Gallery: Top 10 Pandemic-Driven Aircraft And Cabin Innovations
1. Clean Cabin Portfolio
Credit: JamcoProduct: Project Blue Sky
Specifications: Through its Project Blue Sky initiative, Jamco is developing a wide variety of products to improve cleanliness in aircraft cabins.
2. UV Cleaning Cart
Credit: HoneywellProduct: Honeywell Ultraviolet Cabin System
Specifications: Honeywell has developed the Ultraviolet Cabin System to reduce viruses and bacteria on aircraft cabin surfaces, which it says can be used to treat a cabin in less than 10 min.
3. Quick Engine Exhaust Sealant
Credit: JB RocheProduct: Flashplug
Specifications: With many fleets parked or stored as a result of the pandemic, JB Roche has released an engine-preservation kit aimed at simplifying the process of sealing engine exhausts.
4. Virus-Fighting Cabin Parts
Credit: Aereos Interior SolutionsProduct: Antimicrobial Parts
Specifications: Aereos Interior Solutions has developed a line of aircraft interior parts with an antimicrobial additive built in to disrupt the growth of microbes at the cellular level.
5. Cargo Flexibility
Credit: Haeco Cabin SolutionsProduct: Passenger Aircraft Interior Stowage Devices
Specifications: Haeco Cabin Solutions has developed four devices to allow airlines to carry cargo in the passenger cabin, including adaptations for carrying cargo on top of existing seats, on the floor in between rows of seats, an all-in-one seat frame installed in seat tracks and a palletized option that sits on the cabin floor.
6. Reducing High-Touch Areas
Credit: BCO AviationProduct: Adhesive Safety Cards
Specifications: BCO Aviation says demand for its adhesive safety cards has exploded due to the pandemic. The product replaces a sharable consumable with a permanent, cleanable item that provides higher visibility for passengers.
7. Environmentally Friendly Disinfection
Credit: Aviation Clean AirProduct: Ionization Purification System
Specifications: Aviation Clean Air’s (ACA) Ionization Purification System uses electric-powered ionization to kill pathogens and purify air and surfaces in aircraft cabins.
8. Retrofittable Seat Options
Credit: Safran SeatsProduct: Interspace and Travel Safe
Specifications: In partnership with Universal Movement, Safran Seats is offering a trio of aircraft seating products to provide better peace of mind for travelers. athogens and purify air and surfaces in aircraft cabins.
9. Continuous UV Disinfection
Credit: VyvProduct: Antimicrobial Lights
Specifications: Vyv, formerly known as Vital Vio, provides antimicrobial LED lights to continuously sanitize surfaces.
10. Hands-Free Lavatory Features
Credit: Collins AerospaceProduct: Touchless Lavatories
Specifications: Collins Aerospace’s interiors team is working on a variety of cleanliness products such as antimicrobial surface coatings, cleaning agents, air filtration systems, seating options and touchless lavatories that can be implemented quickly and cost-effectively.
The Coronavirus pandemic has lead to huge steps in technology innovations to keep people safe. Take a look through our gallery of exciting new products and systems being utilized for aircrafts and cabins.