As the United States and the United States prepare to sell their full-capacity flights, Delta said Thursday that it will remain wherever it is, without filling the intermediate seats and will not sell at full capacity.
Delta sells 60% of its capacity and blocks intermediate seats, while the two main competitions recently announced that they would begin promoting 100 percent of capacity in July.
CEO Ed Bastian said Thursday that Delta will not only implement its policies until September 30, but also: “We anticipate that we will continue to block intermediate seats beyond that date.”
“The medical experts we’ve worked with tell us that keeping the middle seats locked and restricting capacity makes a genuine difference to keeping passengers and our other people on board, and our consumers tell us it gives them peace of mind when they fly,” Bastian wrote.
Since bankruptcy in 2007, Delta has consistently focused on making sure it has a source of revenue premium over its competitors. In other words, it has tried to distinguish itself as a high-end airline in what is a commodity company.
Now, as carriers take divergent traces of the coronavirus crisis, Delta turns out to be following a premium trail again.
Americans and the United states have been criticized for their policies. At a Senate hearing Tuesday, Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control, said, “I can tell you that when they announced it the other day, there is obviously a wonderful sadness with American Airlines.
“We don’t think it’s the right message,” Redfield said.
American responded temporarily: “We are adamant in our commitment to the protection and well-being of our consumers and our team members.
“We have several layers of coverage for those who accompany us, adding the required facial coverages, advancing cleaning procedures and a list of COVID-19 symptoms before the flight, and we will give consumers more flexibility to modify their plans. American said.
In addition to Delta, JetBlue and Southwest also block some seats. However, United spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday, “When it comes to blocking middle seats, it’s a public relations strategy, it’s not a security strategy.”
Also this week, carriers reiterated their commitment to punish passengers who refuse to wear face masks, sometimes banning them from traveling long-term until the end of the fitness crisis.
“A recent WHO review found that if 80% of others wore a mask, the coVID-19 infection rate would fall by 90%,” Bastian wrote. “We continue to require a mask for all of our consumers and uniformed employees, and we have recently extinguished our needs until the end of the year.
“As you know, any visitor who refuses to wear a mask on a Delta flight can waste their skill on us in the future,” he said.
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