Delta Air Lines will maintain its ban on certain individuals who refused to comply with a COVID-19 mask mandate on Delta flights, even after the company dropped its face covering requirement following a Florida judge’s ruling tossing out the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation Monday.
Individuals on the mask non-compliance no-fly list will have to prove themselves to the company before it will restore their “flight privileges,” a company spokesperson told FOX Business.
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“With masks now optional, Delta will restore flight privileges for customers on the mask non-compliance no-fly list only after each case is reviewed and each customer demonstrates an understanding of their expected behavior when flying with us,” spokesperson Anthony Black said in a statement to FOX Business.
“Any further disregard for the policies that keep us all safe will result in placement on Delta’s permanent no-fly list,” Black added. “Customers who demonstrated egregious behavior and are already on the permanent no-fly list remain barred from flying with Delta.”
About 2,000 people remain on the company’s mask non-compliance no-fly list, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Delta and a slew of other airlines announced masking was now optional on flights after a federal judge in Florida struck down the Biden administration’s national mask…