Unvaccinated Delta Staff Ordered to Pay $200 Monthly Health Insurance Surcharge

Delta Air Lines pre-flight cleaning crew members work on an aircraft at JFK International Airport, N.Y., on Aug. 6, 2020. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Employees at Delta Air Lines will have to pay a $200 per month surcharge for their company-sponsored health care plan if they aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the company’s top executive.

Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian wrote in an Aug. 25 memo that the extra charge—due to take effect on Nov. 1—comes in response to steep costs for staff COVID-19 hospitalization.