SideBull Highlifter for Aircraft: Passenger Transport

Company Bulmor Airground Technologies GmbH
Date 11.10.2011

Live on display at Inter Airport
(Stand E54 Outdoor Area)

Time is money, especially in ground handling. Airplanes handling is measured by the minute, and every delay costs. With the new A380, boarding and disembarking at remote parking positions is a bottle-neck – notably for passengers with reduced mobility.

To secure smooth handling of the giant jets, Frankfurt airport have ordered two SideBull (formerly: “SideCat”) XXL Highlifter from the Austrian company BULMOR airground technologies. The two lift vehicles will, from November 2011 on, provide faster and more comfortable transportation of passengers with restricted mobility to the A380 upper deck. One of the brand new SideBulls is on display at BULMOR airground technologies’ stand at Inter Airport.

Process time reduced by up to 60 percent / Takes up to 30 percent less space at the apron

Since 2008, Fraport are successfully operating SideBull Highlifters in the XL version, with a lifting height of more than 6 metres, for PRM handling. Now the innovative system is to be used for A380 handling, too.

Because, compared to other vehicle systems, SideBull offers a process time reduction of up to 60 percent. Without a pause, needing no time-consuming stabilisers, and without having the driver change position, this XXL highlifter easily reaches up to more than eight metres. This way, passengers in wheelchairs or on stretchers are brought comfortably and quickly from ground level, or a docking station in the terminal, to the A380 upper deck.

Another advantage of the SideBull is its compact dimensions and its small turning circle. Hence, it takes up to 30 percent less space at the apron than other A380 lift vehicles, and can also be used for any other type of aircraft.

Technical Data SideBull XXL Passenger PRM (on display at Inter Airport)

  • Lifting height max. 8,1 m
  • Vehicle length (retracted platform) 7,1 m
  • Vehicle width 3,0 m
  • Vehicle height retracted (cabin on platform) 4,0 m
  • Wind speed max. 100 km/h
  • Own weight chassis 27.500 kg
  • Cabin load capacity max.1.500 kg / 15 Pers
  • Maximum speed 25 km/h

SideBull Highlifter for Aircraft – The Multitalent for Ground Handling

It can be used everywhere where passengers or freight are to be loaded onto an aircraft conveniently and securely: For the transport of disabled passengers, catering, or as a working platform for aircraft servicing. The innovative “SideBull” from BULMOR airground technologies lifts its cabin up to six metres (XL version) or more than eight metres (XXL version) and can be lowered to ground level. Thanks to the SideBull’s stable design, lifting without supports is possible and the driver can start lifting the cabin as he approaches the airplane door. Because the driver’s stand is integrated into the cabin, the driver does not have to change his position at any time.

The vehicle has been developed in cooperation with Lufthansa LEOS and has been awarded the Berlin-Brandenburg Innovation Prize. It is being successfully operated in, among others, Frankfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Brussels airports.

BULMOR airground technologies: Innovative Airport Technology

To find convincingly simple and cost-effective technical solutions – this is the philosophy of BULMOR airground technologies. The Austrian company constructs and produces ground support equipment for aircraft handling and other specialised areas. It belongs to the Austrian BULMOR group and was previously known as CATCON technologies.

Contact

Bulmor Airground Technologies GmbH
Fabianistraße 8
1110 Wien
Austria
  • +43 7262 58397