B-HXB From New Zealand, joined Jan 2001, 744 posts, RR: 0 Posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1458 times:
The Sydney Morning Herald publishes:
"Qantas will be using two airbridges - one at the front and one at the rear of the aircraft - to make sure the larger passenger numbers do not slow boarding times."
Interesting... but at which airports will these be fitted? I assume Sydney for one... Qantas doesn't even offer dual bridge boarding for international flights from Australian airports that I know of. A sign of things to come?
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88 Reply 1, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1430 times:
The QF press release said they'd be installing them at Sydney and Melbourne.
But front and rear? Don't most people use doors 1 and 2?
CX 4ever From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 129 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1415 times:
I have read a book somewhere sometime ago showing how major US airports connected the airbridges to the B707s. They offered two distinct boarding gates for one single aircraft; the first airbridge connected to door 1 and the second gate connected to the rear cabin door. As a result, the plane was parallel to the passenger terminal. It was my first time to see airplanes park that way.
But I'm worrying that if this kind of boarding procedure will cause passenger weighs to distribute unevenly? Will the tail slide down if passengers in the back embark faster than those in the front?
MD-87ER From Austria, joined Aug 2001, 153 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 1341 times:
They had the same type like Amsterdam at the old IAB in JFK. But I never saw them in use.
Southwest is also trying to speed up the boarding by using a 2nd Jetway at the back of the aircraft. I don't know at which airports they have them or if they only tried out a prototyp.
Thadocta From Australia, joined Aug 2001, 396 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 1329 times:
The information that I have is that BNE, SYD, MEL and PEr will receive the dual aerobridges. Door 1L will be used for J and forward Y self-loading cargo (SLC) whilst rear-cabin SLC will use door 2L.
Rick767 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2000, 2662 posts, RR: 52 Reply 7, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1294 times:
I have boarded a KLM 743 @ AMS through door 4 via a jetway. Up over the wing and back down again, great fun! Speeds up the boarding process by distributing the entry flow of passengers more effectively, but surely quite expensive to install...
I used to love the smell of Jet-A in the morning...
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