China News Service, Shanghai, May 9 (Li Jiajia, Qian Yuxing, Huang Yu) Recently, China Southern Airlines Shanghai Branch organized ground support, maintenance and other personnel to carry out a simulation exercise for resumption of work and production at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. With the assistance of Hongqiao Airport, We will carefully sort out all the positions and processes involved in the resumption of work and production, strictly prevent and disinfect the epidemic, and simulate the use of equipment to welcome passengers when the flight resumes.

  In response to the situation that the epidemic situation in Shanghai is under steady control, China Southern Airlines Shanghai Branch has held several preparations for the operation of flights to resume work and production. On the premise of ensuring that epidemic prevention and control are in place and safe operations are in place, combined with the support capabilities of various operating units in China Southern Airlines Shanghai, from aircraft to aircraft Scientifically evaluate the plan for resumption of work and production in terms of status, human resources, and support resources, conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the operation of cargo flights, passenger-to-cargo flights, and passenger flights, formulate separate operation recovery plans, and steadily promote flight recovery.

China Southern Airlines conducts strict epidemic prevention and disinfecting Photo courtesy of China Southern Airlines

  China Southern Engineering and Technology Branch Headquarters, Shanghai Base and Airbus manufacturers jointly discussed, formulated a technical plan for the restoration of aircraft airworthiness, and started the work of unsealing the aircraft.

After the aircraft has been parked on the ground for a long time, it is necessary to test the operating status of the aircraft's various systems in strict accordance with the standards to ensure that the aircraft is airworthy.

In order to prevent the risk of aircraft scraping in strong winds, the crew also made mooring and fixing for the apron ground equipment and regularly strengthened inspections.

At the same time, professionals conduct surface sampling of objects in the warehouse and other environments of aviation materials, and conduct disinfection and inspection of support vehicles to ensure zero risks in the operating environment, and regularly focus on sterilizing the entire aircraft to ensure the epidemic prevention and hygiene safety of passengers after the flight resumes.

Up to now, China Southern has reserved a total of 11 aircraft at the two major airports in Shanghai, including 3 A330 aircraft and 8 A321 aircraft, providing sufficient capacity support for the full recovery of Shanghai's passenger transport market.

China Southern Airlines tests the operating status of aircraft systems in strict accordance with the standards Photo courtesy of China Southern Airlines

  In addition, each unit of China Southern Airlines in Shanghai has carried out a number of education and training before the resumption of work and production for front-line employees such as flight and cabin, including safety training, epidemic prevention training, emergency training, etc. The flight attendants made a comparison list of safety services for resumption of work and production, including five items: professional image, preparation for duty, epidemic prevention, safety, and service, and adjusted the good working conditions of the air crew in advance; Some front-line employees implemented the silence in the centralized residence, implemented nucleic acid, antigen testing and dynamic health monitoring, and made active preparations for the resumption of work and production.

China Southern Airlines held a security simulation exercise in Shanghai Photo courtesy of China Southern Airlines

  It is understood that at present, China Southern Airlines Shanghai Branch has submitted an application for the whitelist of key enterprises to resume work and production in Shanghai, and will actively cooperate with the government's guidelines and arrangements for resumption of work and production, so as to ensure the health and safety of employees and passengers and strictly implement various epidemic prevention and control measures. Under the premise of the control measures, we will actively promote the resumption of flights in Shanghai to support the comprehensive recovery of Shanghai's economy and society.

Citizens with travel needs can also pay attention to announcements on China Southern's official website, official Weibo, official WeChat and other platforms, and check the epidemic prevention policies of the destination in advance, so as to make full planning and preparation for travel.

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