V-Flyer

Just discovered that my flight to Florida in Apr 21 is being operated by one of the ex-Air Berlin 332s. Does anyone know which door is used for boarding/disembarking? My guess would be the one between Upper and Premium but would appreciate confirmation. Thanks

Yes that is correct.

Wow, rapid response, James. Many thanks.

It's rare that any door other than 2L is used for boarding/disembarking. About the only time I can think of is when they have a double jet bridge set up at LHR. But I haven't seen that being employed for quite some time.

As above, it's almost without exception door L2 only that is used for boarding / disembarking. I assume the airlines get charged for the use of jet-bridges, so unnecessary use of a second one will certainly be avoided now to save money.

I did have an uber-rare door L1+L2 used on the 744 at Orlando. We got allocated gate 90 (the A380 triple jet-bridge gate) when it was still very new. Think the additional use of door L1 was for ground crew training / familiarisation more than anything else. The passengers in Upper Class [me included] didn't complain as we were straight off without the usual kerfuffle of pax in PE who have had that miracle recovery in-flight from the ailment that meant they had to have assistance / pre-boarding back in Manchester.

Kraken wrote:As above, it's almost without exception door L2 only that is used for boarding / disembarking. I assume the airlines get charged for the use of jet-bridges, so unnecessary use of a second one will certainly be avoided now to save money.

I did have an uber-rare door L1+L2 used on the 744 at Orlando. We got allocated gate 90 (the A380 triple jet-bridge gate) when it was still very new. Think the additional use of door L1 was for ground crew training / familiarisation more than anything else. The passengers in Upper Class [me included] didn't complain as we were straight off without the usual kerfuffle of pax in PE who have had that miracle recovery in-flight from the ailment that meant they had to have assistance / pre-boarding back in Manchester.

OMG, I thought it was only me that witnessed the inflight miracles ha ha. I seem to get at least one on every flight lol

Given so many aircraft are currently parked, you may well end up on an A333 or something else anyway! Who knows what flights will be running then... How quickly might it be before things start to approach"normal".