Southwest Will Add More Passengers to Planes as Coronavirus Transmission Fears Wane

Southwest Will Add More Passengers to Planes as Coronavirus Transmission Fears Wane

"This practice of effectively keeping middle seats open bridged us from the early days of the pandemic, when we had little knowledge about the behavior of the virus, to now," Kelly said. Recent research seems to support Southwest's view. In a study commissioned by Boeing (NYSE: BA), researchers from the University of Arizona sprayed a live, surrogate virus on strategic high-touch areas of an unoccupied plane.