Maskless Airline Passengers Face Doubled Fines in Biden Plan
- ‘If you break the rules, be prepared to pay,’ president warns
- Increase is part of broader plan to halt delta variant spread
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The Biden administration has an answer for the growing numbers of unruly airline passengers who won’t don masks while in flight. They’ll be fined twice as much.
The plan to double financial penalties for those who violate federal rules requiring masks on commercial airplanes is part of the government’s latest effort to slow the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus.