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Airline skips cleaning to improve


turnaround time British Airways has trialled a new method of reducing turnaround times between their


flights – by skipping a full aircraft clean.


Trialled over a period of four days on flights between London Heathrow to Dublin, any rubbish found in seat pockets and in overhead lockers continued to be removed as usual by cabin staff, but no extra cleaning tasks were carried out inside the cabins – not even in the toilets.


A senior manager would then perform a quick quality check before allowing passengers to board, while a cleaning crew were on standby in case the aircraft did not come up to standard and required a full clean.


BA claims that the trial was intended to look at ways of minimising turnaround times following severe disruptions, in order to minimise delays and make up for lost time. The airline claims to have received no customer complaints concerning the cleanliness of the trial flights, and has no plans to roll out more trials across its fleet.


Union officials are concerned that this trial could lead to BA’s managers expecting cabin crew to clean the aircraft in the future. Security could also be an issue if cleaners are not required to perform thorough cabin checks.


renowned MIRA Technology Park, where We Clean are the cleaning partner to HORIBA MIRA. The vehicles have a 40kWh battery, 150-mile range and produce zero emissions, and were supplied by Westway Nissan.


Rubery-based We Clean service Birmingham-based clients including Brindleyplace, Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham Assay Office, MG Motors and Gately Plc. The city is expected to introduce a clean air zone from January 2020.


Together in electric cleans


Commercial cleaning company, We Clean, has taken delivery of its first electric cars as part of a green commitment to go all-electric.


Three British-built Nissan Leaf electric vehicles will be used throughout Birmingham by its contract managers, and will join the all-electric Nissan e-NV200 van at the world-


Sales team get a boost at Killis


In another ambitious move as part of their plans for further growth, Killis has announced another important addition to their senior management team.


Paul Robinson is joining the company as Director of Sales. Paul spent may years at Prochem Europe Ltd, and more recently he worked for a large international corporate company who manufactures a range of healthcare consumables. He brings with him a wealth of experience from many different sectors.


Speaking on his appointment, Paul said: “I’m really looking forward to working with such an experienced team and helping Killis to be the go-to company for innovation.”


Over the past 12 months, Killis has made a number of senior appointments, building an experienced team to facilitate their ambitious goals. The Sheffield-based company is


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We Clean Director, David Harker, said: “This is the first significant step to achieving our commitment of improving the carbon footprint of our entire commercial fleet of some 20 plus vehicles. Our initial focus has been to concentrate on those vehicles serving Birmingham city centre, and its built-up areas.


“It is forecast that the introduction of these three new all electric vehicles will reduce our carbon dioxide output by around 30 metric tonnes during their three years with us, with zero emissions at the tailpipe.”


www.wecleanltd.com


known for bringing the Tersano and the I-team range to the UK market.


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