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As CDC weighs coronavirus testing requirement for domestic flights, industry voices fierce opposition Lori Aratani, Michael Laris, Ian Duncan U.S. public health officials are weighing whether to require domestic travelers to show proof of a negative coronavirus test before boarding their flights, drawing fierce opposition from airlines, labor unions and lawmakers but underscoring the severity of the pandemic and difficult trade-offs involved with trying to subdue it. In an interview broadcast Sunday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Axios on HBO there is an �...

Officials are weighing health concerns against the economic impact a mandate might have on an industry already hobbled by the pandemic.

Delta CEO blasts Biden proposal to require Covid tests for domestic travelers CNN 2/9/2021 © Provided by CNN The proposal to require domestic airline passengers to prove they have tested negative for Covid-19 is a "horrible idea," according to Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian. Bastian told CNN's Poppy Harlow Tuesday that the proposal being discussed by the Biden Administration would drain testing resources away from people who need it more. He said the number of confirmed Covid cases transmitted during air travel since the start of the pandemic has been "absolutely minimal." "It will not ke...

Beginning Jan. 26, passengers boarding international flights to the US must show a negative COVID-19 test or proof they have recovered from the virus.

Delta Air Lines closed the books on the worst year in its history.