Crews are meticulously disinfecting planes between flights and airport employees are washing or sanitizing surfaces up to eight times a day. Some airports are offering on-site COVID-19 tests, for example, installing hand-sanitizer stations, adding sterilizing robots and cleaning with UV light. Getting travelers comfortable flying again involves many changes to the status quo, including reimagining safety and cleaning protocols. alone, as of mid-November, the number of passengers moving through an airport each day is down nearly two-thirds from a year ago. ![]() The COVID-19 pandemic hit air travel hard. ![]() We’re providing digital eyes to help passengers make the airport experience safer.” “Today, improvements aren’t so physical, because we’re fighting something you can’t see. “After 9/11, the industry set up the Transportation Security Administration, introduced PreCheck, and fortified cabin doors - big things you could see,” says Andrew Coleman, senior vice president and chief digital officer at GE Digital. The app, called Wellness Trace, can tell them when the bathroom was last cleaned, say, or the check-in kiosk sanitized. But when flyers passing through the Albany International Airport in New York scan those stickers with their phone cameras, a new app developed by GE and its partners unlocks valuable data stored in a quick-response (QR) code printed on their backs. ![]() At first glance, the stickers affixed next to the bathroom entry door, a check-in kiosk, or a counter at Starbucks don’t look like much.
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