Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an entry assist system for an aircraft doorway. The system includes a securement member configured to be secured into at least one aperture of the doorway, a handle portion pivotally attached to the securement member, and a releasable locking feature for locking the handle portion. A mounting device is used for securing the stationary member to an existing aperture in the doorway and for removing the entry assist system when no longer needed. The securement member forms a stationary portion along an inner edge of the doorway. The handle portion includes a hub configured for rotating about an axle that is coupled to an interface of the securement member. The hub and interface interconnect to form the releasable locking feature for locking the handle in a collapsed position adjacent the securement member or in an extended position protruding outside the doorway.

A method of transiting at least one aircraft arriving in and departing out of an integrated, multi-level airport terminal system is disclosed. The method includes determining at least one transiting requirement of at least one aircraft arriving to an airport runway, ascertaining the positions of all the other aircraft transiting through a cell of a row, guiding the aircraft from the airport runway on to a ramp member, facilitating the transiting requirement of the aircraft within the enclosed internal environment of the cell of the row in a sequential and linear arrangement, and directing the aircraft out of the enclosed internal environment of the cell of the row to an engine run up area for the at least one aircraft to depart the integrated, multi-level airport terminal.

A method of transiting at least one aircraft arriving in and departing out of an integrated, multi-level airport terminal system is disclosed. The method includes determining at least one transiting requirement of at least one aircraft arriving to an airport runway, ascertaining the positions of all the other aircraft transiting through a cell of a row, guiding the aircraft from the airport runway on to a ramp member, facilitating the transiting requirement of the aircraft within the enclosed internal environment of the cell of the row in a sequential and linear arrangement, and directing the aircraft out of the enclosed internal environment of the cell of the row to an engine run up area for the at least one aircraft to depart the integrated, multi-level airport terminal.

A system and method for deplaning and boarding airplanes. The system is comprised of a track that provides a loop for transferring seats from the airplane, to a deboarding area, to a boarding area, and back to the airplane. Seats with integrated storage compartments lower onto the track via a connector for transporting the seat along the track and through the system.

A system and method for deplaning and boarding airplanes. The system is comprised of a track that provides a loop for transferring seats from the airplane, to a deboarding area, to a boarding area, and back to the airplane. Seats with integrated storage compartments lower onto the track via a connector for transporting the seat along the track and through the system.

A boarding system and a computer-implemented method for boarding a plurality of passengers onto an aircraft, the aircraft having a plurality of seats and each passenger having an assigned seat from amongst the plurality of seats. The boarding system comprises a passenger monitoring system comprising a plurality of monitoring devices, the monitoring devices being configured to determine an occupancy of each of the plurality of seats and/or to determine an occupancy of one or more aisle or boarding tunnel; and a scheduling system configured to control a boarding schedule, the boarding schedule assigning each seat to one of a plurality of groups of seats, and comprising a pre-determined boarding sequence for the plurality of groups of seats.

A transportation system and method serve passenger-conveying VTOL air vehicles (AVs) at a vertiport. The vertiport has a flight deck including at least one landing pad, a passenger terminal, and a dynamic partition arrangement that defines a capsule for receiving one of the AVs at a time. The dynamic partition arrangement assumes a first open state in which it is open to the flight deck and closed to the passenger terminal and a second open state in which it is closed to the flight deck and open to the passenger terminal. A robotic system includes a handling robot that automatically approaches and docks with the AV after landing, and conveys the AV between the landing pad and the capsule via an opening provided by the first open state of the dynamic partition.

A transportation system and method serve passenger-conveying VTOL air vehicles (AVs) at a vertiport. The vertiport has a flight deck including at least one landing pad, a passenger terminal, and a dynamic partition arrangement that defines a capsule for receiving one of the AVs at a time. The dynamic partition arrangement assumes a first open state in which it is open to the flight deck and closed to the passenger terminal and a second open state in which it is closed to the flight deck and open to the passenger terminal. A robotic system includes a handling robot that automatically approaches and docks with the AV after landing, and conveys the AV between the landing pad and the capsule via an opening provided by the first open state of the dynamic partition.

A removable canopy, such as for placement above an entry into a vehicle, includes a brace having releasable mounting features for mounting to the vehicle. The canopy further includes a linkage extending from the brace and convertible from a folded configuration to an extended configuration and a cross bar connected to the linkage so as to be nearer the brace when the linkage is in the folded configuration than when the linkage is in the extended configuration. A sheet is connected to the cross bar and the linkage so as to be folded when the linkage is in the folded configuration and extended when the linkage is in the extended configuration.

An integrated urban air mobility system includes: an air taxi including a boarding capsule adapted to allow a passenger to board or alight from the boarding capsule in a boarding/alighting area, and an aircraft adapted to dock with the boarding capsule and flying in an airway; and a vertiport having an outer wall defining an interior space, the interior space including an air taxi movement space in which the air taxi moves, a boarding capsule movement space in which the boarding capsule moves, and an aircraft movement space in which the aircraft moves.