The VTOL planes allow fast boarding on specially designed airports. I want to detail it for the airport I proposed earlier.
VTOL plane will land on a dedicated landing pad inside the airport. VTOL plane will not have landing gear. Instead, they will rely on large cushions on the landing pads which support their fuselage from the front till the back. Only the cargo bay section will not be supported which will be used to load and unload the luggage.
Once the VTOL lands, a ramp will be extended to the door of the plane. This ramp will lead the passengers to one level below. Simultaneously, the doors beneath the cargo bay of the plane will open and allow autonomous trailers raised arms to retrieve the luggage inside the plane. The trailers arms will then lower the luggage which are grouped by caged cars. Then, the passengers will retrieve their luggage from the caged cars.
When boarding the plane, the procedure will be in reverse. The passengers will enter the airport from the lower section and place their luggage to the caged cars with the help of the airport personal. The trailers which carry the containers will only align the containers to the plane’s cargo bay and once aligned raise the cages inside the plane to be locked in place. Therefore, from the start till the end, the luggage will not experience any abuse and will have zero chance of being lost. Additionally, no time is wasted on luggage retrieval after landing. This also allows a much compact airport with 3d space utilization.
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