- I think travel post-COVID-19 isn't going to be
as fun as it was.
COVID-19 test is taken to be allowed to board.
Sterilising robots can move around autonomously.
When you go to airline lounge, expect only packaged
and wrapped food.
Face recognition machine to board a flight.
So I'd like to offer you this mask
'cause I see you're not wearing a mask on board.
- So this is a first class meal?
- Another design has centre seats in the reverse position.
After COVID-19, will we expect cheaper airfare?
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I think travel post-COVID-19 isn't going to be
as fun as it was.
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Seriously, you have to be healthy to fly.
At the airport check-in, look out for longer queues
and more time spent
because you might have your body temperature taken,
a full thermal scan or even have COVID-19 test kits taken
to be allowed to board.
If you fail these tests, you won't be allowed
to board the plane.
At airport, you will see new signage and sneeze guards
at check-in counter.
These allow minimum contact between agents and customer.
Airline are also reducing touchpoints
by temporarily shutting down self-service kiosks
in most locations.
Try to do online check-in at home.
Airport around the world is applying
the latest disinfection technologies,
including disinfection channels.
Hong Kong airport is the first airport
to trial a full body disinfection Chanel facility.
The self-disinfection process will take just 40 seconds.
Sterilising robots can move around autonomously
and sterilise up to 99.99% of material in its vicinity,
including both the air and object surface
in just 10 minutes.
Going forward, we will expect to see more
of these technologies measure at airport terminal.
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Expect social distancing everywhere,
include at security checkpoints.
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When you go to airline lounge,
expect only packaged and wrapped food
instead of usual buffet.
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So at the boarding gates, expect everything
to be contactless.
Either use your mobile scan the QR code to board,
or expect to see lots of face recognition machine
to board a flight.
The boarding process might have to be re-managed
because of social distancing.
A lots of smaller terminal has to really manage
and think about how to accommodate social distancing
during boarding when travel rebounds.
We used to board from the front to the back,
usually first class, business class, Gold, Platinum member,
then down to economy, and this order may change
after COVID-19 because the back might be board first,
then all the way back to the front
to reduce contact with people.
What about carryon bags and checked bags?
Expect all the bags to be sanitised
through a sanitised tunnel or similar measure.
So instead of a bag tag,
these ones will be called sani-tagged.
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- So excited to be back on an aeroplane flying again
on Air Sam Chui with my friend Tallat.
It's been so long since I've flown,
I'm to sure what to expect today,
but I'm really looking forward to the on board service.
- It's good to see you, Mr. Emjay.
- Yes.
- So I'd like to offer you this mask
'cause I see you're not wearing a mask on board.
- Yeah.
- And in addition to the mask, I have this hand sanitizer.
Would you like to sanitise your hands?
- Sure, thank you. - Yeah, to be sanitised.
There you go.
Expect flight attendant wear masks and glove
and hand out sanitising wipes for passenger
to wipe off the seat hand and tray table.
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- I'm really looking forward to my welcome on board drink.
It hasn't come yet.
Maybe I'll press the flight attendant call button.
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- Here, this your welcome drink.
- So this is my welcome drink now?
- Yeah, welcome drink now comes in a bottle instead.
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Well, sorry to keep you waiting, sir.
So we don't serve our meals now in trays like this.
We're giving you a package box, so enjoy your lunch.
- So this is a first class meal?
- This is pretty much the new standard after post-COVID-19.
- So why I'm paying first class ticket to?
- Because you still love flying just like me.
We love flying.
That's why we still flying here.
- I'm not hungry anymore.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- [Sam] Airlines will hand out pre-packed
in-flight drink and snack.
United keep these snack box in domestic first class now
instead of using tray.
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- Sam Chui, take number 372.
- Oh, my God.
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So now, we talk about the social distancing,
and sitting here like this, first class,
there's no problem.
Economy, that might be a problem, right?
So airlines these days are already blocking the middle seat,
try to encourage and build the confidence
of travelling public.
It's really interesting, but if the pandemic subsides
and if more and more people travel,
would there be enough seats for everybody
to maintain that social distancing?
That's a debatable topic right now.
Also, low cost airline doesn't really want
to block the middle seat because they will have
very high low factor to achieve good profits.
Aviointeriors, an Italian design firm,
has created two new concepts of aeroplane seats
for passenger to feel safer while flying.
One design called Glassafe, and consists of shield
around the passenger's head.
Another design has centre seats in the reverse position
to ensure maximum isolation of passengers.
The U.K. design company, Factorydesign,
came up with the Isolate Kits,
which transform the middle seats into a screen
to provide maximum personal space and separation
from adjacent passenger.
It can also work on any seats.
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And when you arrive at your final destination,
be prepared to be patient and spend longer time
because you might have to go through the same thing
like you did at check-in,
through all the thermal check, health check,
quarantine, and also,
your bags will come out after sanitising.
So everything after COVID-19 travel
might take some little bit more time.
Everybody is interested to know
after COVID-19, will we expect cheaper airfare
or actually more expensive airfare?
Here's what the experts says.
- [Jesse] Yeah, so when we emerge from the pandemic,
we are going to see airfare decrease 35% on average
through 2021, and then as demand rebounds,
we're going to see it increase roughly 27%
on average above 2019 levels.
So it's really a supply and demand problem here.
Currently there is much more supply than demand
at the moment when no one's travelling,
borders are shut down, and then once demand rebounds,
airlines are going to be really slow to add back more route,
and you're going to see that suppl/demand switch
where the demand far outweighs the supply.
So airlines are also retiring the larger planes
like the A380, the 747,
and that's that's going to do
is it's going to create much tighter planes.
They're going to use the smaller ones.
So there'll be much less seats available,
and that's also going to help push those prices up.
For passengers, there is a few good things there
that pop out of this, and a few bad things.
So a good thing is you're going to see fewer flight delays,
fewer cancellations, but we'll also see is an increase
in bag fees and miscellaneous charges.
Airlines will need to ramp that back up,
seat fees, snacks and drinks.
We'll see that start to come back
as airlines try to boost revenue and boost profit.
- Thank you so much watching today's video.
I'm really profit to listen from everybody
what you think the future air travel
will be like post-COVID-19.
Please leave me your comments.
Here I wish everybody blue skies and safe travel onwards.
Social distancing on board, this airline's never a problem
because there's only one and only Air Hollywood here.
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