How Safe is it to Fly During COVID-19? You May be Surprised.

Travelers have taken quite the hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Especially when it comes to flying.

In 2019, millions of passengers would travel every day. In fact, the average number of daily airline travelers from March 1 – October 15, 2019 was just over 2.4 Million.

Those are the same six and a half months that the coronavirus has impacted the US. In 2020, this caused that daily average number to reduce significantly. From March 1 –October 15, 2020, the average number of daily flyers dropped to 595,396, according to TSA checkpoint travel numbers.

The initial fear of traveling makes sense. Why would you want to leave your home, where it’s safe, to get into a plane with filtered air and close contact to hundreds of strangers?

The good news is that the aircraft’s constantly filtered air is what makes a big difference when it comes to airflow and virus transmission.