Delta Will Fly Planes Half-Full to Ensure Social Distancing
How do you enforce social distancing on an airline with an average seat-width of just 18 inches? That could be a problem for American airlines (not just American Airlines) as states begin easing up on coronavirus restrictions, and passengers (hopefully) resume flying the friendly skies.
One possibility would be to make seats bigger and give passengers a lot more elbow room -- but such a change might feel a bit too "permanent" for the airlines' taste. In the meantime, Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), at least, has hit upon an interim solution:
Since mid-April, Delta has "blocked" reservation of middle seats on all its flights, inserting a space barrier between aisle and window. Beginning today and through at least June 30, Delta will go a step further, blocking reservations of certain window and aisle seats in order to add additional "social distance" between passengers.
Source Fool.com
