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FIRST ON FOX: United Airlines employees have filed a lawsuit against the airline over its coronavirus vaccine mandate.

The Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC), which organizes the Conservative Political Action Conference, warned United Airlines to abandon its “draconian” COVID-19 vaccine mandate, claiming that the mandate will enable dangerous government overreach, in a letter exclusively provided to Fox News on Monday.

United responded to multiple customers on Twitter who complained about the issues they were having with the airline at the airport and on its mobile app.

Any United Airlines employee who has been given a religious exemption from getting a coronavirus vaccine will be placed on temporary, unpaid personal leave starting in October.

Several leading U.S. airlines warned Thursday that the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant is hurting their bookings and further delaying a recovery for the travel industry.

United Airlines' 67,000 U.S.-based employees face a Sept. 27 deadline for getting vaccinated. United said Wednesday, however, that employees whose bids for exemptions based on medical reasons or religious beliefs are denied will get five more weeks to get vaccinated.

Federal regulators are weighing additional safeguards for some of the United's Boeing 777s after a February engine incident over Colorado.

United Airlines has completed its first flight as part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, which is assisting in the effort to evacuate American citizens and personnel, Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and other at-risk individuals from Afghanistan.

Tropical Storm Henri has forced the cancellation of around 850 flights departing from and arriving at airports in the Northeast, as it made landfall in Rhode Island Sunday.

The Department of Defense will compel commercial airlines to help with the evacuation of Afghans and U.S. personnel from Afghanistan.

"Please remember that there are designated items onboard that may be used in difficult situations, and alternative measures such as tape should never be used," United senior vice president for inflight services John Slater told employees in a memo obtained by FOX Business.

Major airlines are avoiding Afghanistan's airspace in the wake of the Taliban gaining control of the country two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troops withdrawal.

Last week, United – which has 67,000 U.S.-based employees – became the first major U.S. airline to announce that it will require employees in the U.S. to be vaccinated.

Athletes and staff from Team USA will spend another night in Tokyo after their flight on Olympics sponsor United Airlines has been delayed for 18 hours.

United employees, in a first for an airline, will be required to upload a vaccine card proving that they have had the appropriate number of doses.

Delta ranked the best airline from April 2020 to March 2021. These other airlines weren't far behind.

Rising concern about the fast-spreading delta variant of COVID-19 is creating turbulence for the stocks of big travel companies, but airline executives say they don’t see any slowdown in ticket sales, maybe because a high percentage of their best customers are fully vaccinated.

The return of vacation travelers helped United Airlines reduce its quarterly loss to $434 million and the airline posted surprisingly strong revenue.

United and its partner Mesa Airlines will each purchase 100 ES-19 aircraft. The 19-seat electric aircraft is expected to fly customers up to 250 miles on more than 100 of United's regional routes by 2026.

Travel isn’t likely to recover in full from the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic until 2023 as business demand continues to lag, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said Sunday.