Watching an airport operate can help pass the time while you wait for the flight. As you watch the orchestra of people and vehicles preparing an airplane for the flight, a baggage tractor is sure to join the effort.
Bearskin Airlines at Thunder Bay International Airport in Ontario, Canada, has a very strange way of transporting luggage: hooking luggage carts into hacked Neons, an econobox sold with Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth badges – however, all in the same car. These seem to be from 1996-99 generation.
These photos come from a epic twitter topic airline passengers. If you need a good laugh today, I recommend it. I’m used to seeing Dodge Neons hacked doing stupid stunts on a Gambler 500, not performing serious operations at an international airport. However, here we are.
I love it! In addition to the Neon which is clearly roofless and doors open, the airline appears to have two others with golf carts grafted into the rear. Wow. As soon as I stopped laughing, I realized that it really made sense. Listen to me.
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A decent baggage tractor like this TUG MA-50 it costs a lot of money. These are heavy machines designed to withstand heavy loads, many abuses and years of service.
A Neon – especially an old one – costs a small fraction of the price of a baggage tractor. These are the cars that an airline can buy $ 500. Shipwrecks are probably even cheaper. Take an alternative saw for the roof and install a trailer hitch at the rear: Boom! You have a baggage tractor.
That is cutting airline costs to the absolute extreme. A cut Neon is not as strong or robust as a real baggage tractor, but airline passengers have reported seeing a small fleet of these things over the years. So, apparently they do the job.
I love seeing normal passenger vehicles adapted for use in aviation, although seeing a Neon carrying luggage is definitely new to me. It reminds me of those 4×4 pickups cut in half and adapted for towing floating planes.