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#956179 by Treelo
01 Jun 2020, 10:18
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 :)
#956181 by Treelo
01 Jun 2020, 10:36
Wow, rapid response, James. Many thanks.
#956182 by CommanderB
01 Jun 2020, 11:10
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.
#956191 by Kraken
01 Jun 2020, 13:11
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.
#956193 by Tigerlilly
01 Jun 2020, 15:47
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
#956194 by deep_south
01 Jun 2020, 16:49
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".
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