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Fig.14. Artist’s impression of a cruiser aircraft circling the world on which feeder aircraft would bring the passengers and retrieve them 62 time difference, this could create peak hours at some terminals where it would be difficult to handle both the landside traffic and the airside traffic. Besides, it would be quite busy inside the terminals during these peak hours whilst the terminals would be virtually empty once the intercontinental flights would have departed. The concept therefore needs further study. This could result in sub-optimal terminal use spread over the day. It could however lead to better distribution of traffic flows to and from airports if flights did not depart simultaneously. This would be an advantage over carrier owned air terminals. The concept opens up further discussion on the tension between the interests of the airline and those of the passenger and how substantial economies might be achieved overall by new operating models. One radical idea proposes a system that would deliver the individual passenger at or near the front door. This may be accomplished by means of an aircraft carrying individual units that can be released over the destination and float down to the designated area where the passenger needs to go. Others want to look for devices that could pick up passengers from the ground at their doorstep to take them aboard. In the past such devices were developed for the military to pick up downed airmen or secret service personnel that were dropped behind enemy lines. The Fulton recovery system (where the aircraft would need to snatch a balloon to which a person was attached) as used on MC-130’s is a very rudimentary system that would not be suitable for regular passengers. A novel approach would be needed to make the pick up and delivery smooth and convenient. One possible solution could be the pods or containers mentioned earlier that would be delivered at the doorstep by small STOL type vehicles and then return to the mother ship. Such an idea was also the basis for the “Cruiser feeder concept “developed in the first Out of the Box workshop.
THE IDEAS IV. Finally there was concern over the long procedures at airports. In the Out of the Box project it was suggested that passengers could be chipped. The micro chip would contain all kind of relevant information such as passport data, visa, flight ticket etc. Already in some discothèques visitors are chipped in this way. The chipped passengers would have the benefits of quick passage through security and passport control. However the concept did not yet receive much support. One idea would create a small variation in a sense that passengers could be offered to swallow a micro chip for the duration of the travel. This would facilitate passport control, check in, security checks and tracking of passengers in the terminal area. 9.3. Future Airport Layout The group spent a substantial amount of time looking for alternatives to current airport lay outs. Decisive factors like shortening the turn-around time of aircraft as well as noise abatement and short taxi ways were discussed. They looked again at the airport at sea (floating airports along the lines suggested in the Out of the Box report). But other ideas were discussed too including the creation of artificial islands to locate HUB airports, as well as concepts where the airport would be located on an island but the runway could be floating so that it could be turned into wind. Other ideas related to airports were the circular airport which would enable aircraft to approach the airport from all directions. The motivation for the Circular Airport was to attempt to create a concept that reduced congestion at hub airports and increased their throughput. One of the originating thoughts was that airport congestion is contributed to by runway capacity that cannot land and clear the passenger flows fast enough. A similar circular concept is used at Edwards AFB where the dry salt lakes provide a large area where aircraft can land in whatever direction. Such an option would be more difficult to realize in other places as the airports require thick Fig.15. Artist’s impression of a walk through security check Fig.16. Artist’s impression of a slowly turning terminal apron 63
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