ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines will waive change fees for all flights booked between March 1 through March 31 to any international destination the airline serves, they said on Monday.
This travel waiver allows customers to make a one-time change to their itinerary without incurring a fee. The waiver applies to all travel outside the U.S., as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
"As concerns continue about COVID-19, we are doing everything we can to ensure the safety and welfare of customers," the airline said.
"Delta is in constant contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, the world's foremost experts on communicable diseases, as well as health officials in the affected areas, and we are following their guidance," the company said.
Four more people have now died in the U.S. from the new coronavirus, bringing the total death toll in the U.S. to six as more states are announcing their first confirmed or presumptive cases.
The official number of cases from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is 91 as of Monday morning. The count includes 45 infections among people who were on the Diamond Princess Cruise ship and three infections from people who were evacuated from Wuhan, China on chartered flights.