Originally Posted by
mariol
My wife's SYD-LAX took off a little over an hour ago -- I texted when the news came out while she was still taxiing, but the cabin hadn't made any announcements yet. Wonder if they're going to get a message to airborne crews -- if not hers will surely be one of the last mask-required flights inbound to the US.
Australia requires masks in all airports and "inflight". It's specifically called out that they are required on all flights TO Australia so they are still going to be required on LAX-SYD, but it's not clear if the Australian rules would cover flights departing Australia, or when the requirements would stop (Boarding? Takeoff? Outside of Australian air space?), or whether the flag of the carrier would matter (UA v's Qantas, for example).