Author: Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY

The budget carrier will begin conducting temperature checks via touchless thermometers on June 1. Passengers have to start wearing masks Friday.

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes ticked off the names of employees who died from coronavirus at the start of the airline’s earnings conference call Thursday.

JetBlue and Spirit airlines says the first travelers to return as stay-at-home restrictions are eased will be those visiting family and friends again.

Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said temperature checks are a must to help convince travelers it’s safe to fly again.

Hawaiian said bookings for late summer and fall flights to Hawaii are down from usual levels but not nonexistent, as they are now.

United Airlines says it will have to lay off employees this fall if travel demand doesn’t resume by then.

MGM Resorts, which operates more than a dozen casino hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, says it plans to start with New York New York and Bellagio.

The airline is retiring more than 100 jets earlier than planned and says more may be ahead as it grapples with a dearth of passengers.

If people are going going to travel, “they need to have something to be able to do when they get there,” Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said Tuesday.

The New York-based airline said the new policy takes effect May 4. The airline is also requiring flight crews to cover their faces at work.