Reducing the risk

Ideally, journeys through terminals should be modified so that passengers from different flights have minimal contact with each other. This contact can be through close physical proximity, actual person-to-person contact, or common touchpoints. Reducing contact limits passenger exposure risk and cuts cross-contamination between flights. Where contact cannot be avoided, then greater attention to hygiene controls should be implemented So long as Covid-19 or any infectious disease remains in the public realm, there will always be a risk of transmission and infection.

Historic business as usual

• Common use facilities

Reduced risk –minimising the spread

• Dedicated facilities

P P

• Focus on essential services

• Re-engineered retail and food and beverage offer

Key Possible contamination

Additional contamination

Infected passenger Other passengers

A three-step process

Aviation leaders should follow a three-step process to re-open their facilities while properly managing contagion risk.

Step one relates to the immediate future and includes operational interventions using existing technologies and equipment with an overlay of new procedures to reduce the risk of transmission.

Step two brings in new solutions, with a likely bias towards technology and hygiene to further reduce the risk until an immunisation is effective (likely to be 18–24 after an outbreak).

Step three puts in place permanent changes to operations and infrastructure to reduce the risk of transport infrastructure aiding the spread of infectious disease.

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Stage 1:

2. 3.

What needs to be done to get the world flying again (operational interventions)

Stage 2:

What can then be introduced to improve the journey (operations, Capex and revenues)

Stage 3:

The longer term implications to minimise aviation infrastructure contributing to the occurence of another pandemic (operations, Capex and revenues)