THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) HAS STOPPED SHORT OF MAKING FACE MASKS MANDATORY ON COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES, INSTEAD, LEAVING IT UP TO INDIVIDUAL AIRLINES TO REQUIRE AND ENFORCE FACE-COVERINGS AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Loyalty programs are huge businesses for airlines. The American Airlines program, for example, is worth an estimated $30 to $35 billion. At those kinds of valuations, airlines cannot let their