DUBAI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways on Tuesday mentioned it had opened an in-house
DUBAI, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways on Tuesday mentioned it had opened an in-house face masks manufacturing facility in its engineering division that’s to fabricate masks for employees and well being professionals.
Demand for private protecting tools, or PPE, has soared because of the pandemic that has killed over 1.25 million globally.
State-owned Etihad will make and distribute 1.three million masks over the subsequent three months to flight attendants, different workers and medical professionals, it mentioned in a press release.
The masks had been three-layered and supply 98% filtration, it mentioned.
Etihad Engineering vice chairman Haytham Nasir mentioned the manufacturing facility may manufacture masks for third-party clients along with assembly the airline’s personal calls for.
Abu Dhabi state aerospace provider Strata this 12 months began manufacturing N95 masks following the outbreak of the pandemic.
(Writing by Alexander Cornwell)
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