Method and installation for embarking and disembarking airplane passengers

Abstract

Method for embarking and disembarking airplane passengers, characterized in that the passengers are received in an embarking-disembarking room of the departure terminal and placed on a mobile platform mounted on a raceway. The platform has a tier equipped with seats and a tier with baggage compartments. The platform is then transferred into an airplane fuselage connected to an access opening and equipped with another raceway to move and secure the platform in position. During the passenger disembarking phase, the platform is transferred with its occupants into an embarking-disembarking room of the arrival terminal where the passengers disembark. The mobile platform is released and then led into a first cleaning cabin while another platform previously cleaned in a second cleaning room is led into the embarking-disembarking room to embark new passengers.

1 . Method for embarking and disembarking airplane passengers, said method comprising the steps of:
 receiving passengers and baggage in an embarking-disembarking room of a departure terminal, the room being installed on at least one mobile assembly mounted on a first raceway, the mobile assembly comprising a tier or level equipped with seats and a tier or level comprising baggage racks and/or compartments;   transferring the mobile assembly into an airplane fuselage connected to an access opening of the room and equipped with a second raceway to move the assembly and with a locking means to secure the assembly in position;   transferring the assembly together with occupants therein into an embarking-disembarking room of an arrival terminal, during a passenger disembarking phase, the passengers disembarkin together with baggage, if any; and   leading the mobile assembly through a switch into a first cleaning cabin located close to the embarking-disembarking room while another assembly previously cleaned in a second cleaning cabin is led into the embarking-disembarking room, through a switch for embarking new passengers.   
   
   
       2 . Installation for embarking and disembarking airplane passengers, said installation comprising:
 a plurality of mobile assemblies comprising a tier or level equipped with seats and a tier or level equipped with baggage racks or compartments; and   a ground infrastructure comprising:
 at least one embarking-disembarking room comprising one access opening permitting connection of the room to an airplane fuselage; 
 two cleaning cabins located close to said embarking-disembarking room and receiving each at least one mobile assembly; 
 a first raceway connecting said embarking-disembarking room to a transfer door of said airplane fuselage and connecting said embarking-disembarking room to each of said cleaning cabins via a switch and two branches. 
   wherein said airplane fuselage comprises:
 a second raceway installed on a floor of said airplane fuselage and running said at least one mobile assembly or platform for receiving passengers and baggage; and 
 a locking means to secure an assembly in position in the fuselage. 
   
   
   
       3 . Installation for embarking and disembarking airplane passengers according to  claim 2 , wherein a mobile assembly has passenger seats installed at an upper tier or level, while the baggage racks or compartments are provided at a lower tier or level. 
   
   
       4 . Installation for embarking and disembarking airplane passengers according to  claim 2 , wherein the raceways are comprised of tracks, the assemblies being equipped with wheels. 
   
   
       5 . Installation for embarking and disembarking passengers, according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a motorized apparatus the attached to the mobile assemblies for movement along ground to and from airplanes.