Airports will cease to be shopping centers, and between seats in aircraft can install partitions

How air transportation will change due to pandemia

In April, many Russian airlines completely or partially abolished their flights. Since June, a significant part of the internal flights will be resumed. However, air transportation will no longer be the same, writes Recode. Passengers will face new rules of conduct, an unusual layout of liner salons and are unlikely to have fun at airports. Medusa retells the main thing from the Recode article .

People will fly less often . Mainly due to the fact that air travel will become much more. The service with cheap tickets by Dollar Flight Club predicts that the average price of a ticket by 2021 will fall by 35%, but by 2025 prices will double.

Contacts with surfaces will become smaller. Already four American airports are testing a contactless luggage delivery: for this you need to register baggage in advance, and on the spot only confirm this by a QR code. Airports can also begin to use persons recognition technology and voice control instead of old -fashioned registration terminals, where you need to touch the sensory screen with a finger. At the same time, as noted in the NEC Corporation, which specializes in person recognition technologies, the system will be able to work, even if users wear masks. Innovations promise not only to reduce the queues, but also to reduce the time of stay at the airport.

The well -being of passengers will be controlled. Most likely, in the inspection zone they will measure the temperature (this is done now). However, it is possible that only this is not limited to this - they will also measure pressure and pulse. At the same time, passengers will be able to independently report their state of health in order to avoid queues. For example, Clear announced the development of Health Pass (approximate translation - health passport), which will allow users to aggregate data on their state of health (including the results of the latest tests). As planned, people who took advantage of this service will be able to scan the QR code in a special kiosk and avoid queues.

The planes themselves will change. Blocked seats in the middle, compulsory wearing masks, economy class is going to land forward a business class (to avoid queues)-perhaps all this will become a reality. Probably the most interesting is the design solutions that are offered for a new type of salons. For example, transparent plastic shields between seats and rows in the cabin. Some airlines may change the materials that are used inside the aircraft, says Vice President for Products and after Completing Collins Aerospace Interiors Grant West. Now his team is studying materials that can suppress pathogenic microorganisms, including some coatings designed for one -time use.

During the pandemic, the airline limited or in some cases canceled nutrition and drinks on board. For example, American Airlines stopped selling alcohol in an economy class (although it still offers it in first grade). The American Delta airline from drinks now provides only water in bottles.

Airports will cease to be centers of entertainment. In recent years, billions of dollars have invested in airports - they opened shops, restaurants and other types of entertainment. In general, they did everything to stimulate passengers to come there before and earlier and spend as much money as possible. Due to the pandemic, retail space on the territory of the airports will disappear.

Natasha Fedorenko