FILE PHOTO: Delta Air Lines 737 passenger planes are seen lined up on a runway where they are parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of coronavirus disease , at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
- Delta Air Lines said on Tuesday it was putting a limit to seating capacity in its airplanes, as the U.S. carrier looks to provide a safe flying experience to customers amid the coronavirus crisis. The airline aims to keep a plane’s seating capacity at 50% in the first class and 60% for other ticket categories through June 30, while blocking the sale of select aisle and window seats, the company said in a statement.Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur
It'll be interesting to hear such justifications, from the airlines, since they've been pissing and moaning for YEARS that without maximum capacity...in every flight...they couldn't be profitable? How can they sell that notion now?
So on your basic 737, they will only sell 8 of the 16 tickets in first class. While back in Steerage, they'll fill 90 of the 150 seats. Which means 7 seats out of 12 in every two rows will be sold. That sounds super socially distanced, doesn't it?
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