Exiting plane through both front & back doors

[richie9x]

Last year on one flight I landed at BNE on a QF 737-800 late at night. Unusually no gate was available (not even gate 16) so we parked at a standoff bay. They brought stairs to the front and back doors. But we were only allowed to disembark from the front doors. Just seems to be Qantas policy to use one door.

 

[nlagalle]

That's funny, I am sure I have used air bridges ( overseas) with two door access.
I do wonder myself how long it might take for Australia (and NZ) to join the 21st century and have this technology
How do they cope with the A380?


It is I, Leclerc !

Pretty sure they used 3 in MEL when I left last month on the A380. Always seen 2 for the 747 too.

Also the A330 usually has 2 aerobridges domestically as well. Never seen it on single aisle planes though.

 

[madrooster]

Unless something has changed in terms of aerobridge configuration at MEL T2 in the past 6 months, there are no triple aerobridges at MEL...

 

[ajw373]

That's funny, I am sure I have used air bridges ( overseas) with two door access.
I do wonder myself how long it might take for Australia (and NZ) to join the 21st century and have this technology
How do they cope with the A380?


It is I, Leclerc !

The talk is about narrow bodied a/c which don't ever use two sets of airbridges. As for the A380 all ports in Aus use 3 bridges, though oddly 747's still use just 1 even if the gate has two bridges. So yes Aus is a little behind in this regard.

 

[here2go]

Doesn't it just make boarding more efficient and as a result turnarounds more efficient? Lack of efficiency for the sake of lack of efficiency doesn't make much sense, esspecially when there really isn't anything being added to the customer experience which outways such an extra cost. Extra minutes on the ground, especially on shuttle services like SYD-MEL add up very quickly by the end of a day.

But if it is raining that's a different story.

I'd like to see DRW get covered aprons - where the aircraft pulls up under the hanger. This means if there is a storm in the vicinity when the plane lands, it doesn't matter. From my understanding, at present, no aircraft can pull into the terminal if there is a thunderstorm within 5km. As DRW has the most strikes of any city in Australia, and has amongst the most in the world, this can be a real pain in the proverbial in the wet. I'm sure the price of a hanger adjacent the terminal outweighs the benefits, but at least there would be faster turnaround - and would could walk on the tarmac.

I'd be curious if this has been done anywhere in the world.

 

[UP4014]

Bring back the 727, ahead of it's time in the loading department.
Rear stairs of a 727 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Matt

 

[UP4014]

Amsterdam has over wing gates

Surinam Airways 747-300 PZ-TCM | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Interesting, looks like plenty of potential for something to go wrong. I doubt you could get past the risk assessment stage in Australia for that.

Matt

 

[here2go]

Bring back the 727, ahead of it's time in the loading department.
Rear stairs of a 727 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Matt

The Airstair! Airstair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[medhead]

Bring back the 727, ahead of it's time in the loading department.
Rear stairs of a 727 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Matt

Didn't they have to deactivate those stairs after a hijacking or something. DB Cooper?


Sent from the Throne

 

[here2go]

Didn't they have to deactivate those stairs after a hijacking or something. DB Cooper?

Depends what you mean by deactivate. The Cooper Airvane was added. It's a spring loaded lock that engages at high airspeed, and when the speed drops, the springs push it back into the unlocked position. Clever.

 

[RickyT84]

Pretty sure they used 3 in MEL when I left last month on the A380. Always seen 2 for the 747 too.

Also the A330 usually has 2 aerobridges domestically as well. Never seen it on single aisle planes though.

The last few times I have travelled on an QF A330 to MEL (granted it was at least four months ago), we only used one areobridge for disembarking. I seriously cannot think of the last time (maybe when the A330 was introduced to domestic routes way back in 2003) that two aerobridges are used for boarding/disembarking.

 

[nuxie1]

Early this year I boarded an A330-300 domestic from Melbourne that had two aerobridges.

 

[nlagalle]

The last few times I have travelled on an QF A330 to MEL (granted it was at least four months ago), we only used one areobridge for disembarking. I seriously cannot think of the last time (maybe when the A330 was introduced to domestic routes way back in 2003) that two aerobridges are used for boarding/disembarking.

I was catching the A330 weekly MEL to Sydney up til July, and without fail it was dual aero bridges to board. Left for J and right for Y. Disembarking was usually single though (they usually hooked the second bridge up after I had gotten off.

 

[amaroo]

Having a home airport of MCY means I am very used to the concept of exiting via the rear doors.I still haven't been able to convince mrsdrron that if you are in the last row you get off just as quickly as paying an extra $12 to be near the front.
And yes the last rows are where they put UMs but I have never been asked to move yet.

As another MCY boarder I'm all for it. It's fast, efficient & the best splitter of a queue that I've seen..