Several US airlines announced Monday that masks are now optional on their aircraft — Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue.
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Masks are optional for Delta customers and employees for all U.S. domestic flights. Masks are now optional for Delta customers and employees for international travel, except where masks are required by applicable governments for international travel.
Both Condor and Lufthansa have announced that they will no longer require masks on planes as of October 1, 2022, with the exception of flights to & from China and India.
A study by MIT scholars estimates that from mid-2020 through early 2021, the probability of getting Covid-19 on an airplane surpassed 1 in 1,000 on a totally full flight lasting two hours at the height of the early pandemic, roughly December 2020 and January 2021.
You'll definitely want to bring your own masks. Any masks available for folks at airports or on board are likely to be paper masks; the CDC recommends high quality masks or respirators during travel. Respirators are masks labeled as N95s or KN95s, which provide a tighter fit and better filtration.
Many nations, including China, Canada, France and Germany, for example, still require all travelers to wear masks on planes departing from or arriving into the country. But in Mexico and in many parts of the Caribbean it is up to the airline to set its own rules.
Masks are now optional at the airports and welcome for all who choose to wear them: Know your Way Around. Check our interactive airport maps, JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, before you arrive at the airport.
It's nearly impossible to make a two year old wear one for the flight. Your best bet is to tell them if asked during flight that your child is not quite two yet.