Airlines see the light with sanitizing technology

According to the Arabian Aerospace Online News Service, the application of hospital-grade technology to the job of disinfecting aircraft highlights how the Covid-19 crisis is shifting the focus back to safety and hygiene from ‘passenger experience’ considerations, such as speed of connectivity and in-flight entertainment. It was only a matter of time, said a Middle East aerospace industry observer, before ultraviolet (UV) cleaning migrated from operating theatres to aircraft cabins, many of which already have equal, if not superior, airflow filtration systems. He added: “I have more confidence in a robotic UV system than a couple of people quickly…