Originally Posted by
KIGECA97531
If Allegiant follows the social distancing trend the other airlines are doing they could block all the middle seats and still make money. What is that about 56 seats blocked on a 320? I doubt the legacy carriers can survive long term like that unless they greatly raise fares. I agree people are going to want to travel ASAP. I think the company will be okay by the end of the summer. Management isn't panicking, they're buying.
I don’t know about blocking middle seats long-term.....pretty hard to envision anything close to a robust airline industry with permanent 60% load factors. If that’s the new norm I think the federal government is going ti have to get into the airline biz.