One Airline Is Offering $4 Covid Tests to Get People Flying
A healthcare worker processes Covid-19 tests at a SpiceHealth laboratory at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
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One airline in India has hit upon a new way to make a bit of extra money while encouraging people back on planes -- sell them Covid-19 tests.
SpiceJet Ltd., India’s second-largest carrier, is offering coronavirus screening to passengers for as little as 299 rupees ($4). That’s about one-third the current market rate. SpiceHealth, the unit selling the tests, has also set up mobile-testing facilities for the general public in Mumbai and New Delhi, where starting from 499 rupees, people can come in or have a sample collected from their home.