US Airlines Now Requiring Masks, Promise More Safety Measures

US Airlines Now Requiring Masks, Promise More Safety Measures
An airline pilot walks through Reagan National Airport during the CCP virus outbreak in Washington, on April 5, 2020. Joshua Roberts/ Reuters
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With the largest U.S. airlines now set to mandate—and provide—facial coverings for all passengers over the next two weeks, many are turning their focus to other measures to prevent the spread of the CCP virus during air travel.

United Airlines Holdings Inc, for example, told journalists on May 1 that it has purchased hundreds of hospital-type electrostatic fogging machines that it will start using in June to decontaminate airplane cabin surfaces and crevices before every flight.