How one airline works to keep flights COVID-free

GROUPS ARE TARGETING THE SECTOR

WITH A TAX TO PRODUCE DATA

THEFT AND DISRUPTION OF

HEALTHCARE SERVICES.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT 5 ON YOUR

SIDE TAKES US ON BOARD A UNITED

AIRLINES FLIGHT.

THE STEPS KEEPING THE ENTIRE

FLYING EXTERIORS AS:FREE AS

POSSIBLE.

IT HAS RARE ACCESS.

TRUCK WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING

UP.

THAT IS A BIG ONE MORE AND MORE

COMPANIES GETTING BACK TO

BUSINESS.

PEOPLE WANT AND NEED TO FLY.

STILL THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED

ABOUT A. UNITED WANTED TO SHOW

US WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO

PROTECT PASSENGERS.

>> Reporter: SANITIZED AND

DISINFECTED.

EVERY TOUCH POINT.

>> THE CLEANING HAPPENS EVERY

TIME THE AIRPLANE COMES TO

RALEIGH.

WE GO THROUGH THE ELECTROSTATIC

SPRAY PROCESS.

AND IT PROTECTS FROM THE VIRUS

.

>> Reporter: RODNEY RUSSELL IS

THE GENERAL MANAGER OF UNITED

AIRLINES AT RDU INTERNATIONAL

AIRPORT.

>> IT ARGUE IT IS SAFER TODAY

ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT THAT

EVER.

HE TOOK US INSIDE THE 737 TO

SHOW US HOW THEY FIGHT,.

>> THESE AIRPLANES ARE

TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED.

THEY HAVE VERY ROBUST ON BOARD

HAVE A FILTRATION SYSTEMS.

VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD

SEE IN A HOSPITAL.

>> Reporter: WHEN LIKE ALL

MAJOR U.S. AIRLINES, MASKS ARE

MANDATORY.

>> NO MASK, NO FLYING.

UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE BECOME

NONCOMPLIANT IN THE AIR BUT WE

HAVE STEPS TO TAKE AND WE WILL

PUT PEOPLE ON A NO-FLY LIST.

A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE IN FACT

ARE ON THE LIST WE WILL NOT

ALLOW TO TRAVEL.

>> Reporter: THE ALSO DO NOT

ALLOW CROWDS LIKE POSTED WHEN

DEPLANING.

THE BOARD THE AIRPLANE FROM

BACK TO FRONT NOW.

WE DEPLANE ONCE THE TIME.

>> AS ONE AIRLINE INCLUDING

UNITED GO BACK TO SELLING

MIDDLE SEATS, PASSENGERS STILL

HAVE OPTIONS.

>> IN THE EVENT HAVE A FULL

FLIGHT WE'LL ABSOLUTELY, THEM

TO CHANGE TO A LATER FLIGHT.

>> Reporter: UNITED IS

CONFIDENT IN ITS ABILITY TO

SAFELY GET TRAVELERS WHERE THEY

NEED TO GO.

>> THAT IS WHAT WE DO.

WE MOVE PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO

POINT B. IF WE DO NOT DO IT

SAFELY, WE ARE NOT DOING OUR

JOB.

>> THAT IS AT LEAST ONE AREA

WHERE ALL OF THE AIRLINES SEEM

TO AGREE, THERE IS CONSISTENCY,

THEY ARE ALL TAKING ALL OF THE

EXTRA STEPS TO PROTECT THE

PUBLIC BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THE

FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY DEPENDS

ON ALL OF US BEING WILLING TO

FLY AGAIN.

MONICA LALIBERTE, WRAL, 5 ON

YOUR SIDE.

>>> UNITED AIRLINES ANNOUNCED

THE WORLDS FIRST FREE

TRANSATLANTIC COVID-19 TESTING

PILOT PROGRAM FOR CUSTOMERS.

IT STARTS NOVEMBER 16th THROUGH

SEPTEMBER 11th THE AIRLINE ALSO

RUNS A TEST FOR EVERY PASSENGER

OVER TWO YEARS OLD BOTH ON A

UNITED FLIGHT FROM NEWARK TO

LONDON.

ANYBODY WHO WISHES NOT TO BE