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Bloomberg
American Airlines Group is expanding pre-flight coronavirus testing in an effort to boost demand for domestic travel.
At-home tests would enable passengers with negative results to avoid or shorten
Covid-19 quarantines and other restrictions at US destinations with travel requirements, American said in a statement.
Starting from December 9, customers started having
access to tests provided by
LetsGetChecked for flights
departing on or after December 12. American is expanding its test offerings for domestic passengers after earlier implementing similar programs on some international flights. US travel demand has sagged amid a surge in infections across the country and warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stay home over the holidays.
Domestic travel is only about a third of what it was a year earlier, with international demand much lower.