Travelers will no longer be required to wear masks at two major Southern California airports or on most of the region’s public transportation following a federal court decision voiding the COVID-19 mask mandate.
Ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft announced April 19 that they have also dropped the requirement.
Many airline passengers were eager to remove their masks following the announcements.
One Los Angeles man onboard a flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) said passengers cheered and removed masks on his flight after the rule ended.
“I’m writing this on a flight from LAX to LHR. As we’re taxiing on the runway at LAX, the pilot announced that the federal government has rescinded the mask mandate on airplanes. Everyone on the airplane cheered and took off their masks!” Armando Abarca wrote on Twitter on April 19.
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