WNBA teams and players continue to have issues while flying commercial throughout the 2022 season
. Ahead of the team’s game on Sunday afternoon in Washington D.C., their flight was canceled. This comes after the team played at home Thursday and then took an early flight to Indiana on Friday.
The 29-year-old mentioned that the staff was attempting to get the team on a new flight so they could still get there Saturday night and practice ahead of Sunday afternoon’s tipoff. Additionally, Achonwa hinted at how this continuous flying on commercial airlines puts the players at risk for COVID-19.
Achonwa isn’t the first WNBA player this season to bring this issue to light. After Mystics guard Natasha Cloud tested positive for COVID-19 in May,
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