US experts raise concerns about full airline flights

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>The government’s top experts in infectious diseases on Tuesday criticised American Airlines’ decision to pack flights full while the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow across much of the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Obviously that is something that is of concern&period; I’m not sure what went into that decision making&comma;” Dr Anthony Fauci told a Senate panel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think in the confines of an airplane that becomes even more problematic&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Several US airlines say they are limiting capacity on planes to between 60&percnt; and 67&percnt; of all seats&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; United Airlines never promised to leave seats empty&comma; and American said last week that starting on Wednesday it would drop its effort to keep half of all middle seats empty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;7947e6418c2fffedae2fa02369e1fb22&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Anthony Fauci" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158094" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When they announced that the other day obviously there was substantial disappointment with American Airlines&comma;” said Dr Robert Redfield&comma; director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I can say this is under critical review by us at CDC&period; We don’t think it’s the right message&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>American Airlines spokesman Ross Feinstein said the airline has &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;multiple layers of protection in place for those who fly with us&comma; including required face coverings&comma; enhanced cleaning procedures&comma; and a pre-flight Covid-19 symptom checklist&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said American was also giving customers the option of changing their ticket if their flight might be full&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bosses of American and United have said that even with middle seats empty&comma; it is impossible to follow 6-foot social-distancing on a plane&comma; so airlines rely on masks&comma; deep cleaning and air-filtration systems on planes to prevent spreading the virus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s less about social distancing and it’s more about the air and quality of air on board the airplane that makes people safe&comma;” said United Airlines chief Scott Kirby&comma; who added he had not seen the health officials’ comments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Airlines are desperate to increase revenue as they try to survive a plunge in air travel that reached 95&percnt; during April&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many airline flights were nearly empty in the early weeks of the outbreak&comma; with the average dipping to about 10 passengers&comma; according to industry figures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some days&comma; there were fewer than 100&comma;000 people flying in the United States&comma; a level not seen since the 1950s&comma; except in the days following the September 2001 terror attacks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Air travel has increased slowly since mid-April — although it’s still down 75&percnt; from normal — and some flights have been packed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>American&comma; which is based in Fort Worth&comma; Texas&comma; plans to increase flights by nearly 60&percnt; starting July 7 compared with June&comma; which could help avoid full planes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Delta Air Lines&comma; Southwest Airlines&comma; JetBlue Airways and Alaska Airlines say they will continue to limit capacity&comma; 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