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[[File:2008-07-24 Duke Hospital PRT 5.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Duke Hospital PRT]]
[[File:HH tram.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Huntsville Hospital Tram System]]
[[File:OTIS-Narita.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System]]

'''Otis Hovair''' Transit Systems  is a type of [[hovertrain]] used in low-speed [[people mover]] applications. Traditional people mover systems used wheeled vehicles propelled by electric motors or cable traction, the Hovair replaces the wheels with a [[hovercraft]] lift pad. The aim is to reduce guideway complexity and vehicle maintenance. Another benefit is the system's ability to move in all directions, including sideways. The Hovair is the only hovertrain system to be used in commercial service. 

==History==
Originally developed at [[General Motors]] as an [[automated guideway transit]] system, GM was forced to divest the design as part of an anti-trust ruling. The design eventually ended up at [[Otis Elevator]] who replaced its [[linear motor]] with a cable pull and sold the resulting design for people mover installations all over the world. The first installation was the [[Duke University Medical Center Patient Rapid Transit|Duke Hospital PRT]] in 1979, followed by the [[Harbour Island People Mover]] opened in 1985. Otis successfully marketed the system through the 1980s and into the 1990s, but faced increasing competition from conventional systems.

In 1996, Otis formed a joint venture called Poma-Otis Transportation Systems with the French company [[Poma]] to promote these products.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/otis-elevator-company |title=The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions |publisher=Answers |access-date=September 19, 2015))</ref> The partnership has since been dissolved, and ((as of|2014|lc=y)) it appears Otis is no longer involved in promoting the technology. However it is still marketed as one of the [[Minimetro]] products sold by Poma & Leitner Group. The latest installation, the [[Cairo International Airport|Cairo Airport]] People Mover, opened on May 15, 2012.<ref>((cite web|title=The Poma Minimetro in Cairo|url=http://www.poma.net/media/press/file/document/Alternative%20Media%20Poma%20Le%20Caire%20UK%20ok.pdf|access-date=August 20, 2014|archive-date=August 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821015619/http://www.poma.net/media/press/file/document/Alternative%20Media%20Poma%20Le%20Caire%20UK%20ok.pdf|url-status=dead))</ref>

==Current operators==
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*[[Cincinnati Airport People Mover]]
*[[U-Bahn Serfaus]]
*[[ExpressTram|ExpressTram at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport]]
*[[Getty Center Tram]]
*[[Huntsville Hospital Tram System]]
*[[Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Trams]]
*[[Skymetro|Zurich Airport Skymetro]]
*[[Cairo International Airport]]
*[[Sun City (South Africa)]] "Skytrain" (opened 1986), ((Convert|1.71|km|mi|abbr=on)) single track with bypass ramp, two stations, two trains of three vehicles
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==Former operators==
*[[Duke University Medical Center Patient Rapid Transit]]
*[[Harbour Island People Mover]]
*[[Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System]]

==See also==
*[[Hovertrain]]
*[[Aérotrain]]
*[[Tracked Hovercraft]]
*[[Transpo '72]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.metrotram.it/index.php?lang=eng&num=1&ind=0&roll=1&vmsys=fun Metro Tram]
*[http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/ Narita International Airport official website]
*[http://www.aerotrain.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=337&start=15 Skymetro de Poma otis.]

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