Redfield, Fauci Criticize American Airlines for Ending Middle-Seat Blocking

Redfield, Fauci Criticize American Airlines for Ending Middle-Seat Blocking
Travelers wear masks as they wait at the American Airlines ticket counter at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Ill., on June 16, 2020. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo
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Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Dr. Anthony Fauci, member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, criticized American Airlines’ decision to end their policy of blocking middle seats on flights.

“I can tell you that when they announced that the other day, obviously there was a substantial disappointment with American Airlines,” Redfield said during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday.
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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