Additional hand sanitizer dispensers installed at airports statewide to help fight Covid-19

Posted on Mar 12, 2020 in Main, News

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is installing 250 hand sanitizing dispensers with more than 12,000 boxes of anti-bacterial solution that will be placed in high passenger volume areas throughout the airports statewide.

“We sincerely thank Hawaiian Airlines and Pacific Air Cargo for their work delivering the dispensers quickly and free of charge from California to Hawaii,” said Director Jade Butay, Hawaii Department of Transportation. “A big mahalo to the Hawaii Tourism Authority for picking up more than half the costs associated with the sanitizing equipment.”

The dispensers are free standing, battery operated and touch free. They are placed in high volume areas such as check-in lobbies, baggage claims, food courts, security checkpoints, international arrival and tour group sections, and gate areas. The total cost of the hand sanitizing dispensers, equipment and liquid is $260,000.

Custodians in airports and harbors are diligently working to clean and sanitize the facilities, especially restrooms and common touch points like handrails, doorknobs and elevator buttons. At the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) at least 35 custodians per eight-hour shift are working to clean the airport facilities.

The HDOT Airports Division has also been distributing anti-bacterial wipes to airport employees to clean their stations and areas where passengers may frequent. HDOT thanks HTA for providing dozens of cases of the anti-bacterial wipes.

HDOT is committed to working with federal, state, county and private agencies to help keep the community safe. For additional information please visit the HDOT Covid-19 webpage by clicking here.

If any of the following pictures of the hand sanitizing dispensers are published please courtesy: “HDOT” or “Hawaii Department of Transportation”

An automatic hand sanitizer dispenser with a blue dome and instructional sign stands in the foreground of a terminal corridor. Behind it is the entrance to an airport 'FOOD COURT' featuring brand signs for Burger King and Pinkberry. A hand sanitizer dispenser stands in an airport ticket lobby. In the background is a large blue flight information display board showing departure times and gate listings next to stanchioned queue lines. A hand sanitizer dispenser is positioned next to a gray passenger chair in an airport baggage claim area. In the background, an empty, circular baggage claim carousel is visible on a speckled floor. A tall white hand sanitizer stand is positioned in an airport terminal hallway. In the background, TSA security screening lanes, metal detectors, stanchions, and an overhead sign pointing to 'All Gates' are visible. A Germstar hand sanitizer dispenser on a stand is placed at the base of two concrete terminal escalators. An overhead blue directional sign points toward 'Wiki Wiki Shuttle' and gates A, G, and baggage claims 1-11. A white automatic hand sanitizer dispenser with a transparent blue dome on a stand. Above it is an instructional sign reading, 'Please sanitize your hands to help maintain a healthy environment.' In the background, sliding glass terminal doors and a standing sign reading 'Did you Collect Your Belongings?' are visible. A detailed close-up of a round white and blue Germstar hand sanitizer dispenser with the logo '...be well.' In the softly blurred background are a cosmetics store counter and travelers sitting in the airport terminal.Dozens of white hand sanitizer stands with blue circular dispensers and instructional signs are lined up in multiple rows inside a concrete-walled airport staging area, ready for deployment.

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