Airlines ask EU, White House to adopt COVID-19 testing program for passengers

Major U.S. and European Union airlines asked the EU and White House on Tuesday to consider a joint U.S.-EU program to test airline passengers for COVID-19 as a way to allow people to travel once again between the United States and Europe.In a letter to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, the chief executives of American Airlines , United Airlines , Lufthansaand International Airlines Grouprequested "the safe and swift restoration of air