Redefining
Air Travel
Charting the path to a healthier and easier air travel experience – now and in the future
Our promise
As the world navigates new “normals” in social distancing, contactless service and heightened awareness of the health of our surrounding environments, Collins Aerospace is helping the industry we know and love rise to meet the new expectations of our customers, our employees, our communities and our world economies.
Across our company, we’ve been putting Collins Aerospace’s broad and expert talent, knowledge and experience to work – alongside best-in-class partners in aviation, healthcare and technology – to redefine the possibilities of a healthier and easier travel experience from airport arrival to final destination. Together we will uncover a better today and an even better tomorrow for our industry. That’s our promise.
Our path
Healthy air travel starts from the moment you step onto the airport curb, through the boarding and flight experience, and finally to when you step off the curb at your destination airport. It takes a multi-layered approach to ensure a consistently safe and healthy experience during that journey.
Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have been conducting studies to uncover the best multi-layered approach to preventing COVID-19 transmission during air travel. Recent findings show that the use of face coverings in combination with diligent cleaning protocols and advanced ventilation and filtration systems on aircraft offer "significant protection against COVID-19 during air travel."
As research continues to show how to travel as safely as possible, and travelers have new expectations and health standards for post-pandemic travel, Collins Aerospace is applying our expertise to help meet those expectations and align our solutions to that research. In fact, our products and services touch nearly every aspect of the passenger journey, giving us a unique understanding of how to connect the dots that help create a healthier and easier experience for air travelers curb to curb.
At the airport
Inside the cabin
Essential behind-the-scenes systems
We are putting decades of experience in clean air technology to work with innovations in ventilation and sanitation systems. From hospital-grade HEPA filters and high air inflow standards to on-ground, automated air cleaning systems, we have ready-now solutions for even cleaner cabin air.
Continuous advancement in the future of air travel
Collins Aerospace has a legacy of innovation – spanning from communication solutions for the pioneers in aviation in the 1930s to life support solutions for the next generation of space travel. But we didn’t get here alone. It’s through partnerships and collaboration with our customers, our employees and organizations both inside and outside of our industry that have allowed us to help shape and move aerospace forward.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a particularly challenging time, Collins Aerospace is working to help the industry move forward now, as well as look to future innovations in health and ease for air travelers worldwide. Contact us to learn more about how we can work together to redefine air travel.
Working together
We're working with organizations across the industry to help instill confidence in travel. Click the logos below to see some of the initiatives going on.
The latest
In the news
- LeAnn Ridgeway of Collins Aerospace: The Future of Air Travel in The Post Covid World (Authority Magazine, Mar. 23, 2021)
- Pandemic Pushes Passenger Pathogen Protection (Aviation Week Intelligence Network, Feb. 19, 2021) (subscription required)
- Enhancing Passenger Airport Experience Using Technology (Aviation & Allied Business Journal, February - March 2021)
- Collins looks ahead to new travel realities (AIN, Feb. 1, 2021)
- Collins targets clean-cabin technologies, eyes supersonic future (FlightGlobal, Dec. 2, 2021)
- Today's airline cabin air is cleaner than you might think: experts (Asia Times, Nov. 20, 2020)
- Is Your Face the New Airline Boarding Pass? (Aviation Today, Sept. 29, 2020)
- Collins investing in touchless cabin technologies as it predicts recovery from 2023 (FlightGlobal, Sept. 21, 2020)
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Researchers Studying SARS CoV-2 Transmission and Risk Mitigation While Flying (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Sept. 2, 2020)
- What a touch-free airplane bathroom is going to look like (CNBC, Aug. 13, 2020)
- Collins Seeks Ways To Overcome Pandemic's Effects (AIN, July 22, 2020)
- Consumer Confidence Key to Relaunching Air Travel, Say Experts (AIN, July 20, 2020)
- Touchless travel (Airport World, July 7, 2020)
- Interview with Collins Aerospace President Stephen Timm: Safety First (Aviation Week, June 5, 2020)
- Collins says contactless is the new king (FlightGlobal, June 3, 2020)
- Airlines Say It’s Safe to Travel. But Is It? (The New York Times, June 1, 2020)
- The pandemic could change air travel forever (Vox, May 27, 2020)
News from Collins Aerospace
- Collins Aerospace unveils Lilac-UV, a new sanitizing light solution for aircraft interiors (9/10/2021)
- Collins Aerospace eliminates the need for touching airport kiosks with new mobile phone check-in and baggage drop offering (9/2/2020)
- Taking clean to a whole new level (8/19/2020)
- Collins Aerospace’s HEPA filter kit improves cabin air purity on Dash 8 aircraft (6/16/2020)
Articles & downloads
- Article: Ready for takeoff? Why one of our experts is feeling confident about air travel.
- Harvard Research: Phase Two "Curb to Curb" Report of SARS CoV-2 Transmission and Risk Mitigation in Airports and During Air Travel (Highlights | Full Report | Video Interviews)
- Harvard Research: Checklist for Airport Travelers and Employees
- Harvard Research: Checklist for Aircraft Passengers and Crew
- Infographic: Research on preventing COVID-19 transmission during air travel
- Harvard Research: Phase One "Gate-to-Gate" Report of SARS CoV-2 Transmission and Risk Mitigation While Flying (Highlights | Video Interview)
- Harvard Research: Air Cabin Cleaning and Disinfection Technical Bulletin
- Webinar: The post-coronavirus airport: Innovating for the new normal (FlightGlobal)
- Harvard Research: Face Mask Use in Air Travel
- Article: Air travel of the future: a contactless passenger journey
- Article: Taking Clean to a Whole New Level in Flight
- White paper: Re-imagining Air Travel for a Post-pandemic World
- Data sheet: Contactless Passenger Journey
- Infographic: Hidden Benefits of Passenger Biometrics for Airports
- Article: A Flight Plan for the COVID Recovery
- Article: Redefining Air Travel Task Force
- Article: Cabin Air is Cleaner Than You Might Think
- Article: 3 Tiers of Air Travel Recovery in Airports to Expect Post COVID-19
- Article: Airports of the Future will Utilize Biometrics for a Contactless Journey to Boost Passenger Confidence
- Brief: Aircraft Cabin Air Quality
- Webinar: Safety Innovations in Travel (American Legislative Exchange Council)
- Video: Collins Aerospace Tech Talk: The Contactless Passenger Journey (RTCA)
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