US airline industry group Airlines for America says 8.5% of flights are more than 70% full. The group maintains that the vast majority of flights continue to allow for many open seats, even as the average number of passengers on each plane is growing.
Some passengers will arrive at the airport and find their flight is too full to allow for the neighboring seat to remain empty, according to data from a US airline industry group.
The 70% mark is significant because on a narrow body aircraft where most seats are in groups of 3, social distancing typically means using only two thirds of seats, or 67%.When factoring in other types of aircraft and different seating arrangements, the International Air Transport Association says social distancing would mean using a maximum of 62% of seats fleet-wide.
Some airlines are making it easier to socially distance on flights, although their individual policies vary. It said fewer than 1% of flights -- 0.7% -- were occupied between 90% and 100% full, a metric the airlines call load factor.-- 6% of flights flew 60% to 69% full.In January and February, the average flight carried between 85 to 100 passengers. Now, the average flight carries about 39 passengers. That number has climbed significantly from as low as 10 passengers per flight in April and 23 passengers per flight in early May.
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