Passenger Films Crowded Atlanta-Charlotte Flight Ahead of Thanksgiving

A passenger on an American Airlines flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Charlotte, North Carolina, on November 24, complained of the lack of social distancing on the aircraft.

The Center for Disease Control warned against travel during the holiday season. Figures published by the TSA on November 25 for the previous day’s travel across the country showed a passenger throughput of 912,090. The same day in 2019 saw 2,435,170 passengers travel.

American Airlines does not have a social distancing policy in place; however, their regulations allow passengers to “move to another seat within their ticketed cabin subject to availability.” They also said they require “all customers to certify that they have been free of COVID symptoms for the past 14 days.”

Storyful has contacted American Airlines for comment but had not yet received a reply at time of publication. Credit: @SashaEats via Storyful