Delta Airlines will be reopening sales of its middle seats starting May 1, citing widespread COVID-19 vaccines and consumer demand for travel.
March 31 (UPI) — Delta Airlines will be reopening sales of its middle seats starting May 1, citing widespread COVID-19 vaccines and consumer demand for travel. Delta is the last U.S. airline to lift the prohibition on booking middle plane seats, which was undertaken as a pandemic health precaution. „As vaccinations become more widespread, consumer demand and behaviors show us that confidence in travel is on the rise, and customers are ready to reclaim their lives,“ Delta said in a statement. The Atlanta-based air carrier has been blocking off the middle seats since April 2020, when flights became severely impacted by the pandemic. „It’s expensive.
