{"id":237,"date":"2021-06-01T17:18:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2021-06-08T06:52:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T06:52:04","slug":"jetblue-becomes-first-us-airline-to-make-face-masks-mandatory-for-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/jetblue-becomes-first-us-airline-to-make-face-masks-mandatory-for-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"JetBlue Becomes First US Airline To Make Face Masks Mandatory For Passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the coronavirus pandemic continues, JetBlue Airways&nbsp;would require&nbsp;passengers to wear face masks or other face coverings from May 4.&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;the primary&nbsp;U.S. airline&nbsp;to try to do&nbsp;so and help&nbsp;within the&nbsp;hamper&nbsp;of the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air travel continues&nbsp;to extend&nbsp;while the country slowly starts to reopen, it\u2019s imperative that the flying public feel safe&nbsp;and cozy&nbsp;in doing so. To accomplish this goal and protect both crew members and passengers this step has been taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/jetblue-airways\">JetBlue <\/a>passengers will\u00a0need to\u00a0wear a mask or other face-covering during airport check-in, on the plane, and\u00a0once they\u00a0get off the plane. The airline said\u00a0it&#8217;ll\u00a0notify passengers about the new requirement via email before their flight and at the airport. One exception:\u00a0young children\u00a0who\u00a0aren&#8217;t\u00a0ready to\u00a0keep a\u00a0mask\u00a0on. JetBlue will have\u00a0a little\u00a0number of masks for passengers who don\u2019t bring.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On&nbsp;the opposite&nbsp;hand Delta, which recommends travelers wear a mask but hasn\u2019t made it a requirement yet, has been providing masks to travelers who don\u2019t bring them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/american-airlines\">American Airlines<\/a><\/strong> said on Monday that\u00a0it&#8217;ll\u00a0begin offering face masks and sanitizing wipes or gels to passengers in early May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the coronavirus pandemic continues, JetBlue Airways&nbsp;would require&nbsp;passengers to wear face masks or other face [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestfaredeal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}