Hours after a federal judge struck down the federal mask mandate for public transportation, the TSA announced it will stop enforcing the requirement.
For many months, the mask mandate has been a bone of contention between the government and airlines. In March, the chief executives of the seven U.S. airlines — Alaska, American, Delta, Hawaiian, JetBlue, United and Southwest — asked President Biden to end the mask mandate and drop the pre-departure testing requirement for international travelers coming to the U.S.
Immediately following the TSA’s announcement, all of the major airlines announced they would immediately stop enforcing the mask mandate on flights. “In accordance with the Transportation Security Administration no longer enforcing the federal face mask mandate, face masks will no longer be required for our customers and team members at U.S. airports and on domestic flights,” said American Airlines in a statement.
The U.S. tourism industry, which has long maintained that frictions like mask mandates and testing are bad for their business, welcomed the news. “The current decision to halt enforcement of the federal mask mandate effectively returns the choice of mask usage on planes and other forms of public transportation to travelers and travel industry workers, a further step toward endemic management of Covid,” said Tori Emerson Barnes, executive vice president of public affairs and policy at the U.S.
Despite the ruling, it’s likely that many travelers will keep their masks on. Six out of 10 Americans support extending the mask mandate, according to a demographically weighted survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults fielded in early April by
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