![]() ![]() Currently, there are two TaxiBots at Delhi airport and would also be introduced at Mumbai airport, an official said. KSU Aviation is providing the Taxibots to airlines in the country. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has designed the TaxiBots and have been manufactured by France's TLD, which is into making ground support equipment. TaxiBot is connected to the nose wheel of the aircraft and enables the pilot to move the plane to the runway without switching on the plane's engines. SpiceJet's Boeing 737 aircraft - that was to fly to Goa - was towed to the runway at Terminal 2 of the airport here, according to a release. It would help in saving fuel, reducing CO2 emissions as well as noise levels, according to officials. These collisions cause huge financial losses ($50B U.S. annually), disrupt airport operations and this negatively affects passengers.Ĭurrent airport operations require three to four people and one tug and tow bar to move every aircraft! At ATS World Wide LLC.New Delhi, Oct 29 () TaxiBot, a semi-robotic towing tractor, on Monday towed a SpiceJet aircraft to the runway, marking the first-time use of such a machine for a commercial aircraft in the country. Fortunately, most accidents do not endanger passenger lives, but still have a negative impact on the daily operations of an airport and airlines. There are several hundred aircraft collisions each year that happen during taxiing. ![]() Emission of toxins during taxing (1 day/worldwide):īoeing 747 aircraft, during a single flight from Frankfurt Airport to New York JFK Airport, consumed approximately 3,600 liters (951 gallons) of fuel for taxing. The same timeline also provides a revealing look at the large amount of toxic elements that were released daily and during that year. 5% of aircraft fuel consumption was used for taxing, 4 million liters or 1 million gallons) per 1 day (1.46 billion liters or 385 billion gallons annually) Passenger aircraft consumed 80 million liters or 21 million gallons of fuel per 1 day (29.2 billion liters annually or 8 billion gallons) There were 130 million aircraft ground movements Airlines carried 3.8 billion passengers Statistics from 2016 provide an in-depth look at aircraft passengers, the number of ground movements and how much fuel was consumed that year, especially when it comes to fuel consumption when taxiing. After installing the ATS, an airport may increase throughput capacity up to 30% per IAW Oklahoma State University calculations. It controls all aircraft movements during taxi and gate operations while it greatly reduces the chance for human errors. ATS maximizes safety by optimizing airport taxiway traffic, maintaining positive control of the aircraft track at the airport, and reducing personnel and equipment in and around the congested ground-flight operations gate area. The entire ATS system is fully automatic, integrated into the ground-control system and expertly managed by ground-control tower personnel. ![]() ![]() Aircraft main jet engines are shut down during taxi and gate operations to save fuel, reduce emissions and reduce noise while creating a safer environment to operate the aircraft. The Aircraft Towing System (ATS) is an innovative system designed to transport aircraft from the runway via the taxiway to the airport gates and back to the runway without the use of the aircraft’s main jet engines. ![]()
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