Aircraft
OEM Studies Show Low Risk of Covid Transmission in Airliners
Boeing, Airbus, and Embraer each have conducted studies that show Covid poses less of a risk in airliners than in other indoor settings.

Engineers from Boeing, Airbus, and Embraer appear to have reached a consensus that the cabin environment in an airliner poses far less danger of Covid transmission than virtually any other indoor setting. Boeing engineering director for the company’s Confident Travel Initiative Dan Freeman, Airbus Engineering executive and leader of the Airbus Keep Trust in Air Travel initiative Bruno Fargeon, and Embraer vice president of engineering Luis Carlos Affonso joined International Air Transport Association medical advisor David Powell during a Thursday briefing on the risks of Covid infection during air travel, during which IATA presented statistics showing that a total of 44 people out of 1.2 billion passengers have contracted the virus on a commercial airplane during the pandemic.