Airbus Patents Modular Passenger Cabins

The U.S. Patent Office has accepted Airbus's design for shipping-container style loading of passengers on aircraft. The company's prolific patent department put forth the "aircraft pod concept" in 2013 to pre-load passengers in detachable cabin sections to minimize turnaround time on the ground. It was just accepted by the Patent Office last week. As depicted in the patent illustrations, the modules appear to be independent pressure vessels that get attached to what amounts… (www.avweb.com) Más...