A4A CEO: US airlines “welcome” federal mask mandate

Airlines for America President and CEO Nicholas Calio expressed appreciation for “the Biden Administration’s decision to implement a federal face-covering mandate for all domestic modes of public transportation, including airports and commercial aircraft.” While US airlines have been strictly enforcing face-covering requirements since April 2020 as a part of multiple layers of protection, “we welcome the federal mandate as an additional layer of support, which will strengthen our flight crews’ ability to enforce face-covering requirements for the duration of the pandemic,” Calio said.