December 22, 2020 Passengers open cabin door, use emergency slide before flight from LaGuardia Two passengers aboard a Delta flight on Monday forced opened the cabin door and exited the plane via an emergency slide at New York's LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
December 21, 2020 Virgin Atlantic, Delta join airlines in requiring negative COVID-19 tests for UK travelers to New York The new requirement will go into effect this week.
December 21, 2020 British Airways agrees to require coronavirus tests for JFK-bound travelers at Gov. Cuomo's request British Airways will require passengers on UK flights to JFK to show a negative COVID test starting Tuesday.
December 21, 2020 TSA screened more than 2M passengers over the weekend, despite CDC guidance to stay home The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened over 2 million passengers at airports across the U.S. on Saturday and Sunday.
December 21, 2020 United Airlines: CDC may warn passengers of possible COVID-19 exposure after traveler's death United Airlines is reportedly working with the CDC to contact any passengers who may have been exposed to a traveler presumably infected with the coronavirus who suffered a medical emergency on a Monday flight and later died.
December 18, 2020 FAA requests fines against passengers for alleged assaults over masks On Friday, the FAA proposed civil fines of $15,000 and $7,500 against two passengers for allegedly assaulting flight attendants in two separate incidents.
December 18, 2020 Hawaii reduces coronavirus quarantine for incoming visitors Hawaii has reduced the coronavirus-related quarantine period for incoming travelers from 14 days to 10 days.
December 18, 2020 Russian airline Aeroflot creates special section for passengers who won't wear masks Aeroflot will reportedly offer a special seating section for passengers who refuse to wear face masks once the plane is in the air.
December 18, 2020 Heat may effectively kill COVID on planes, Boeing study finds How heat can be used to effectively sanitize surfaces on planes.
December 17, 2020 United Airlines passenger dies following medical emergency on flight United Airlines acknowledged that there is "speculation" that the death was COVID-related, but there is "no confirmation" as to the cause of the passenger's death.
