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Old May 14, 2021 | 12:08 am
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Originally Posted by BAFlyer74
How likely is it that an aircraft could have recently been on a red route when direct flights to countries on the red list are currently banned?
Mostly BA isn't flying to Red countries, ban or no ban, and if it does then it will be a cargo flight in one or both directions. The Amber service is probably going to be restricted if the Green list expands. From a personal risk point of view I don't think it's significant. We now know COVID-19 is an aerosol and droplet transmitted disease, droplets get to the ground fairly quickly (minutes), and aerosol survival of the virus is fairly short too (under an hour). Though there are a few proven cases occuring a few hours after the reference case left the building, and some from surface contact, this isn't the way the virus generally spreads - it usually needs a new host ideally within 15 minutes, in a poorly ventilated space. The fact that passengers and crew are masked is a further barrier for the droplets and aerosol vectors. Transmission between different flights will be very rare.
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