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Passengers at LaGuardia Airport on April 19, 2022.Leslie Josephs | CNBCThe Biden administration's transportation mask mandate was one of the most divisive policies of the Covid pandemic. Its sudden end this week was just as contentious.A…

Passengers wearing protective masks wait to board a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDelta Air…

Acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock gave U.S. lawmakers an ominous warning this week: The nation needs to ensure police, hospital and transportation services don't break down as the unprecedented wave of…

Airline pilots walk through the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on December 27, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesAirline investors appeared to shrug off thousands of U.S. flight cancellations over the…

A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft lands at San Francisco International Airport on March 13, 2019 in Burlingame, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines is offering its pilots triple pay to pick up trips for most…

Travelers make their way through Miami International Airport on December 28, 2021 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesTravel in 2021 ended on a stressful note for thousands thanks to omicron. The fast-spreading coronavirus variant…

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly told CNBC on Tuesday he believes businesses should not impose Covid vaccine mandates on their employees, but he said his company is doing so to comply with federal rules put in place by the Biden…

United Airlines pilot Steve Lindland receives a COVID-19 vaccine from RN Sandra Manella at United's onsite clinic at O'Hare International Airport on March 09, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesThe deadline for United…

Flight attendants enforcing mask mandates onboard flights are worried about physical attacks from travelers, Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, told CNBC's Squawk Box on Monday.Nelson's comments…

American Airlines flight 718, the first U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flight since regulators lifted a 20-month grounding in November, takes off from Miami, Florida, December 29, 2020.Marco Bello | ReutersAmerican Airlines and Alaska…