Airport CEO: Innovation Will Spark Strong Recovery

It’s a clever idea, incorporating ultraviolet lights on autonomous floor scrubbers to help disinfect and kill germs.

But until now, it hasn’t been done in U.S. airports. This type of UV technology is already used in hospitals, but testing its effectiveness in the domestic aviation industry has only now come to the forefront thanks, in part, to a Pittsburgh robotics firm.

As our country and the world start to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the travel industry must embrace these kinds of innovative solutions to ensure the health and safety of its workers and the traveling public.

After Sept. 11, 2001, the travel industry went through a major transformation, with a new focus on security. Now, we are facing an even bigger recovery challenge with another major transformation upcoming—this one focused on public health.

Airports, including PIT, are considering and adopting new practices for returning travelers in the new normal, everything from incorporating social distancing throughout the terminal and installing plastic sh