Budget carrier AirAsia India on Tuesday claimed that it has become the first Airbus operator in the world to start Taxibot services with passengers on board.
The move will help AirAsia India in driving sustainability and optimising efficiency in flight operations, it added.
Taxibot is a semi-robotic towbarless aircraft movement equipment for towing an aircraft from the terminal gate to the take-off point (taxi-out phase) and return it to the gate after landing (taxi-in phase) without utilising the aircraft engines.
Taxibot significantly reduces aircraft fuel usage, emissions and noise levels at airports, and the risk of foreign object and jet blast damage, and operates with a hybrid-electric engine.
