New research finds seating assignments on airplanes can reduce the spread of COVID-19
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24 March 2021New research finds seating assignments on airplanes can reduce the spread of COVID-19
COVID-19 has been shown to spread on airplanes by infected passengers, so minimizing the risk of secondary infections aboard aircraft may save lives. New research in the INFORMS journal Service Science uses two models to help solve the airplane seating assignment problem (ASAP). The models can lower the transmission risk of COVID-19 more so than the strategy of blocking the middle seats, given the same number of passengers.
