Airlines and Airports Hope to Encourage Travel With Testing

As carriers report dismal earnings, their pandemic response is key with passengers

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Left with a patchwork of testing options and domestic quarantines in the face of a public health crisis, travelers have had to ask themselves an odd question: Would they really get a Covid test at the airport salon that also does pedicures?

XpresSpa, which calls itself the world’s largest airport spa company with more than 50 locations in 25 airports, is betting they would. That’s why it started a sister company in April, XpresCheck, which last week began offering travelers a $200 rapid Covid test with results in as little as 15 minutes, available at Newark, JFK and, soon, Boston Logan airports.

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