What if, instead of passengers, we put goods? At Airbus, with the coronavirus, there are fewer orders and fewer deliveries, but there are ideas. The aircraft manufacturer announced this Thursday the creation of a new service offered to client companies that operate wide-body aircraft of the A350 or A330 type, currently nailed to the ground for lack of travelers.
The idea is to remove the passenger seats from the cabins and install rails to attach pallets of goods.
For humanitarian flights for example
"This solution will contribute to the continuity of the airlines' activities," emphasizes the manufacturer. It will also help to alleviate the global shortage of air cargo transport (…) In addition, [it] helps the sector to respond to the high demand for humanitarian flights to quickly transport large quantities of medical equipment. "
Airbus takes care of everything: “depositing” the seats, laying the rails and even having the plane certified in its new configuration with the aviation security authorities.
And, of course, when everything is better, the aircraft manufacturer undertakes to reconfigure the cabin in passenger mode. For companies, this possibility of express transformation will continue after the health crisis.
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