Southwest Airlines testing new method of disinfecting aircraft interiors

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is testing a new way to keep planes clean amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Dallas-based Southwest — the second-busiest airline in Houston — has been testing electrostatic sprayers with the goal being to disinfect aircraft interiors between flights.

“You might see these types of items or these types of machines deployed in hospitals,” said Landon Nitschke, senior vice president of Technical Operations, in a video blog post. “It’s not new technology, but it certainly…