Business Travel Is Coming Back: Top Execs at American Airlines and Dallas-Forth Worth Airport
Photo Credit: An American Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Skift Take
You can debate about in-flight studies on the risk of spreading infection. But American Airlines at least has the hard evidence that its guest-facing workers have a reported lower infection rate than the company as a whole or than the urban areas where they tend to work. That bodes well for a business travel rebound.
Airline executives reacted cautiously on Thursday to the news that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a "strong recommendation" that Americans do not travel during the Thanksgiving holiday next week as the coronavirus pandemic surges in the U.S.
"We really encourage everyone to take precautions and make sure you're wearing masks and follow CDC guidelines," said Robert Isom, president of American Airlines Group and American Airlines, on Thursday at Skift Aviation Forum held online. "If you're going to travel, what we're doing at American is we're making things as safe as possible."
