Recently, in business news platforms it was announced that air travelling undergoes a new touch-free transformation — the aeroplane bathroom — that has received little attention of late. Some companies started to produce so-called "touchless tech" and aim to transform old-fashioned bathrooms into fully hands-free zones.
In contrast to automated, old-fashioned bathrooms in many airports, aeroplane bathrooms generally have at least seven touchpoints for each visit. From the bathroom door to the sink to the toilet itself, of course, bodily contact is unavoidable, so people need to operate most hardware by touching them. While some of the major carriers have stepped up bathroom cleaning routines, one of the airlines, like — Delta Air Lines recently started to sanitize lavatories and all other wet points with the help of electrostatic sprayers after per flight. For instance, aviation companies have created sensor-based, infrared technology to decrease germ transmission among air travellers and passengers.
Aircraft engineering company, namely Haeco Americas, has developed a foot-powered toilet flush before the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the company has added a combination hand sanitizer, liquid soap dispenser and an automated wastebasket lid to its product lineup. The company, which is based in Greensboro, North Carolina, recently stared to develop a new touch-free technique to open the bathroom door too.
The new “Lavatory Touchless Suite” is now being developed a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corp., by Collins Aerospace, that produces commercial aviation products and has developed an automatic toilet seat that lowers and raises. The variety of products includes a touchless toilet flush and faucet in addition to a hands-free waste flap and soap dispenser.
Collins Aerospace is also coping with the problem of the toilet itself. One of the articles that were published in — The New York Times, immediately hit fear in public toilet users everywhere when it warned them that toilet flushing could produce a 3-feet-tall aerosol plume. That could increase Covid-19 pandemic infection risks if particles are inhaled or touched through nearby surfaces. Although lab tests show the risk of infection from lavatories is less than if an infected person sneezes or coughs near you/
Its a new Agile toilet with patented "Splash Guard" technology which has a technique inside the bathroom that is created to prevent odour, aerosols, and water droplets from transiting back up via the bowl after toilet flushing. In that way, the toilets will get more hygienic, and indeed, it will reduce the risk of disease transmission too.
Air travellers and passengers may encounter a new touchless tech lavatory and bathroom feature if they are lucky enough to get on the right test flight. Currently, Delta aircraft bathrooms have been equipped with germ-killing LED lights, by Vital Vio, which replace traditional lighting. Besides, in major international airlines that operate trans-oceanic flights have added — Haeco Americas' toilet foot flush — for test and the hands-free door is now scheduled to start in commercial aeroplanes soon. The rest of the products of new tech transformation will be delivered in a few months.
The company's touchless products are produced in varying development, design, and testing stages. If passengers prefer touchless bathroom, then this new project will work effectively. As a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the company expedited its plan to bring these new tech products to market. That means air travellers and passengers could see these recent change in commercial aircraft right around the 2nd quarter of 2021.