Print article ATLANTA, Ga. Keeping middle seats empty on airplanes could sharply reduce passenger exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19, according to study results released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But most major U.S. airlines aren’t restricting access to those seats. And the last major holdout, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, earlier announced it will open up middle seats on flights starting May 1. A Delta spokesman reiterated Wednesday its plans have not changed. Using modeling based on earlier lab studies at Kansas State University, the CDC found that aerosol exposures were reduced by 23% to 57% when middle seats were vacant compared to full flights. The tests used a surrogate virus.
CDC study argues for keeping the middle seat vacant on flights, but airlines aren’t listening
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Masked passengers fill a Southwest Airlines flight from Burbank to Las Vegas on June 3, with middle seats left open. (Christopher Reynolds/The Los Angeles Times/TNS)TNS
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ATLANTA Keeping middle seats empty on airplanes could sharply reduce passenger exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19, according to study results released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But most major U.S. airlines aren’t restricting access to those seats. And the last major holdout, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, earlier announced it will open up middle seats on flights starting May 1. A Delta spokesman reiterated Wednesday its plans have not changed.
MLB All-Star Game yanked from Georgia over voting law
By RONALD BLUMApril 3, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws that critics including the CEOs of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola have condemned as being too restrictive.
The decision to pull the July 13 game from Atlanta’s Truist Park amounts to the first economic backlash against Georgia for the voting law that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp quickly signed into law March 25.
Kemp has insisted the law’s critics have mischaracterized what it does, yet GOP lawmakers adopted the changes largely in response to false claims of fraud in the 2020 elections by former President Donald Trump and his supporters. The law includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run.
Aeroméxico returning to DFW in July with nonstop flights to Mexico City
After pulling back a year ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Aeroméxico is returning with some new competition for Mexico City travelers.
The Grupo Aeromexico SAB logo is seen on the tail of a plane as another jet takes off from Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012.
The Mexican airline Aeroméxico is resuming flights between DFW International Airport and Mexico City in July after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the carrier to cut service into and out of North Texas.
Aeroméxico will restart its daily nonstop flights to Mexico City from DFW on July 1, giving North Texas four carriers flying into the Mexican capital.
Denver, Colorado (77WABC) – It’s official and confirmed! Major League Baseball announced the 2021 All-Star Game and all of its surrounding events will be hosted by the Colorado Rockies. The mid-summer classic returns to the City of Denver after holding its first-ever All-Star game in the Mile High City 23 years ago.
2021 All-Star Week will be hosted by the @Rockies and will take place at Coors Field. pic.twitter.com/Z0OqUQI9cV
“Major League Baseball is grateful to the Rockies, the City of Denver and the State of Colorado for their support of this summer’s All-Star Game. We appreciate their flexibility and enthusiasm to deliver a first-class event for our game and the region. We look forward to celebrating our sport’s best players and entertaining fans around the world,”