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Air India becomes 1st airline to use 'TaxiBot' on commercial flight
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SME Times News Bureau | 16 Oct, 2019
National passenger carrier Air India on Tuesday became the first airline
in the world to use "TaxiBot" on an Airbus A320 aircraft operating a
commercial flight.
As per aviation parlance, a "TaxiBot" or
"Taxiing Robot", is a pilot controlled semi-robotic towbar-less aircraft
tractor used as an alternate taxiing equipment.
Accordingly, the airline used the "TaxiBot" on its flight AI665 from Delhi to Mumbai at Terminal 3, IGI Airport.
"Using
this device, it is possible to tow the aircraft from parking bays to
the runway with their engines switched off. Thus saving precious fuel
and reduce Engine wear and tear," the airline said in a statement.
"The
ignition will be turned only when the aircraft reaches the runway.
These TaxiBots will be used for departing flights only. This way, Air
India will take a giant step towards curbing carbon emission, which will
result in improving air quality and accelerate a greener aviation
eco-system."
According to the statement, usage of "TaxiBots" will
significantly bring down fuel consumption by as much as 85 per cent
used during taxiing of aircraft.
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