Here's how planes and cruise ships are being disinfected to fight coronavirus. The travel industry is concerned about the financial hit from the outbreak.
The Atlanta-based carrier plans to expand the “fogging technique” to all inbound international flights from countries where coronavirus infections have been reported. Linen, dishes, headphones and food carts are also getting an extra round of disinfecting on those planes, the carrier said, adding that the jets’ high-efficiency air filters already are capable of removing coronavirus from cabin air.
“I think anything the airlines can do to reassure the passengers is worthwhile and could help,” said Madhu Unnikrishnan, editor of the trade publication Airline Weekly. “It can at least give customers who are flying more confidence.”others is already expected to inflict a heavy toll on the travel industry.
Many airlines and cruise companies have already temporarily stopped serving mainland China — the hardest-hit region of the globe — and corporate travel managers have canceled hundreds of. That has resulted in a drop of 40.8 million seats available on airlines worldwide in the first four months of 2020 compared with the same period last year, according to OAG, a travel data consultant based in Britain.
To keep that financial hit from growing, airlines and cruise ship operators are emphasizing the extra efforts they have taken to make sure that airline cabins and cruise ship rooms have been scrubbed and disinfected between use. “MD-125 is a sterilization product approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety as well as the Ministry of Environment,” Korean Air said in a statement. “It is especially known as one of the most effective products to eliminate coronavirus, as the ‘human coronavirus’ is specified on its sterilization list.
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