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Swine Flu Outbreak Updates: 01-May-09: ATA letter to Vice President Biden

1st May, 2009

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Air Transport Association of America: ATA wrote (30-Apr-09) to Vice President Biden, expressing its “extreme disappointment” over his suggestion that people should avoid air travel in response to the outbreak. In an interview of NBC’s ‘Today’ Show interview, VP Biden stated he would not recommend taking any commercial flight "at this point", due to the ability of the virus to spread "in confined places."

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