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
• We are recording podcasts regularly on helpful topics for the nervous flyer.  Search 'Lovefly' on Podbean, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts (https://lovefly.podbean.com)
• 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 
• Audiobook written and narrated by Paul Tizzard available on Audible and most places you get your audio books from 'Helping You to Overcome Fear of Flying' (released this year)

Lovefly® Blog - Travelling by air during the Covid 19 Pandemic

 

In a nutshell, flying right now, during the Covid 19 pandemic, is safer than most people think.  This is not our view, this is a view from our friends at IATA. The website link is below if you want to see more information plus, they have put together a helpful video to reassure the 'want to travel' public.  Their website is literally rammed with helpful information for the nervous flyer - not just fear of flying linked to Covid 19.  Here is a helpful snippet from their terrific website:

'While the risk of catching an infection on an aircraft is typically lower than in a shopping center or an office environment, there are simple measures you can take to further reduce the risk when traveling: wear a mask, clean your hands regularly and check-in online to minimize contact at the airport.

And important to know: nearly all planes today have very sophisticated air filters which catch 99.99% of particles, including viruses like COVID-19. The cabin air is also replaced with new fresh air from outside every two to three minutes. This means that what you breathe onboard is the same quality as in an operating room at a hospital.    

Put it all together and flying remains one of the safest travel alternatives even during COVID-19.'

Please think about travelling if you can.  The airlines are struggling and we do not want to lose any more great travel companies.  Airlines have had to let go thousands of people due to this pandemic.  Flying is such an amazing privilege of our generation - don't you think?

IATA Website  

Helpful video from IATA explaining Covid 19 safety measures in place.

Take care,

Lovefly® Team

For more fear of flying help:

• We have lots of helpful blogs you can read
• We are recording podcasts regularly on helpful topics for the nervous flyer.  Search 'Lovefly' on Podbean, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts
• 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 
• Audiobook written and narrated by Paul Tizzard available on Audible and most places you get your audio books from 'Helping You to Overcome Fear of Flying' (released this year)

Lovefly® Blog - Covid video from IATA and fear of flying

This week, something caught our eye in terms of airlines and Covid readiness.  This short video was released by our friends at IATA who are doing a lot of work to help airlines.  

The video, is no more than a minute and explains 4 factors that reduce the Covid risk. This is great news for us all and especially for people with a fear of flying.  Here is the link

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We ran our first official webinar last week.  Capt Steve, head of 787 training at Virgin Atlantic talked us through 'Why you should trust commercial pilots.'  Some of the areas covered included the major steps you have to go through to even become trained.  Then, a snapshot of some of the measures in place to monitor, train and maintain the high safety culture of commercial pilots.  If you missed this webinar, we have another one coming up on the 15th August 'Weather, Turbulence and everything else.'  Capt Steve will be talking with Paul Tizzard, fear of flying coach and answering your questions.

We have edited some elements of the webinar and will release this on our podcast site, link at top of page www.lovefly.co.uk 

Keep safe,

Lovefly Team

Webinar - 'Weather, turbulence and everything you ever wanted to know' 15th August 1400 UK