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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of major U.S. airlines are scheduled to meet virtually on Friday with the White House s COVID-19 response coordinator to discuss a number of travel-related issues, three people briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
The meeting with coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients and other administration officials involved in COVID-19 issues comes as airlines, aviation unions and other industry groups have strongly objected to the possibility of requiring predeparture COVID-19 testing before domestic flights.
The White House declined to comment, and major airlines declined or did not respond to requests for comment. The three people spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting has not been made public.
737 MAX returning to passenger service in Sacramento. Wary flyers can avoid it, though
Sacramento Bee 2/4/2021 Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee
Feb. 4 The 737 MAX aircraft is returning to passenger service in the United States, including in Sacramento in the coming days, nearly two years after being grounded in the wake of back-to-back fatal crashes blamed on botched software.
United Airlines will be the first to fly the jet in the West, beginning on Feb. 11, identifying Sacramento as one of the airports to be used by the MAX jets, which have been retrofitted and were re-certified for commercial flights in November by the Federal Aviation Administration.