{"id":105333,"date":"2021-01-21T20:52:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T20:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=105333"},"modified":"2021-01-21T21:10:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T21:10:44","slug":"southwest-airlines-to-vaccinate-employees-against-covid-19-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/01\/southwest-airlines-to-vaccinate-employees-against-covid-19-for-free.html","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines to vaccinate employees against COVID-19 for free."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Southwest Airlines <\/strong>said Thursday it would vaccinate its employees against COVID-19 for free once the vaccine is widely available in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/12\/southwest-will-receive-35-737-max-through-end-2021.html\">Southwest will receive 35 737 MAX through end 2021.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have teams working to identify third parties who can provide vaccines to our employees as soon as they are able to do so, likely during later phases of the vaccine rollout plan,&#8221; the U.S. airline said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vaccines are paid for by the federal government and administrative expenses will be covered by Southwest employees under their health plans, the company added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-3e01d97e     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"436\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/11\/latam-airlines-reports-us441-million-q3-2026-net-profit-raises-full-year-guidance.html\" 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