What aircrafts are we expecting to see in our airports? In addition, will there be aircraft tugs?? Generally for push backs, there’s a truck for that!
About the push back tugs, don’t forget there are different kinds such as ones using a tow bar or ones which go around the front landing gear as well as how they are powered such as electric and diesel
I guess we can forget about how they’re powered but indeed there are at least four kind of push backs you can see in real life at airport with three of them being actually useful for A.CEO.
- Push back by remote controlled vehicle (used by now on planes up to A320/B737)
- Push back by a big or small tug, the “normal” trucks we think of
- Push back by a pole basically can be done by a small tug or even a normal truck/SUV kind of vehicle depending on how big the plane is
and - Push back by manforce
just push it a bit with your arms 
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Push backs are essential for a larger modern commercial airport, so I’m sure we will get them sooner or later.
But for smaller airport’s I like to get stands where planes are able to leave rolling out by themselves. They need more space, therefore they are most likely more expensive to build but they have lower “maintenance” by sparing the push back services.
Just like at Allgäu Airport ( IATA: FMM, ICAO: EDJA ):
Rolling out by themselves? I thought planes didn’t have reverse, so then they’d get pushback anyways?
I don’t mean to be rude, I’m just confused.
They don’t reverse and push back themself, they roll out forward doing a turn.
Sadly my google maps link doesn’t show the satellite map by default, but if you switch you can see yourself.
Seraphin means there’s enough space for the airplanes to go forward and complete a 180 after loading passengers 
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I have seen aircrafts being drag forward by pushback trucks. I don’t know why. 
Edit: I found out why
Perhaps because their engines would damage stuff behind them?
I searched a little I found this.
SuperTugs are used for a couple of purposes. They push the biggest planes, like the 747 or A380 away from the gate. Or they can be used to tow planes for longer distances. For example, at some of the big international airports, airlines share gates. If an international airline has a 8:00AM arrival but doesn’t leave until 6:00PM, that plane might be towed by a SuperTug off to a remote parking spot called a stand, so that the gate can be used for other arrivals and departures during that time.
Source: Pushback Tugs Are The Coolest Vehicles At The Airport
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Planes also just get pulled “forward” simply if they have to go into maintenance and the airline (or the repairing company) doesn’t wanna start the engines just for that. For example in DUS (Duesseldorf Intl., Germany) airberlin planes get frequently just pulled over to the maintenance hangar because the start up etc would take 4x the time it would take just pulling it over the 1,500 m. 
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So with all of that being said, will we see those push back and tug vehicles?
There’s also a powerback procedure. More often seen on turboprops, or T-tail with engines mounted high, to avoid sucking small stones/concrete pieces. Still, an option for getting out of stand.
Cheers, Adam
I’ve actually found that out recently!! Very cool!!
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