Excess Baggage Hoists
What is an Excess baggage hoist?
There are occasions when passengers need to use a wheel chair or perhaps a walking frame or babies pram prior to boarding an aircraft. Once the passenger is on board their wheel chair will have to be loaded into the aircraft hold. RATE can supply the equipment that safely and quickly gets the wheel chair or pram from the aerobridge down on to the tarmac for ground staff to load it into the aircraft hold.
This procedure can also work in reverse allowing for a wheel chair or pram to be taken from the aircraft hold and returned to the aerobridge and then to the aircraft for the disembarking passengers use.
Each airport is different and each gate layout can be different too. RATE can design an excess baggage hoist to suit any gate layout and any aerobridge type.
What benefits does an Excess Baggage Hoist provide to airline ground staff?
Excess baggage hoists permit the ground staff to safely take oversize baggage from the aircraft to the tarmac without having to negotiate stairs or ramps.
See a CAD drawing for a typical Baggage hoist.
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