A380 airbridge: your opinions needed

habs · Post by **habs** » 20 Apr 2005, 14:33

Hello all, As part of my final year project on an Aerospace Business Systems degree I have chosen to design a new airbridge to board passengers on both levels of the new A380.

In order to make the airbridge stand out from the rest I have come up with three different directions I can take it in. The first is to have windows along the airbridge. The second is to have a transparent roof. The third option is to have a transparent airbridge, and this is where you guys come into it, hopefully. I though it would be a good idea to conduct some market research and ask you folks to decide. So please take part in the poll. Your comments would be most welcome and i will let you know the results. Thanks

744rules · Post by **744rules** » 20 Apr 2005, 15:12

Whatever is decided, make sure you have good airco in the jetbridges, because when they're in the sun all day, it becomes steaming hot in there

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 20 Apr 2005, 15:23

I voted for a transparent airbridge, but have to add a non transparrent floor ! Otherwise you could look up under the skirts of the women boarding the upper deck ...

Greetz,

Andries

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 20 Apr 2005, 15:35

I also voted for transparent airbridges, because you can take nice photographs from it

Riga Skulte Airport has nice airbridges (both the "walls" are glass) and I made some great photographs from it.

Riga's airbridges:

Post by **sn26567** » 20 Apr 2005, 17:03

Standard airbridge with transparent walls only: it is always nice to see where you are and where you go. But a transparent roof would change it into a sauna.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 20 Apr 2005, 17:40

I'm for the transparent airbridge as well.

Chris

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 20 Apr 2005, 18:31

I voted for a standard airbridge with windows because if you had windows on the roof, it would be difficult to clean and look dirty like Air France's planes

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slowhead · Post by **slowhead** » 20 Apr 2005, 20:43

I voted for a transparent airbridge, but without a transparent floor. I'm not sure if a transparent roof will make a big difference in temperature. Correct me if I'm wrong but that's how the airbridges are in BRU pier A.

A318 · Post by **A318** » 20 Apr 2005, 22:04

Also transparent but with a normal floor and roof.

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 20 Apr 2005, 23:15

I voted for the standard airbridge becuase it seems the cheapest. (I could be wrong.) Airports are having to spend millions of dollars already so a fancy jetbridge is not that high on my priority list, nor do I think it's high on the lists of airport managers.

habs · Post by **habs** » 20 Apr 2005, 23:46

thanks for the input guys, good point about the roof giving the airbridge the sauna effect, thats definately somethin i can put in m comments. hopin for a few more votes and il take a screen print of the results, is that o.k?(administrators)

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 21 Apr 2005, 02:20

I think an all-glass airbridge is actually more like a greenhouse than a sauna.
Anyway there should be some way to look outside when you're in the airbridge, the ones at WAW have no windows whatsoever, not nice IMO.

bigjulie · Post by **bigjulie** » 21 Apr 2005, 23:18

Andries wrote:I voted for a transparent airbridge, but have to add a non transparrent floor ! Otherwise you could look up under the skirts of the women boarding the upper deck ...

Also you might have people that are a little bit afraid of height, I mean people that are okay in 'planes for height, but are a little unsteady on their feet on a transparent walkway even a few feet off the ground!

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 22 Apr 2005, 02:44

Otherwise you could look up under the skirts of the women boarding the upper deck ...

Can I change my vote so this could be possible????

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 22 Apr 2005, 09:52

Maybe you would like the floor of the upper deck itself to be transparent as well?

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