The US Federal airline mask mandate, increasingly unpopular among both passengers and crew, has been extended once again, this time into May. The Centers for Disease Control attributes the latest extension of the mandate to a recent rise in COVID-19 cases, along with a new omicron subvariant, BA.2.
Surprisingly enough, the decision to extend the mask mandate yet again was not greeted with universal acclaim. “It’s time to let the masks go and let people decide,” Ed Bastian, the CEO of Delta Airlines, said in an NBC News soundbite.
Nick Calio, President, and CEO of airline industry trade group Airlines for America (A4A) urged the CDC
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