Frontier Airways planes.
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Frontier Airways on Friday mentioned it should require workers to get vaccinated towards Covid-19 or often present proof of unfavorable checks.
The announcement from the low-cost service got here hours after United Airways mentioned all of its 67,000 U.S. workers should present proof of vaccination no later than Oct. 25, turning into the nation’s first main service and one of many largest corporations to take that step.
“As we proceed to observe the speedy improve of recent COVID-19 instances throughout the USA brought on by the Delta variant, I’m involved for the well-being of our staff members, their households and mates,” Frontier’s CEO Barry Biffle mentioned in a information launch.
Frontier mentioned the vast majority of the airline’s employees have already been vaccinated.
The Denver-based airline blamed the delta variant on a drop in bookings over the previous week that prompted it to decrease its forecast for the third quarter.