Frontier Airlines Statement
“At approximately 1:00 a.m. MT on October 15, Frontier was notified by the CDC that a customer traveling on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth on Oct. 13 has since tested positive for the Ebola virus. The flight landed in Dallas/Fort Worth at 8:16 p.m. local and remained overnight at the airport having completed its flying for the day at which point the aircraft received a thorough cleaning per our normal procedures which is consistent with CDC guidelines prior to returning to service the next day. It was also cleaned again in Cleveland last night. Previously the customer had traveled from Dallas Fort Worth to Cleveland on Frontier flight 1142 on October 10.
Customer exhibited no symptoms or sign of illness while on flight 1143, according to the crew. Frontier responded immediately upon notification from the CDC by removing the aircraft from service and is working closely with CDC to identify and contact customers who may traveled on flight 1143.
The airline, hotel, amusement, cruise, and car rental companies are now high risk as individuals exposed to the Ebola virus are highly mobile. This could spread to retail which is already on the skids.
People may begin eating at home again as the risk of exposure is highlighted on the nightly news. There were 132 passengers on board flight 1143. I wonder how many each of them came in contact with? The markets will anticipate the outcome and will possibly tank if there are too many cases to absorb in the current healthcare infrastructure.