Air India uses TaxiBot on commercial flight

New Delhi: National passenger carrier Air India on Tuesday became the first airline in the world to use 'TaxiBot' on an Airbus A320 aircraft operating a commercial flight.

As per aviation parlance, a 'TaxiBot' or 'Taxiing Robot', is a pilot controlled semi-robotic towbar-less aircraft tractor used as an alternate taxiing equipment.

Accordingly, the airline used the 'TaxiBot' on its flight AI665 from Delhi to Mumbai at Terminal 3, IGI Airport.