iStock/CHUYN (NEW YORK) American Airlines will not serve alcohol in coach until at least 2022, aligning with the expiration of the Transportation Security Administration's federal mask mandate for airports and planes. American and Southwest airlines suspended alcohol sales early in the pandemic and said they wouldn't restart serving booze until September, when the mask mandate originally expired. That date has now been extended to Jan. 18. Southwest told ABC News it hasn't decided whether it, too, will extend its alcohol suspension beyond September. United Airlines has stopped selling hard liquor but is serving beer, wine and hard seltzer. American's announcement comes as the Federal Aviation Administration has reported a surge in unruly passengers. The FAA announced Thursday that it has proposed $1 million in fines for unruly passengers in 2021. The agency said it's received more than 3,889 reports of unruly behavior this year and that 71% of the reported in
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) dealt out thousands of dollars in fines to deal with unruly passengers. Some of the heftiest from flights coming in and out of the Orlando and Sanford airports
The airline on Thursday announced that it will not resume alcohol service for the main cabin - which was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic - until January 18, 2022.
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