American Airlines delays vaccine mandate until January next year

Reuters

Published Nov 04, 2021 07:41PM ET

(Reuters) - American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) Group Inc delayed the rollout of a mandate that requires its U.S.-based employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus until Jan. 4, Chief Executive Doug Parker said in a letter to employees on Thursday.

This comes hours after the Biden administration moved forward the vaccination deadline for large U.S. companies from Dec. 8 to Jan. 4.