Delta Air Lines passenger planes are seen parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
BOSTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – The CEO of Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) said on Sunday that the company has not decided whether to mandate COVID-19 vaccines as the White House has requested.
The vaccination rate at the airline should be above 90% by Nov. 1, CEO Ed Bastian told reporters on the sidelines of a conference of airlines group IATA in Boston.
The White House is pressing major U.S. airlines to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for employees by Dec. 8 – the deadline for federal contractors. Large U.S. airlines have a number of federal contracts. read more
Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Lisa Shumaker
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