• Face Coverings
  • Required in the airports Silver serves and when in flight. This includes during check-in, boarding, in-flight, and deplaning. Young children are who are not able to maintain a face covering on their own are exempt from this policy, as are individuals with qualifying health reasons or disabilities.

For more information visit, www.silverairways.com for Travel Information and updates. For any questions regarding booking, rebooking, or your travel with Silver Airways, please call, 1.801.401.9100.

Aviation Industry Updates
Airlines Hardest Hit by Pandemic

Airlines have been one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic, with many carriers forced to park entire fleets – or close for good – while the industry racks up estimated losses of $252 billion. Now, as operators try to emerge from the ashes, they will have to implement a host of changes to get back off the ground. This CNBC article addresses those changes in this
article.

Is it Safe to Fly Again?

Is it safe to fly again? Health authorities, including the CDC, maintain that the risk of infection on airplanes is low. That may be even truer now that air travel has dropped dramatically. According to the latest industry data, the few flights that are operating have been, on average, less than 20% full, making it easier to adhere to social-distancing practices. The Wall Street Journal addresses common questions asked in this
article.

TSA Tips for Flying During the Pandemic
From Transportation Security Administration Press Release

With the Memorial Day holiday weekend kicking off the start of the summer, TSA is preparing for a different travel season giving the evolving coronavirus pandemic. TSA has already implemented changes in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, more changes are to be implemented nationwide by mid-June.
As procedure changes begin to roll out in the coming weeks, travelers should expect to:
1. Keep possession of their boarding passes. Instead of hanging your boarding passes to the TSA officer at the travel document podium, travelers should now place their boarding pass (electronic or paper) on the boarding pass reader themselves. After scanning, travelers should hold their boarding pass towards the TSA officer to allow the officer to visually inspect it.
2. Separate food for X-ray screening. Passengers should place their carry-on food items into a clear plastic bag and place that bag into a bin. Food items often trigger an alarm during the screening process; separating the food from the carry-on bag lessens the likelihood that a TSA officer will need to open the carry-on bag and remove the food items for a closer inspection. This requirement allows social distancing, reduces the TSA officer’s need to touch a person’s container of food and reduces potential for cross-contamination. TSA Precheck members do not need to remove items from their bags.
3. Pack Smart. Passengers should take extra care to ensure that they do not have any prohibited items, such as liquids, gels or aerosols in quantities greater than 3.4 ounces, in their carry-on bags (water bottles, shampoo). In response to COVID-19, TSA is allowing one liquid hand sanitizer container, up to 12 ounces per passenger, in carry-on bags. Passengers are required to remove the hand sanitizer from the carry-on bag before being submitted for X-ray screening. If a bag is found to contain a prohibited item, passengers may be directed to return to the divestiture table outside of security with their carry-on bags to remove the item and dispose of the item.
4. Practice social distancing. Passengers should allow for social distancing to reduce direct contact between employees and travelers whenever possible without compromising security. Noticeable adjustments leading up to the security checkpoint include, increasing the distance between individuals as they enter the security checkpoint, placing visual reminders of appropriate spacing, or staggering the use of lanes when feasible. Not all airports are alike, this could look different depending where you are traveling.
5. Wear facial protection. TSA officers at checkpoints are now using facial protection. Travelers are encouraged to wear face protection to the checkpoint as well. Please note, however, passengers may need to adjust it during the screening process. Travelers are encouraged also to remove items such as belts, and items from their pockets, such as wallets, keys, and phones, and put them directly in their carry-on bags instead of bins to reduce touch-points during the screening process.
Travelers who have not flown since the pandemic are also likely to notice some other changes, including:

• Reduced security lane usage due to reduction in passenger volume.
• All TSA officers at checkpoints wearing masks and gloves.
• TSA officers optionally wearing eye protection and clear plastic face shields at some locations.
• TSA officers will continue the practice of changing gloves after each pat-down.
• Plastic shielding installed at many travel document checking podiums, divest, bag search, and drop off locations.
• TSA officers practicing social distancing.
• Routine cleaning and disinfecting of frequently touched surfaces in the screening checkpoint area.

For more helpful information about TSA’s security screening process during the pandemic, visit: www.tsa.gov/coronavirus.

HSV Shorts
Signature Making Light of Social Distancing
Signature Flight Support, a tenant of the Port of Huntsville, has implemented lines to show social distancing using FAA lingo while also abiding by the CDC guidelines. Labels are on tables to represent “Gates” to keep passenger groups together. Well done Signature!

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