The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has approved a patent for aircraft removable cabins filed by Airbus.

Airbus filed for the patent in 2013, which mainly seeks to reduce the ‘turn time’ or duration of a plane’s time on the ground.

Under Airbus’ new aircraft design, the cabin module of the plane can be detached from its body, which eventually turns the cabin into a unit that looks like a shipping container.

The aircraft module is expected to facilitate faster boarding, where passengers will be loaded before schedule at airport gates. When the plane arrives, loaded cabins will be connected to it.

The removable aircraft cabin module features a floor, an upper aircraft fuselage portion connected to the floor, a first and a second end wall, a centring device and a retaining device.

"The aircraft module is expected to facilitate faster boarding, where passengers will be loaded before schedule at airport gates."

The patent also includes a docking module for transferring a removable cabin unit between an aircraft and airport.

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Airbus further developed a way to modify the internal configuration of the cabin of such detachable aircraft.

Airbus stated the future aircraft concept can explore the possibility of having passengers pre-seated in cabin pods before the arrival of the plane and then attach the pods to the aircraft. The process aims to save boarding time and dispensation simpler.

The company proposed new aircraft concepts such as cruising in the sky, in which the sky becomes the cruising area instead of the sea. It includes a complete package of swimming pools, spas and even golf courses within an aircraft.

Other concepts proposed by the company include deploying giant aircraft instead of various smaller aircraft in one route.