Airbia lets suburban commuters fly high
Airbia is an amazing airship designed by Alexandros Tsolakis and Irene Shamma. It is possible that such eco-friendly airships will replace in the near future today's air-polluting means of transport.
Airbia infrastructure system will make it possible for people to travel from suburban areas to urban city centers fast and easy. The airships use helium and with overhead loading platforms the system will require a rather small amount of infrastructure. It is worth mentioning that each airship will have the possibility to carry up to 400 people and the average speed of travel will reach 93 miles an hour (150km/h). Airbia airships will fly at heights that will range between 30 and 500 meters above the ground.
According to Tsolakis and Shamma, their system could replace vehicles and trains as a mean of transportation that helps people get from suburbs to city centers. Airbia represents one of 20 amazing finalists in ReBurbia contest to redesign the suburbs.
One of the 20 outstanding finalists in ReBurbia competition, “Airbia” is ingeniously designed airship that offers an incredible flight from suburban homes to urban city centers. Alexandros Tsolakis and Irene Shamma’s creation is a transformation from the hectic and unpleasant polluted road trips to a freshening sky touching flight. This fantastic eco-friendly airship is an inspiration from zeppelin technologies which uses helium for easy hovering in a much economic manner. It replaces the need for major airship stations with scattered network of station-platforms requiring limited infrastructure. The entire system is highly flexible consisting only staircases, lifts and ticket spaces offering simple landing and passenger access. With a seating provision for 400 people, the aircraft travels 30-500 meters above the ground, at an average speed of 150 km/h. Offering such delight and comfort to suburban commutes, Airbia is here to redefine the transportation system between the suburbs and the city centers, creating pollution free, non-traffic pickup and drop-off platforms, covering all the borders of the city. The prevailing transport industry is sure to feel insecure with Airbia entering into the big picture.
What’s lighter than air, soars through the sky, and stands to save our suburbs by breaking the shackles of car culture? The answer is Airbia, an incredible fleet of high-flying airships that aims to create an efficient and eco-friendly alternative to smog-choked suburban commutes. Designed by Alexandros Tsolakis and Irene Shamma, the airship infrastructure system ferries passengers quickly and easily from their suburban homes to urban city centers, and we imagine that gliding through the clouds at the break of dawn each day would make for a heck of a morning commute.
