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The world today is facing an epidemic called Covid-19, yet another virus threatening global populations. We, in the aviation industry, are without a doubt responsible for its rapid spread around the globe. Now airlines scramble to declare how they are providing the maximum care for their passengers describing how their cleaning crews provide intensive and detailed cleaning procedures using approved cleaning products to ensure that cabins are thoroughly prepared and sterilised between flights. Here is the issue to consider, approved cleaning chemicals are abundant simple disinfection chemicals will destroy viruses rendering cabins sterile and ready for the boarding of the passengers on the next flight.

This is where the major problem begins! When passengers board a sterile aircraft, and one passenger, infective with any virus boards the aircraft, that passenger will infect the aircraft with the virus they have, just by touching door handles, armrests, seats, visiting the toilet. After that, the next passenger who touches those areas can become infected.

This is the weakness of the current procedure for avoiding the spread of the virus in cabins. In other words, current cleaning procedures only destroy viruses and bacteria already on the aircraft. The challenge is to provide virus-free surfaces between flights to prevent re-infection of passengers. We have, over the years, looked and studied many approved (including FDA and EPA approved) products which provide longer-term protection, tested and proven! Not just claims by the manufacturer, we have only found one which has been tested and certified to provide more than one-day protection, this product is certified to provide surfaces with 10 days protection.

just over 10 years ago, we discovered a product called Bacoban, a class 2A medical device (used to sterilise operating theatres) which can be used to provide long term protection to passengers to passengers onboard aircraft.

We have continued to support this technology for the past 10 years + and now airlines have realised that simple disinfectants do not actually provide real protection for passengers. Long term, proven protection is the only way to effectively protect and reduce the spread of any virus now and in the future!

Bacoban for Aerospace is now being used by numerous major airlines, Business Jet operators to provide the maximum protection for their passengers and customers.

Get in touch with us now to discuss how we can help you, as far as we are aware, no other product on the market offers this level of protection!

There has been a steady increase in the number of outbreaks of Measles and Rubella outbreaks around the world recently. Since 2017 it has been reported that the increase is upwards of 30%. The result has been 110,000 deaths worldwide.

Alarmingly, a dramatic increase in illnesses is being reported during flights this year. Reduced cabin hygiene plays a significant role with this problem. Most anti-viral / anti-bacterial cleaners used on aircraft will be effective during cleaning only. When passengers board the aircraft, the cabin is re-infected allowing the spread to continue. Simple steps can be taken to eliminate viruses on contact surfaces, Bacoban for Aerospace will remain active on surfaces for up to 10 days providing extended protection minimizing the spread of viruses inside the cabin.

These outbreaks are preventable, Bacoban for Aerospace has been tested to both Boeing and Airbus specifications, additionally, it passes the ‘Cleaning and Disinfecting in accordance with Directive 93/42/EEC’

Contact Frasers Aerospace today to discuss how we can reduce the risk of outbreaks onboard your aircraft.

INTRODUCTION

Since the United Kingdom (UK) referendum result on membership of the European Union (EU) in June 2016, Alexander Fraser and Son Trading Limited (aka Frasers Aerospace) has been working to assess and mitigate the likely impacts of what has become known as ‘Brexit’ on its customers and suppliers under a variety of potential outcomes.

We are a global business headquartered in the UK with the majority of our sales being outside of the UK. We have one main site, and a range of Agents and Distributors at key continent locations.

BREXIT FOCUS AREAS

In our initial risk assessment, we identified a number of key areas of focus for a potential Brexit impact, including:

• Customer service and supply chain implications.
• Financial performance, including the potential impact of tariffs.
• Cash liquidity and financing.
• Employees.
• Regulatory frameworks and compliance including REACH and ISO.
• The future.

We have assessed each area and likely impacts have been evaluated as far as we are currently able. Whilst we recognise that there remains significant uncertainty around the eventual political and legal Brexit outcome, based on our understanding today we do not believe that Brexit will generate unmanageable risks for our business.

We believe that our flexible customer-centred business model will be able to adapt and respond to likely added complexities from Brexit. In the event of tariffs being introduced on trade between the UK and EU, the financial impact should be limited. We also welcome the prospect of a transition period to assist in further mitigating risk and managing short term impacts and disruption.

CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPLY CHAIN

Since the referendum, we have been actively engaging with our customers, suppliers, advisers and other stakeholder groups to ensure that we have the broadest and most up to date view of the likely impact of potential Brexit scenarios, both on us and on those with whom we do business.

We already have in place flexible supply capacity in both the UK and Europe, we ship product via ports that have greater capability to handle physical disruption and delays in customs clearance, and we have extensive inventory capacity capability to protect customer service.

We will continue actively to work with our customers and supply chain partners over the coming months to prepare and to monitor developments, in order to operate effectively through the Brexit period and beyond.

This statement will be updated as definitive, accurate information becomes available to us.

Frasers Aerospace is a division of Alexander Fraser and Son Trading Ltd – Company registration no. 03876072