Have you ever dreamed of stealing trains? A company could realize them

It seems to be an invention of Q, the James Bond film technician: a plane lands on a runway, gets rid of its wings and turns into a train and rolls on rails to leave passengers in the train stations

This idea is proposed to Boeing and to others a French entrepreneur who has earned millions by linking engineers to industrial groups.

& # 39; Link & Fly & # 39; is the new flagship design of Akka Technologies with wings that are removed to accelerate the passage of people in airports and facilitate the approach of the passenger homes.

"After cars become electric and autonomous, the next big change will take place in planes," says Maurice Ricci Akka's top leader, in an interview in Paris.

Boeing is among the main goals of Akka, which seeks to limit its dependence on companies such as Airbus and Renault in Europe.

According to the futuristic concept of Akka, passengers would board a train-like tube at a nearby train station and their retinas would be scanned to ensure their safety during the journey to the next day. # 39; airport.

For takeoff, a winged structure It would stick to the capsule on the runway of the airport.

The company exposed the project in a 3D simulation video and drew the interest of potential customers in Asia, said Ricci, without naming a specific company.

Vanguard & # 39; in the clouds & # 39;

Aircraft manufacturers began to react to the disruptive ideas of technological firms, Uber's investments in flying taxis to Kitty Hawk a start-up funded by the co-founder of Google's Larry Page, who created a battery-powered airplane for one person .

Airbus goes on the offensive with a new division to monitor the transport of the future, while Boeing makes a noisy raid in the "jetpacks". (backpack).

Although Akka does not need to convince an aircraft manufacturer to necessarily build the entire 'Link & Fly' concept, the company bet that design attracts attention and serves of vehicle to show.

Parts of the project are likely to end on commercial aircraft of its customers.

Akka, which has a market value of one thousand one hundred million euros (one thousand three hundred million dollars) and whose largest shareholder is Maurice Ricci, employs engineers that customers can hire as consultants from project .

The company develops an autonomous automotive concept in 2008 and in 2014 and partners with Dassault Systèmes to provide services to automakers.

The company 's shares rose from about 23 percent this year, many times ahead of 1.8 percent of its benchmark, l' s. CAC 40 index, and a leap comparable to that of the broader SBF120 index.

Similar to the Airbus A320 in terms of size and intended use, the Akka Link & Fly transport for short flights carries 162 passengers. In addition, seats can be removed to carry loads in place.

With incorporated wings and engines fixed at the top, the design has a wingspan of about 49 meters, 34 meters long and 8 meters high.

"Airplanes need to be more efficient, less polluting and less noisy," Ricci said. "Our role is to guide our customers towards the technologies of the future ."