Air Travel Toolkit for Airline Partners
CDC created this communication toolkit for our airline partners to help them reach their travelers and employees with COVID-19 prevention messaging.
This toolkit provides messages, graphics and products to:
- Support timely messaging to travelers and employees.
- Share CDC resources with airline partners.
- Help airline partners develop additional COVID-19 materials.
Airline partners can also access other CDC communication resources for specific audiences in our Communication Resources page, which includes resources specific to travelers.
Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
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- CDC COVID-19 PSA Mask Mandate (30 seconds)
audio icon Audio (30 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon - COVID-19 Airport Announcement (42 seconds)
audio icon Audio (42 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon | Spanish audio icon Audio (51 secs)media icon Spanish Transcriptpdf icon - COVID-19 Everyday Prevention Actions (For multiple audiences – 45 seconds)
audio icon Audio (45 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon | Spanish Audio and Transcript - COVID-19 Readiness (39 seconds)
audio icon Audio (39 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon | Spanish Audio and Transcript - Travelers Returning Home
audio icon Audio (30 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon | Spanish audio icon Audio (30 secs)media icon Spanish Transcriptpdf icon - Travelers Returning Home (Long)
audio icon Audio (45 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon | Spanish audio icon Audio (1 min) media icon Spanish Transcriptpdf icon - Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic
audio icon Audio (30 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon | Spanish audio icon Audio (30 secs)media icon Spanish Transcriptpdf icon - Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Long)
audio icon Audio (45 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon | Spanish audio icon Audio (45 secs)media icon Spanish Transcriptpdf icon - Travel during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Short)
audio icon Audio (15 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon | Spanish audio icon Audio (15 secs)media icon Spanish Transcriptpdf icon - Follow State and Local Guidance
audio icon Audio (30 secs)media icon Transcriptpdf icon | Spanish audio icon Audio (30 secs)media icon Spanish Transcriptpdf icon - During International Airport Travel
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- CDC COVID-19 PSA Mask Mandate (30 seconds)

COVID-19 Travel Planner
The COVID-19 Travel Planner is a centralized communication platform that travelers can search to find COVID-19 information for the state, local, territorial, and tribal communities they’re passing through and for their destinations. This information will help travelers make informed decisions, protect themselves, and reduce transmission before, during and after they travel. Learn how you can promote Travel Planner on your social media platforms and website.
Social Media
All social media content is ready for dissemination.
Please remember to use #COVID19 when tweeting out any Coronavirus Disease 2019 related content.
If you are traveling on an airplane, take steps to help prevent COVID-19. Avoid close contact with others, wear a mask, and wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. See FAQs for Travelers: https://bit.ly/3fauXgJexternal icon
If you are traveling on an airplane, help prevent #COVID19. Avoid close contact with others, wear a mask & wash your hands often with soap & water for at least 20 seconds or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol: https://bit.ly/3fauXgJexternal icon
Traveling on public transportation (such as airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-shares) can make getting and spreading COVID-19 more likely. CDC now requires everyone to wear a mask while using public transportation into, within, or out of the United States and in US transportation hubs (airports; seaports; train, subway, and bus stations, and other terminals). When using public transport, wear a mask, stay 6 feet from others as much as possible and avoid crowds, and wash your hands frequently. Learn more about reducing your risk while traveling: https://bit.ly/3m68x2Rexternal icon
CDC has issued an order that requires everyone to wear a mask while traveling into, within, or out of the United States to reduce the spread of #COVID19. When you are using public transportation (including airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, ride-shares) or transiting through US transportation hubs (airports, bus and train stations, etc.), you must wear a mask. Also stay 6 feet from others as much as possible and avoid crowds, and wash your hands frequently. Learn more about reducing your risk: https://bit.ly/3m68x2Rexternal icon
#travel #coronavirus
CDC has issued an order requiring everyone to wear a mask while traveling on public transportation into, within, or out of the US (including airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, ride-shares). Wearing a mask reduces the spread of #COVID19. More: https://bit.ly/3m68x2Rexternal icon
Before your trip to the United States from international destinations, get tested for COVID-19. You must show your negative COVID-19 viral test results to the airline to board your flight. Learn more about the testing requirement: http://bit.ly/3dmnL2Jexternal icon
Planning a trip to an international destination? Negative COVID-19 test results are now required before you return to the United States: http://bit.ly/3dmnL2Jexternal icon
Traveling from an international destination to the United States? A negative test result for COVID-19 before travel into the U.S. is now required. For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/3dmnL2Jexternal icon
Electronic Messaging for Airport Kiosks

Travel Health Alerts
CDC’s public health messaging system offers up-to-date messages to travelers at specific airports, seaports, and land borders where most international travelers enter or leave the United States.
This is the latest information posted by CDC, in partnership with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other port-of-entry partners.
Travel Health Alert: Video

Stop the Spread of Germs
This prevention kiosk video is available to download and use in your community. It reminds travelers and others to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by wearing a cloth face covering over your nose and mouth, staying at least 6 feet (about 2 arms’ length) away from other people, washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and avoiding touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
Stop the Spread of Germs: Video
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Key Times to Keep Your Distance at the Airport
Keep your distance at the airport while waiting in lines and while waiting for luggage.
Print Resources
International Travel- Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test
This poster reminds air travelers that they must show their negative test result or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 to the airline before boarding the flight back to the United States.
Stop the Spread of Germs During Travel
This prevention poster reminds travelers to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by staying at least 6 feet from other people at the airport, especially while waiting in lines and while waiting for luggage; wearing a mask throughout your trip; and washing your hands often.
Stop the Spread of Germs Poster
This prevention poster reminds travelers and others to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by staying at least 6 feet from other people; covering your cough or sneeze; wearing a cloth face covering in public; not touching your eyes, nose, and mouth; and washing your hands with soap and water. Download for printing using the links below:
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Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
This poster is available to download and use in your community to inform people that symptoms of COVID-19 can include fever, cough and shortness of breath, and these symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure.
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Wash your hands!
This prevention posters shows travelers steps they can take for proper handwashing to prevent the spread of germs. Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Size: 8.5”W x 11”H
What you should know about COVID-19 to protect yourself and others
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an illness caused by a virus that can spread from person to person. Learn ways you canto protect yourself and others from COVID-19.
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How to Protect Yourself and Others
Protect yourself and others from COVID-19 by learning how it spreads and taking everyday preventive actions.
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Web Content
- Testing and International Air Travel – Provides testing recommendations and additional precautions to take when traveling internationally by air.
- Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test or Recovery from COVID-19 for All Air Passengers Arriving in the United States– Provides information about CDC’s order requiring all passengers arriving to the US from a foreign country.
- Travel during COVID-19 – Provides information about travel and advice on how to stay safe.
- Requirement for Face Masks on Public Transportation Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs – Provides information about CDC’s order that requires face masks to be worn by all travelers on public transportation and at transportation hubs.
- Protect Yourself When Using Transportation – Provides information on how to protect yourself and slow the spread of COVID-19 when using public transit, rideshares and taxis, micro-mobility devices, and personal vehicles.