Social distancing a nightmare for airline economics
Recently IATA Chief Executive Officer, Alexandre de Juniac, was quoted saying “Cheap travel is over”. This was the summary of a response provided to a question asked about how social distancing on aircraft would impact fares and yields for airlines. Removing the middle row seat of a single-aisle aircraft essentially reduces the number of available seats that an airline would have available to sell. For an airline, losing a large portion of supply unequivocally has an impact o