Wear masks on flights, IATA advises passengers

Wear masks on flights, IATA advises passengers

Coronavirus: Low risk of passenger-to-passenger infection in flights, says IATA. It also said that removing the middle seat does not guarantee additional safety for passengers.. The International Air Transport Association (Iata), the global representative of around 290 airlines, on Tuesday said air travel is safe because the risk of coronavirus transmission is low, and also opposed removing middle seats in the aircraft as part of social distance rules.. While giving a briefing, the global aviation body said no passenger-to-passenger transmission of coronavirus has been reported so far during flights.". The neutralisation of middle seat brings no additional guarantee of safety onboard from the virus.. Most of global airlines would not have been able to make money last year if a third of the seats had been removed," said Brian Pearce, chief economist of Iata.. Alexandre de Juniac, director-general of Iata, had said last month that leaving the middle seat empty was among the likely conditions for a resumption of air travel to be discussed with governments around the world.. Limiting movement within the cabinDr. David. Powerll, medical advisor for Iata, stressed that the risk of onboard transmission of the virus is low because there is no stagnant air, the air