Aer Lingus says passengers must wear face masks

All passengers flying with Aer Lingus from Thursday May 21st must wear masks, the Irish airline has confirmed. Aer Lingus is operating less than 10% of normal services as Covid-19 travel bans remain in Europe and North America, but is flying some services for essential travel. The airline has emailed passengers booked on flights to say that face masks would be mandatory from Thursday May 21st. Since last Monday it has requested travellers on its flights to wear them. Pilots and crew have been wearing them for some time. “From Thursday 21st May, Aer Lingus is making the wearing of face coverings mandatory upon arrival at the boarding gate, on board the aircraft and until customers arrive at their destination arrivals hall,” the airline confirmed.<br/>