Wednesday, July 29, 2020

JetBlue Deploys UV Cleaning Robot From LA Startup In COVID-19 Fight

JetBlue has become the very first airline to deploy high tech, ultraviolet cleaning robots--developed by an LA startup--in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. JetBlue said on Wednesday that it has begun using Honeywell's UV Cabin System to disinfect cabins in "less than 10 minutes" using UV light. That Honeywell UV Cabin System was developed and licensed from Los Angeles-based Dimer LLC, maker of the "GermFalcon" germicidal lighting systems, back in June. JetBlue said that so far, it has deployed eight of those devices as part of a 90-day pilot program, which is happening currently at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. Dimer was founded in 2014 specifically to take the technology of UV-C lighting to commercial airplanes, healthcare, and the International Space Station, but only recently found interest in airlines after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.