Airline trade groups are making the case that the risk of getting COVID-19 on a flight is low.
To boost travel demand, Airlines for America, a trade group that represents the nation’s ten largest carriers, recently launched a “Fly Healthy. Fly Smart” campaign to promote the industry’s efforts to reduce the risk of infection on a plane. The campaign also emphasizes that cabin air is filtered through high efficiency particulate air filters to generate hospital-grade air for passengers.
The reason is obvious. Passenger traffic at U.S. airports began to drop dramatically, starting in mid-March, to a low of fewer than 88,000 passengers on April 14, based on the number of passengers screened by the Transportation Security Administration. On that same date last year, the TSA screened 2.2 million fliers.Since then, the daily total of passengers screened at U.S. airports has climbed to a high of nearly 353,000 on May 31.
Rastegar, 38, believes that the risk of being infected on a plane is relatively low as long as he wears a mask, washes his hands and wipes down surfaces. He also credits the airlines for more frequently cleaning the cabins and requiring passengers to wear masks.“I’m taking those precautions and wearing my mask, at the same time I’m not keeping myself in lockdown,” he said.
Inside the cabin, filtered air mixed with outside air blows down on passengers from vents above the seats and escapes through vents under the seats. The system reduces the likelihood that germs and viruses can travel the length of the cabin, according to aviation industry experts.In its report, the International Air Transport Assn.
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