Disinfectant Spray on arrival at SYD

[elanshin]

Just landed at SYD from PVG on MU and I've been sitting here for a good 10+ minutes watching them spray disinfectant spray "according to directives" before we can even get up. I'm pretty sure I haven't experienced this on QFi. Is this a thing only for certain carriers / countries?

 

[Pushka]

Just landed at SYD from PVG on MU and I've been sitting here for a good 10+ minutes watching them spray disinfectant spray "according to directives" before we can even get up. I'm pretty sure I haven't experienced this on QFi. Is this a thing only for certain carriers / countries?

We were sprayed recently, I think coming back in from Bali. But might have been from KL. We were also sprayed somewhere else Overseas. Like you it had been years ago but seems to have become a thing again.

 

[AV8]

You will also experience a spraying down when returning from Honolulu on Hawaiian Airlines

 

[elanshin]

Is QFi exempt for some reason?

 

[kpc]

Have returned on flights to Syd from Sin, Kul, and Hkg in recent months with no spraying!

 

[jase05]

Earlier this year on GA from CGK back into MEL we didn’t get the spray but had the liquid mat to walk through which was hilarious seeing some of the idiots walking through in their socks

 

[Must...Fly!]

Is QFi exempt for some reason?

Some airlines treat their aircraft with long life insecticide which mitigates the need for spraying after arrival. Though sometimes they still are, some are randomly targeted by quarantine/biosecurity etc.

 

[Lynda2475]

I've only experienced on flights originating in countries with high incidence of mosquito born diseases so mostly Latin America on Avianca and LATAM.

 

[mbell1510]

I've had it before returning from Fiji on Virgin and from Dubai with Emirates. Don't think I've ever had it with Qantas.

 

[elanshin]

Earlier this year on GA from CGK back into MEL we didn’t get the spray but had the liquid mat to walk through which was hilarious seeing some of the idiots walking through in their socks

My brother had that as well a couple of weeks ago from DPS, I think its for the foot and mouth disease from Indonesia.

 

[RooFlyer]

I'm pretty sure I haven't experienced this on QFi. Is this a thing only for certain carriers / countries?

Youngster!! It used to be standard on all (almost all?) international arrivals. Officials walking up both aisles with aerosol spray. Then it became a more subtle arrangement.

 

[Pushka]

My brother had that as well a couple of weeks ago from DPS, I think its for the foot and mouth disease from Indonesia.

Yes. It’s a tiny mat though. And it only obviously disinfects the travel shoes. Or those wearing socks Not those shoes - or Sox - that might have the virus.

 

[jrfsp]

Yes. It’s a tiny mat though. And it only obviously disinfects the travel shoes. Or those wearing socks Not those shoes - or Sox - that might have the virus.

It’s all for show - disinfect the shoes you’ve been wearing around the airport etc, forget about the thongs been wearing for the last week in Bali

 

[OZDUCK]

Back in the medieval days, the1970's, I often worked shifts as a Boarding Officer in Customs at Perth Airport. In those days every international flight was boarded by a Commonwealth Dept. of Health doctor who was there to grant pratique (health permission to allow entry) and the Customs Boarding Officer and then the spraying team. Insect 'bombs' were also placed into the aircraft holds. This meant that I could be sprayed 4 or 5 times a shift.

If you want to 'learn all' about aircraft insect spray the link below has the full details.

Aircraft disinsection - DAFF

All aircraft entering Australia must be treated with disinsection to prevent biosecurity risks as approved by the Director of Human Biosecurity. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) administers disinsection requirements on behalf of the Australian Department of...

www.agriculture.gov.au

 

[RooFlyer]

It’s all for show - disinfect the shoes you’ve been wearing around the airport etc, forget about the thongs been wearing for the last week in Bali

Don’t they carry out a more rigorous customs baggage inspection ( at least more numerous) if you’ve been to Bali? I know that Hobart Airport there’s a sign that says if you’ve been to Indonesia in the past seven days to tell the domestic customs person there as you enter the domestic terminal.

 

[Lynda2475]

If you declare you have been to certain countries or ticked the box hat says have been in a wilderness area or farm you are supposed to be directed for extra screening.

Years ago when coming back from a South American trip where we had done extensive hiking in national parks and visited farms, Border Force wanted to see our hiking shoes/boots to make sure they were free of dirt and possible contaminants.

No issue though they were spotlessly clean.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Some airlines treat their aircraft with long life insecticide which mitigates the need for spraying after arrival. Though sometimes they still are, some are randomly targeted by quarantine/biosecurity etc.

This was my understanding… QFi planes are treated with long life sprays, so don’t need to be sprayed every time. But unless foreign airlines had dedicated planes to australia, the random nature of the fleet means they need spraying.

allegedly

 

[Ade]

Happens always on UL flying SIN-CMB, but never had it on CMB-MAA or MAA-CMB or CMB-SIN.

 

[dk4]

This was my understanding… QFi planes are treated with long life sprays, so don’t need to be sprayed every time. But unless foreign airlines had dedicated planes to australia...

I thought that some airlines also had the ventilation systems set up in such a way, that insecticide could be sprayed via the aircraft's systems (during landing), mitigating the need to do the aisle spray walk on arrival?

 

[oz_mark]

Back in the day, the spraying used to occur around top of descent.
While most Qantas planes have a residual treatment, other airlines do the pre-embarkation or pre-departure spraying. If none of that happens, then it's done on arrival.