Rules requiring all airline passengers to wear a face-covering on board a flight will be lifted in the coming days. Mandatory wearing of face masks in airports and on European flights is now "no longer recommended," the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has confirmed.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and ECDC will change the rules and drop the requirement from Monday May 16. However, vulnerable passengers have been told they should continue to wear a mask.
EASA executive director Patrick Ky said: "From next week, face masks will no longer need to be mandatory in air travel in all cases, broadly aligning with the changing requirements of national authorities across Europe for public transport."
