New airline travel changes amid COVID-19

New airline travel changes amid COVID-19

While the Stay At Home Order is being relaxed in many states, Americans are still choosing to stay home.

Mandy Gather has more on the impact it's having on air travel.

STAY HOME -- MANDY GAITHER HASMORE ON THE IMPACT ITS HAVINGON AIR TRAVEL IN TODAY'SCONSUMER WATCH.WHEN IT COMES TO TRAVELINGDURING THIS PANDEMIC -- THECENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL ANDPREVENTION STILL RECOMMENDS YOUSTAY HOME -- AND NUMBERS FROMTHE AIRLINES FOR AMERICAORGANIZATION SHOW PEOPLE AREHEEDING THAT WARNING.AFTER SEEING A 2 PERCENTINCREASE IN PASSENGER VOLUMEIN LATE FEBRUARY -- AIR TRAVELHAS FALLEN 96-PERCENT FROMTHOSE HIGHS.DOMESTIC U-S FLIGHTS ARECARRYING ABOUT 15 TO 20PASSENGERS ON AVERAGE --COMPARED TO 85 TO 100PASSENGERS IN THE FIRST TWOMONTHS OF 2020.U-S PASSENGER AIRLINES HAVEIDLED OVER THREE-THOUSANDAIRCRAFT -- CONSTITUTING NEARLY50 PERCENT OF CARRIERS' ACTIVEFLEET.IN AN EFFORT TO GET CONSUMERSBACK -- LEADING U-S AIRLINESWILL BE REQUIRING FACECOVERINGS FOR CUSTOMER-FACINGEMPLOYEES AND PASSENGERS --DURING CHECK IN -- BOARDING --IN-FLIGHT AND DEPLANING.AIRLINES FOR AMERICA SAYSCARRIERS ARE ALSO WORKING TOSANITIZE COCKPITS, AND HIGHTOUCH AREAS LIKE SEATBELTS ANDARMRESTS -- AND HAVEIMPLEMENTED A RANGE OF POLICIES-- SUCH AS BACK TO FRONTBOARDING -- AND ADJUSTING FOODAND BEVERAGE SERVICES -- FORTODAY'S CONSUMER WATCH, I'MMANDY GAITHER.THE C-D-C SAYS - MOST VIRUSESDON'T SPREAD EASILY ON FLIGHTSBECAUSE OF HOW THE AIRCIRCULATES AND IS FILTERED ONPLANES --HOWEVER -- THE AGENCY SAYS --THERE MAY BE A RISK OF GETTINGCOVID-19 ON CROWDED FLIGHTS IFTHERE ARE OTHER TRAVELERS ONBOARD WHO ARE INFECTED.FEE-VFRONTIER AIRLINES IS DROPPING