Tampa federal judge voids U.S. mask mandate for planes, other travel

April 20, 2022

The Transportation Safety Agency said Monday night that it would it will no longer enforce the mask requirement, and airports in Houston and Dallas almost immediately did away with their mandates after the TSA announcement. But New York City’s public transit system planned to keep its mask requirement in place. The mask requirement covered airlines, airports, mass transit and taxis, and was the biggest vestige of pandemic restrictions that were once the norm across the country. The mask requirement for travelers was the target of months of lobbying from the airlines, which sought to kill it. “Great to see a federal judge in Florida follow the law and reject the Biden transportation mask mandate.