The move comes after several dizzying days of rulings and countermoves on the federal mask mandate for public transportation.
Delta said Wednesday it will restore flight privileges for some passengers it banned for not following mask rules.
"On a case-by-case basis, we will allow some customers who were previously banned for failing to comply with mask-related rules to fly United again -- after ensuring their commitment to follow all crewmember instructions on board," the Chicago-based airline said in a statement. "In cases where an incident may have started with face mask noncompliance and escalated into anything involving something more serious, or certainly an assault on one of our key members or customers, those passengers are going to remain on our permanent internal refuse list and will never be allowed to travel with us again," Gatten said.specifically targeted to any passenger convicted of a crime because of an onboard disruption.
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