Passengers arrive at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, Jan. 7, 2022. Earlier Wednesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson led a cabinet meeting where he recommended sticking with England's Plan B, which includes work-from-home gui LONDON - Starting Wednesday, masks will no longer be required inside London’s Heathrow Airport including terminals, rail stations and office buildings.
Officials made the announcement Monday in a news release pointing to the success of COVID-19 vaccinations and society learning to live with the virus in the long term.
Masks will still be available for passengers who choose to wear them. RELATED: FAA sends 80 unruly airline passenger cases to FBI for possible criminal prosecutionThe move came after British Airways and Virgin Atlantic also dropped the mask requirements on their flights.
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly told a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday that "masks don't add much, if anything" in fighting the spread of COVID-19 on airplanes, calling into question the reasoning behind mask mandates on flights imposed both by airlines and the Biden administration.