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A History of the Boarding Bridge
Surprisingly thorough history of the jetbridge, the origins of which date back to 1931... (www.airporthistory.org) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Great article. Brings back fond memories, when thete were no boarding 'anythings' back in the mid-50s (orderly), and later on in the late '80s thru early'90s in the former-Soviet republics (not orderly) that were absolutely hilarious - from the fence, to the tarmac, to the stairs.
It seems most boarding bridges in the US are designed without windows - just a walled steele corridor. I'm always happy to land at Heathrow, where you see boarding bridges with glass sides. Apparently it's been a fire code thing until recently.
The Leipzig-Halle airport has a glass air bridge to steel jetway coming off the concourse.
Jet bridge? What is that? Have you flown into Santa Fe?
A fair number of the bigger airports in the world use stairs to board planes. "Boarding" the plane from the gate involves getting on a bus and going for a drive. In some places the drive can be fairly long. I've done it many times in FRA, LHR, AMS, PEK. In LGB and FLL I've walked out to the plane to board and deplane from the aft stairs.
Another SYR memory: once I arrived for a People Express flight to EWR to find the gate area very crowded. Turned out an earlier departure was delayed so there were two planes on the ramp. When I walked out to board I asked an agent on the ramp “I’m on flight such-and-such, which plane is it?” The answer was something like “Doesn’t matter, just pick one.” So much for an accurate passenger manifest!
Jet bridges by comparison are no fun.