United Airlines says it will roll out a new COVID-19 testing program for passengers beginning Oct. 15.
that called on government officials in the U.S. and European Union to establish a joint COVID-19 testing program to facilitate the return of international air travel, a lucrative sector of the travel economy.
"Given the unquestioned importance of transatlantic air travel to the global economy as well as to the economic recovery of our businesses, we believe it is critical to find a way to re-open air services between the U.S. and Europe," the group of airline leaders wrote to Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the U.S. COVID-19 task force, and Ylva Johansson, European commissioner for home affairs.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Travel Association trade group praised the airlines for helping lead the effort for testing. “We applaud the U.S. airlines for their efforts to move this issue forward, and we will continue to advocate for greater federal involvement in COVID-19 testing,” Tori Emerson Barnes, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Travel Association,"We have long maintained that testing is the key to both safer travel and reopening the economy," Barnes noted.
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