[AMcWhirter]

Re: Aer Lingus BHD-LHR. More capacity is now being offered. Two flights operated this morning.

[AJDC]

Social distancing on board an aircraft is not a viable business model. Would be better to have everyone wear masks at all time while on board, of course there would be a problem with eating or drinking…

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MartynSinclair

[ASK1945]

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This has been discussed at length already on other threads.

[AJDC]

I’m a tad confused, why are you telling me thing and not the thread starter? Perhaps it would be better to tell the thread starter or have the moderators combined this with the other threads that you mentioned.

[ASK1945]

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……………. sorry about that. Try “What should be expected” amongst mentions in others.

[Tom Otley]

I’ve merged the two threads into this (slightly renamed one) one – Social Distancing on Flights Aer Lingus – a few of the replies now don’t fit but it will keep this on topic, I think.

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ASK1945

[Gin&Tonic]

A few airlines are now announcing the need for passengers to wear masks, I would like to see more airlines publish what they will be doing to better sanitise the cabins especially on turnarounds.

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ASK1945

[PatJordan]

This was published earlier today:

https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/social-distancing-on-flights-not-possible-aer-lingus-boss-willie-walsh-39187907.html

Am I alone in thinking that Willie Walsh is speaking common sense?

Stay safe everybody.

Pat

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ImissConcorde

[FaroFlyer]

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Pat, you are not alone.

Although very many participants on this forum frequently criticise him, and the organisation he heads, it is arguably the strongest airline grouping in Europe, and possibly the World. I know it is on a downwards spiral. Race to the bottom………..

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Montysaurus, PatJordan

[AJDC]

Why this is not obvious to anyone with a modicum of commonsense is beyond me.

[PatJordan]

Further comments from Willie Walsh this morning:

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/quarantine-plans-will-force-review-of-flight-plans-willie-walsh-1.4250323

[canucklad]

Beggars belief Pat— It’s a barking mad , difficult to understand announcement…..specifically the timing and logic of it, is totally bonkers.

7 weeks ago is when this should have been implemented , becoming more draconian at a time of easing other restrictions is in my mind incomprehensible !!

You can now jump in your car from a cluster area with a high RO number and drive an hour to a small village in the Peak District which has a R0 number of zero . Infect a petrol pump, local shop and head off back to your virus infested cluster.

7 weeks in, after a proper shutdown of our borders , reviewing a lifting / reduction of quarantine measures at our borders would have given the aviation industry a ray of hope. This does exactly the opposite !

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SGJNI1961, TimFitzgeraldTC

[ASK1945]

Totally agree – it’s completely illogical.

Added to this, we apparently now have an agreement with France that we have become a “common area”. So, presumably after June 15th (when France’s closed border re-opens) one can fly into or out of LHR from/to anywhere via Paris, if on separate tickets.

[stevescoots]

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and now the EU says this is illigal and we must have common with all EU nations

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