Low-cost airline easyJet has announced it will drop its mandatory mask-wearing policy from Sunday on flights where it is not a legal requirement at either end of the route. This means that on UK domestic flights including Jersey – excluding routes to and from Scotland where the general face-covering rule is still in place.
On easyJet flights between the UK and Denmark, Gibraltar, Iceland and Hungary, customers and crew will no longer be required to wear masks. Any customers or crew who wish to continue wearing a mask will have their personal choice respected.
The airline said it will continue to remove the mask-wearing rule on other international routes as and when both ends of the route has no legal requirement. It stated: "As a pan European airline operating between over 30 countries, we must continue to ensure that we and our customers follow the legal requirements of all the countries we fly to.