Put You On A No-Fly List For Refusing To Mask Up?

The matter of masks on planes has led to some contentious moments — and serious consequences. Is it legal to ban a passenger from flying for violating a mask mandate?

August 07, 2020
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By:
  • Pranav Baskar
A man wearing a mask prepares to board a Southwest Airlines flight at Kansas City International airport in Kansas City, Mo. Southwest and American Airlines are tightening their mask requirements at the end of July by doing away with exemptions for travelers over the age of 2.

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  • National

Southwest And American Airlines Tighten Their Mask Requirements By Ending Exemptions

The airlines will require all customers over the age of 2 to wear face coverings on board and at airports, with no exceptions. They say people who don't comply won't be allowed to fly as next week.

July 23, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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