In a new study by the CDC, they have analyzed Covid-19 exposure data and have found that to decrease the likelihood of catching the virus on an airplane where you have heightened risk, is to keep the middle seats on a plane vacant to increase the amount of space between individual passengers. When doing this action, the risk of catching the virus on an airplane decreases by a large margin around 23% to 57% on single-aisle and twin-aisle airplanes.
According to the CDC, the small distance between passengers in the aircraft reduces exposure from virus particles coming into the passenger’s eyes or mouths, putting them at a safe distance away from the virus. With the addition of wearing a mask and other additional precautions over their face, passengers have a low chance of contracting the virus.
To come to this conclusion, the CDC calculated and used laboratory-generated models to demonstrate a visual example of where the virus particles are in comparison to the passengers, as well as the contact that Bacteriophages have in virus particles. The conclusion stated that the distance between other passengers who may have the virus will still be deemed as a safe distance, as the Bacteriophages will eliminate the virus particles, making the virus weaker, and the distance is too far to affect the passenger and enter their body.
The risk of contracting the virus was reduced to a 50% margin in which the example model demonstrated 6 passengers sitting on the left side of the plane, while another 6 passengers who showed symptoms of the Covid-19 virus sat on the other side of the plane. While sitting anywhere near in proximity to an individual with Covid-19 symptoms is dangerous, there was a far less chance of contracting the virus with the vacant seat experiment in place.
In regards to worries of catching the Covid-19 virus when boarding public aircraft with other individuals that may or may not show symptoms, FlexAir Charters provides safety and comfort with our services in finding chartering services for individuals who wish to fly safe using a private jet and other aerospace transportation services. We offer corporate air charters and other charters that can be assigned to our clients who wish to fly privately with a group of people who they know won’t provide a risk of the virus.
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