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The U.S. Travel Association is against mandating Covid-19 tests prior to domestic flights.

Domestic testing doesn't fly with U.S. TravelThe Biden administration is "actively looking" at expanding mandatory Covid testing requirements beyond international flights.

Cape Town, South Africa. The U.S. will move to ban arrivals from South Africa beause of a strain of Covid-19 emerging in that country.

South Africa travel execs dismayed by Biden's travel banSome stakeholders say the move could have a chilling effect. But others said the move was necessary.

CEO Roger Dow said U.S. Travel plans to talk to the Biden administration about "things like tax credits for travel, personal and group, and stimulating travel."

U.S. Travel will push Biden team for travel tax creditsTravel is "one of the best and quickest ways to put people back to work and get America moving again," CEO Roger Dow said...

President Biden's executive order requires mask-wearing during interstate travel, including at airports.

U.S. Travel reacts to Biden executive ordersThe association offered strong support for the mask requirement while traveling but has reservations about quarantines for...

President Joe Biden at the inaugural on Wednesday. A new order would require masks on certain forms of travel.

Biden order requires masks for travel; quarantines for arriving travelersThe executive order requires people to wear masks on airplanes, buses, trains and boat or ferry services, as well as in...

Allegiant will receive $91.8 million in payroll support grants as part of the federally funded Payroll Support Program.

Airlines begin applying for latest round of federal supportThe extension of the Payroll Support Program was passed as part of a $900 billion Covid relief in late December.

U.S. entry restrictions likely to remain despite Trump executive orderTrump's order, issued on Monday, ends entry restrictions for the 26 countries in Europe's Schengen Area as well as the U.K.,...

The AHLA has asked the incoming administration to consider its member hotels for vaccination sites.

AHLA says hotels are 'uniquely positioned' to give vaccinationsThe group has asked the Biden-Harris transition team to mobilize its members to administer the Covid vaccine.

Advocacy groups said the new rule lags behind existing aircraft engine technology by more than 10 years and called upon the incoming Biden administration to set standards using existing technology.

Environmental groups challenge new aircraft emission standardsThe Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity contend that the rule set in...

ASTA wants the CDC to make some changes to its Covid-testing entry requirement.

ASTA asks the CDC to delay its Covid-testing orderThe Society wants the start of the entry requirement to be pushed back a month, and it asked for changes to the waiver policy.

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