The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) has expressed concern about the repercussions of possibly requiring a negative COVID-19 test to board domestic flights.
ASTA sent a letter to White House COVID-19 Recovery Team Coordinator Jeffrey Zients on behalf of 22 other travel industry groups that shows the risk of coronavirus transmission on a plane was significantly reduced thanks to updated health and safety protocols.
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Airlines in the United States have implemented multiple layers of protection, including facial-covering requirements, pre-flight health forms, disinfection protocols, hospital-grade filtration systems and more.
Research from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) showed only 44…