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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAirlines ban alcohol on planes in response to Covid-19
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/alcohol-ban-airlines-covid-19/index.htmlAlcohol sales may have boomed during lockdown, but our return to air travel will be an altogether more sobering experience. Airlines including Easyjet and KLM in Europe, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines in the United States, and Asia's Virgin Australia, are suspending all or part of their alcoholic drinks service in response to Covid-19.
It's part of a widespread revision of the industry's food and drink service to minimize interaction between crew and passengers and to ensure a safer journey for all.
With face masks already mandatory on pretty much all flights around the world, and new legislation introduced in January 2020 to curb anti-social behavior on flights, it's another in a line of barriers -- literal and legal -- to getting high in the sky.
Many airlines are limiting drink options to water only. As face masks must be kept on other than when passengers are eating and drinking, it's a way of ensuring passengers are lingering over their refreshments for no longer than necessary.
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Airlines ban alcohol on planes in response to Covid-19 (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Jun 2020
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soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. Nooooo
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)2. Use the 7.5 oz soda cans,
drink wine out of small bottle, etc. No open drinks. Masks back on.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)3. guess I'm not flying
Of course I wasn't anyway. This probably is more of a "I'll know it's safe when..." kind of metric.
Glorfindel
(9,733 posts)4. I'll just stay on the ground for a bit, then.
The bloody marys were the only things that made flying tolerable. Not that I fly very often, maybe twice a year, but not at all for the foreseeable future.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)5. Just one of the reasons
I'm not going to be flying for the next year or two.
dhill926
(16,353 posts)6. as if flying wasn't bad enough already...
a la izquierda
(11,797 posts)7. I'm flying Saturday.
I might have to swing by the liquor store and grab a few minis. I dont like to fly but I dont have a choice.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)8. Pills!! Allow us to bring edibles and pills on board. We'll behave
Liberal In Texas
(13,574 posts)9. BYOB! Masks with straws!
Necessity is a mother....or something....
Of course you have to buy the bottles inside of security at the airport.
IcyPeas
(21,901 posts)10. is this real? I hope so.