Así commercial passenger planes areán adapting and transforming to realize the cargo transfer in its holds and main cabin.
It's not something new, The transfer of cargo in the seats of passenger aircraft is carried out with some regularity in several airlines.ílines of the world, some companies even fly passengers and cargo in the seats at the same time on certain routes in order to boost profitability.
During the emergency for coronavirus, worldwide the airlinesíPassenger lines have seen the need to meet the cargo demand of their passengers.íses adaptando su operationón and in turn, generating new and much needed income to your box.
Passenger aircraft carrying cargo
In this way THERE IT IS indicates that, passenger aircraft are notán certified to carry cargo in passenger seats or cargo unit loading devices (pallets or containers) in the passenger cabin secured on the seat rails, but if being able to be.
Any reconfigurationón of a grandfatherón in this sense, requires an evaluationócomplete n of load constraints connected directly to the víace of the seat to guarantee the structure of the loads that areén within the lídesign mitesñO.
A reconfigurationóaircraft no., spaghettiédoes not require an authorizationóformal n of the national aviation authorityócivil number of the State of the operator and informationón specífica by the manufacturer.
Before operating, should beá carry out an evaluationóDetailed review of safety risks to identify hazards, assess and mitigate correlated risks, in which one mustá analyze merchandiseías dangerous, smoke and fire control skills in cabin, qualifyóstaff number, occupational safety and others.
Settings
Legend:
- A: requires approvalón of the aeron authorityáutica.
- B: operators with an approvalón of the aeron authorityáutica to transport merchandiseías dangerous as cargo
- C: requires acceptanceóaircraft manufacturer's number
- D: operators with an approvalón of the aeron authorityáutica to transport merchandiseías dangerous. Cargo planes should only be cargoídangerous substances loaded in a Class C cargo compartment (not acceptable where passengers areán in the grandfatherón)
Certificationón
as we indicate, being able to fly cargo in the seats of an airplaneón of passengers or in its main cabin requires a process in conjunction with the aviation authorityálocal utica and alsoén from the manufacturer if you want to remove the seats and implement containers.
Airbus isá developing a modificationón for A330 and A350 family aircraft that allowá to the airíYou can install cargo pallets directly on the rails of the economy class seats.ómica on the cabin floor, Once these have been removed.
Compared to the load of packages on top of the seats, this solutionóAirbus n facilitates faster loading and unloading operationsás simple and ráheld, además less wear on the seats. Other advantages that deserve to be highlighted are the additional security of a protectionón firefighting más sólida and a force of sujecón of the 9g load to prevent its displacement in flight.
The modificationón offered to operators as an Airbus Service Bulletin package (SB). In this way, Airbus defines engineering scope of workíand he also takes careén of the trámite for obtainingón of the specific certificateífic of the European Security Agency Aérea (EASA).
