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June 22 (Reuters) – United Airways Holdings Inc UAL.O stated on Tuesday it could mandate full vaccination for crew members flying to nations with excessive COVID-19 instances originally of August.
The rule would apply for flights to India, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Argentina, the corporate stated.
The checklist could lengthen to China and Taiwan based mostly on potential lodging acquired from native governments, in response to an inner memo seen by Reuters.
Pilots endeavor flights to those nations have to be absolutely vaccinated from Aug. 1 and the identical rule will apply to flight attendants from July 31.
“We hope that nations come off the checklist, slightly than having so as to add extra nations,” the airline stated.
Final month, the Chicago, Illinois-based airline had reached a take care of its pilots’ union that doesn’t make vaccine obligatory, however offers additional pay to those that obtain it.
The settlement additionally restricted unvaccinated pilots from engaged on journeys to locations that require vaccinations.
Airways in the USA are seeing a rise in journey demand as the speed of vaccination picks up tempo and nations ease border restrictions.
(Reporting by Tracy Rucinski in Chicago and Shreyasee Raj in Bengaluru; Modifying by Ramakrishnan M. and Arun Koyyur)
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