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Social Distancing Rule Is Impossible On Flights – Aviation Minister

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Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation, said it is almost impossible to achieve physical distancing on flights without hurting the revenue of airlines.

He said this during a webinar on Sunday, July 5, 2020, attended by stakeholders in the aviation sector.

The webinar focused on the status of the industry restart.

Sirika was responding to a question from the managing director of Aero Contractors, Ado Sanusi, who wondered if social distancing would affect the prices of airfares.

The minister said total social distancing was impossible to attain in the airplanes.

He said, “The person sitting beside or behind you is not two meters away from you.

“When people say they would block one seat between passengers, what if the guy behind you and the one in front of you? The guy in front of you is in danger, should you sneeze or cough, you are actually coughing over his head.

“ It is very difficult to achieve because it means you have to take a sit on my left, right in front, and behind to achieve at least 0.5 meters.”

Sirika said achieving social distancing on flights would mean that airlines stick with 40 percent of their carrying capacity.

He argued, “To achieve that you are saying 30 or 40 percent capacity should be allowed. I think we should research more between today and over the weekend to come up with something that we can announce soon.

Source: ThisDay

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