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World

Airlines Cancel Thousands of Christmas-Weekend Flights amid Omicron Spread

By Zachary Evans December 24, 2021

… United Airlines said on Thursday that it would cancel 120 flights planned for Friday, citing staffing shortages caused by the spread of the Omicron variant, which is more contagious than previous variants…

Economy & Business

Moral Hazard: Airline Edition

By Veronique de Rugy June 3, 2021

Do you know what happens when the government bails out airlines each time there is a crisis?

World

As If Jews Needed Another Reason to Avoid Germany

By David Harsanyi May 10, 2022

Passengers claim that Lufthansa threw all Orthodox Jews off an NYC flight connecting in Frankfurt and bound for Budapest last week.

Politics & Policy

Biden Administration to Extend Transportation Mask Mandate

By Zachary Evans April 13, 2022

… While many airlines began requiring travelers to wear face masks in 2020, the CDC first announced a federal mask mandate for air travel and public transportation in January 2021, days after Biden assumed…

White House

White House Covid Adviser Says Transportation Mask-Mandate Extension ‘Absolutely on the Table’

By Zachary Evans April 11, 2022

… Jha’s comments come almost three weeks after ten U.S. airline CEOs, including the heads of United, Delta, and Southwest Airlines, called on the administration to lift the mask mandate for air travel.

Regulatory Policy

Stephen Breyer’s True Legacy

By Dominic Pino February 25, 2022

… The industry was strictly regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which set fares and decided which airlines could fly which routes.

U.S.

Flight Attendants’ Union Expects Air-Travel Mask Mandate Will Be Extended

By Zachary Evans February 23, 2022

… While various airlines first required travelers to wear masks in 2020, the Biden administration approved a federal mask mandate in February 2021, which has been renewed twice since.

Law & the Courts

Psaki Says DOJ May Appeal Mask-Mandate Ruling: ‘Public Health Decisions Shouldn’t Be Made by the Courts’

By Zachary Evans April 19, 2022

… [embed][/embed] Various U.S. airlines as well as Amtrak dropped their mask requirements on Monday night after a Biden administration official…

Politics & Policy

Taxpayers Should Demand Their Airline Bailout Money Back

By Veronique de Rugy June 21, 2021

… You would think that $79 billion of bailout money to airlines — a good amount of it going to American Airlines — to not furlough its workers and stay ready to serve its customers once the pandemic was…

Politics & Policy

Flight Attendant Who Sued over Mask Mandate Says It Endangers Staff, Passengers

By Brittany Bernstein March 31, 2022

… “As flight attendants for major airlines, we have seen up close and personal the chaos in the sky created by the FTMM, with thousands of reports to the Federal…