Inslee, airline leaders drill down on COVID-19 safety ahead of holiday travel
As the holiday travel season approaches, Gov. Jay Inslee and representatives from major airlines are reassuring travelers that their health and safety are top of mind amid the coronavirus pandemic.
While domestic air travel at airports including Sea-Tac is up from the lows when COVID-19 first struck, it's still about 70% below where it was last year. But could rapid COVID-19 testing, telling airlines and their passengers that everybody on the plane is negative, help get people back in the air?
The question was posed to leaders from Alaska and Delta Airlines and the Port of Seattle Thursday during a press conference with Inslee.
"The recent surveys that we’ve conducted with our passengers, they’re overwhelming saying that, rapid testing is something they would like to see us do at the airport," said Lance Lyttle, managing director for the aviation division of the Port of Seattle. "That’s why we’re talking to multiple vendors, multiple service providers to see how we would actually provide that type of service."
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