Major airlines including Delta, United and American Airlines now say masks will be optional. Train travelers and employees on Amtrak are no longer required to wear masks. Greyhound said masks are now optional, except for trips into Mexico and Canada.
A judge’s Monday decision voiding federal mask mandates for airlines and other forms of public transportation prompted a wave of airline companies and public transit providers to drop their mask rules.
Major carriers including Delta Air Lines DAL, +1.16%, United Airlines UAL, +1.24% and American Airlines AAL, -0.56% now say masks will be optional, instead of required for domestic flights and certain international travel. Some passengers heard the news mid-air and peeled off their masks. Around two-thirds of employers have already ended mask requirements and another 21% say they are ending their current mask rules by the end of this year, according to a recent survey from WTW WTW, +1.99%, a human resources consulting firm.
Seven in 10 healthcare companies said they would be keeping their vaccine requirements at least until 2023, if not later. That’s compared to the 33% of all companies that said they’d be keeping with the jab requirements through that same timeframe.
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