Here’s everything you need to know about flying in the COVID-19 era. - TODAYshow
“Every customer and every crew member before boarding the aircraft has their temperature screened using an infrared touchless thermometer; takes about half a second as you board,” he said. “Any passenger or crew member that has a temperature of 100.4 or higher won’t be boarding.”
Though this may be a comforting sight to some, CDC scientists contest the effectiveness of thermal screenings since many people who have COVID-19 have been shown to remain asymptomatic. Currently, some airlines are making potential flyers fill out a symptoms questionnaire and urging those who may be sick to stay home. These include Frontier, United and Alaska airlines.For the time being, most domestic airlines have effectively removed the middle seating for use except if family members want to sit nearby.
A spokesperson for Hawaiian Airlines said that an added change is they will not be pre-boarding families with small children to promote social distancing.No two airlines have an identical food option during the coronavirus pandemic. Some, like Hawaiian Airlines, still offer complimentary meals. Others have implemented a snack bag; United’s contains a wrapped sanitizer wipe, 8.5-ounce bottled water, Dutch stroopwafel and package of pretzels.
Beverages have been handled similarly. Limited bottles of water are available on JetBlue flights. Recently, however, some domestic airlines — such as Delta, American and EasyJet— have
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