06/29/2020

Airlines, Airports Adopt Their own Strategies for Combating COVID-19

It's necessary with few government regulations in place

Travelers landing at Honolulu International Airport have their temperatures checked upon arrival, must provide contact information and are required to wear masks. There are no such rules for those on domestics flights at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Several U.S. carriers now require travelers to complete health questionnaires when they check-in, but only one — Frontier Airlines — mandates a temperature scan before boarding.

Several months after the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic devastated the nation’s aviation industry, there still is no uniform strategy for managing the virus as travelers begin to return to the skies. The Trump administration has largely left it to airlines and airports to decide how to implement and enforce recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying they know best.

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