Delta Air Lines CEO on safety of flying during COVID: "air travel is incredibly safe."

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says "We haven't had a single documented case of transmission aboard our aircraft, even though we’re flying 1M per week."

Video Transcript

ED BASTIAN: Well, we are continuing to engage with the experts. And as you mentioned, IATA put out the international lack of known transmission. At Delta, we haven't had a single case of documented transmission above-- aboard our aircraft, despite the fact that we're carrying a million people a week.

We're working with experts such as the Harvard School of Public Health, which is coming out with their analysis this week to indicate the safety and the really extraordinary low transmission risk aboard airplanes because of the filtration systems, because of masks, because of our cleaning procedures, and at Delta, especially because of the blocked seats, the middle seat, and capping load factors. It is a safe way to travel.

Travel, as a whole, has to be a personal decision. We don't expect anyone that's going to be vulnerable or at-risk to travel. But if you either need or want to travel, air travel is incredibly safe.