02/07/2021
Amanda from Brazil is one of the staff members who support Haneda Airport, the cleanest airport in the world.
Influenced by a Japanese cleaning consultant who is very popular even in the United States, she loves to clean!
Amanda's job is called an "environmental concierge." She walks around Terminal 3 to assist with cleaning, and she guides customer in need using both English and Japanese.
In order to prevent infections, she is currently refraining from providing guidance to customers and instead focusing on disinfection and cleaning tasks.
The key to disinfection in the fight against the coronavirus is to cover all places that customers are likely to touch. For instance, check-in counters, chairs, elevator buttons, escalators, and of course, the telescopes, monitor screens, and also handrails on the outdoor observation deck.
The following areas are also cleaned thoroughly:
・ Handsets and buttons
・ All handrails in the terminal.
・ Beds and nursing machines in the nursing room
・ Vending machine buttons and coin slots
She sanitizes these areas that she notices many times throughout the day.
It is easy to think that Japanese people are good at detailed cleaning, but there are other staff members from other countries who support the cleanest airport (* 1) in the world. In addition to Amanda, there are staff members from the Philippines and Malaysia.
Amanda moved to Japan two years ago because her of her husband's job situation. She is studying Japanese while working at Haneda Airport. Her husband and children enjoy living in Japan very much. As a family, they enjoy eating seasonal fruits and Japanese dishes such as meat and potatoes.
"I want the customers to feel at ease," said Amanda, while working hard at her job.
The International Terminal still has few passengers today, but we are always keeping the area clean in anticipation of the day that many people from overseas will visit again.
(* 1) In 2020, Haneda Airport was ranked first for the fifth consecutive year in the SKYTRAX World Airport Awards, which evaluates the cleanliness and comfort of airports.