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Airports already have several ways to move aircraft along taxiways

  • Aircraft engines (least economical but always available)
  • Tugs (often used for pushback from terminals)
  • Aircraft wheel-motors (some makers are at least planning for electric taxi)

A system of fixed chains along a complex network of intersecting taxiways would be expensive to install and maintain and might be unreliable (e.g. icing up in cold weather).

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Airports already have several ways to move aircraft along taxiways

  • Aircraft engines (least economical but always available)
  • Tugs (often used for pushback from terminals)
  • Aircraft wheel-motors (some makers are at least planning for electric taxi)

A system of fixed chains along a complex network of intersecting taxiways would be expensive to install and maintain and might be unreliable (e.g. icing up in cold weather).

See also

Airports already have several ways to move aircraft along taxiways

  • Aircraft engines (least economical but always available)
  • Tugs (often used for pushback from terminals)
  • Aircraft wheel-motors (some makers are at least planning for electric taxi)

A system of fixed chains along a complex network of intersecting taxiways would be expensive to install and maintain and might be unreliable (e.g. icing up in cold weather).

See also

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Airports already have several ways to move aircraft along taxiways

  • Aircraft engines (least economical but always available)
  • Tugs (often used for pushback from terminals)
  • Aircraft wheel-motors (some makers are at least planning for electric taxi)

A system of fixed chains along a complex network of intersecting taxiways would be expensive to install and maintain and might be unreliable (e.g. icing up in cold weather).

See also