The aircraft cleaning schedule and checklist is an easy and effective way of demonstrating all equipment is regularly cleaned. It is a set of time-based instructions that describe everything that needs to be done in order to maintain the cabin and cockpit premises in a clean and sanitary condition. A cleaning schedule is basically just a daily, weekly, or monthly plan for how you will clean the aircraft and the checklist provides a list of items that need to be cleaned during the short transit stay or as scheduled cleaning over the night.
There are different types of interior cleaning, depending on time available; the following schedule and checklist is only an example, which may have to be adjusted to more specific operations. For operations having short flights, minimum service and short turnaround time, the requirement for cleaning between reactors are limited to very few of the procedures mentioned in the chart below.
Area |
Services |
A |
B |
C |
Flight deck |
Empty waste boxes and ashtrays | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean crew tables and glass holders | ✦ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean storage areas and racks | ✦ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Wipe seats | ✦ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean floor / Vacuum carpet | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
| Clean flight deck windows inside | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
| Clean door and walls | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
Cabin |
Dispose of waste from closets | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dispose of litter and newspapers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Dispose of waste in seat pockets | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Collect and re-stow pillows and blankets (first, business class) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fold and re-stow blankets in overhead bins | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Restow pillows in overhead bins | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Empty ashtrays | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Clean tray tables and armrests | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
| Clean cabin crew seat tables | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
| Clean interphone surfaces | ✦ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean cabin windows inside | ✓ | |||
| Vacuum passenger and cabin crew cloth-covered seats | ✦ | ✓ | ||
| Wipe passenger and cabin crew leather-covered seats | ✦ | ✓ | ||
| Dispose of waste in overhead bins and wipe | ✦ | ✓ | ||
| Clean overhead bins outside and latch handle surfaces | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
| Clean PVC floors | ✓ | |||
| Vacuum carpet | ✦ | ✓ | ||
| Empty and clean ashtrays | ✓ | |||
| Vacuum ashtray holders | ✓ | |||
| Collect and replace blankets | ✓ | |||
| Collect and replace pillows | ✓ | |||
| Collect and replace headrest covers | ✓ | |||
| Clean in-seat monitors | ✓ | |||
| Clean passenger seat/service control unit panels | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
| Remove passenger seat cushions and vacuum | ✓ | |||
| Remove stains from carpets | ✓ | |||
| Clean seat rails, cabin fixtures, air inlets, ceiling, sidewalls, closets, doors, service panels and magazine racks | ✓ | |||
Galleys |
Empty waste bins and insert waste bags | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean doors, latches, ceiling, ventilation grids | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
| Clean sinks, faucets and working surfaces | ✦ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean retractable tables | ✦ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean ovens inside and outside | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
| Clean service trolleys | ✦ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean PVC floors | ✦ | ✦ | ✓ | |
Lavatories |
Empty waste bins and insert waste bags | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean toilet bowl and seat | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean basin, faucets and surfaces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean mirror | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean change table | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean wall surfaces and interior and exterior door handles and locks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clean PVC floors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Replenish soap dispenser | ✦ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Replenish toiletry items | ✦ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Crew rest areas |
Dispose of waste from closets | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Dispose of litter and newspapers | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Remove sheets, pillows and blankets from each sleeping berth | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Clean surfaces within each sleeping berth | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Place clean sheets on mattresses and clean pillows and blankets in each sleeping berth | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Clean controls (for lights and ventilation, etc.) and interphone surfaces | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Empty ashtrays | ✓ | |||
| Vacuum carpet | ||||
| Clean any cabin crew seat tables | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Clean any cabin windows inside | ✓ | ✓ |
