Lovefly® Blog - Flying Is Safe Despite Covid 19

That is according to the experts, IATA.  From IATA comes great news.   A snippet from their website is below.

If you are not familiar with IATA, they are a fantastic organisation dedicated to commercial aviation.  They research and prepare documentation to advise airlines how to respond to, well, everything.  Click on the image to watch the helpful video.  

  

"Be reassured that the risk of contracting COVID-19 on board a flight is very low.

There have been millions of flights since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak resulting in less than 50 confirmed cases of transmission in-flight.

There are several reasons why this is the case:

Seating position - Most of the time on board, you are seated facing forward rather than facing another person. This makes a big difference in terms of the chance of breathing in someone else’s expelled breath.

Seat backs - A further barrier to COVID-19 spread is that high seatbacks act as a solid barrier.

High airflow rate  - Research has shown that the airflow in an aircraft (from ceiling to floor) is less conductive to droplet spread than other similar environments or modes of transport.  

Air exchange - Modern jet aircraft deliver high airflow and replacement rates, combined with hospital-grade High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters that are 99.9+% effective at removing viruses, bacteria and fungi. Cabin air is exchanged every 2-3 minutes."

IATA Website Link

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We know that some parts of the media are reporting otherwise but, commercial aviation is a low risk activity for Covid.  Don't take our word for it.  Please have a look at the research and articles on the IATA site and decide for yourself.  

Take care

Lovefly Team

team@lovefly.co.uk www.lovefly.co.uk 

For more fear of flying help:

• We have lots of helpful blogs you can read
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• We have and will run webinars around fear of flying areas people want to know about and more information is on our website www.lovefly.co.uk 
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