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A Jetway, jet bridge or aerobridge/airbridge is a moveable bridge, normally enclosed, which extends from an airport terminal gate allowing passengers to board an airplane without having to go outside. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1284 KB)Jetway, a type of movable bridge, used for passenger loading at larger airports. ...
Vancouver International Airport (IATA: YVR, ICAO: CYVR) is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about 15 kilometres driving distance from downtown Vancouver. ...
Section of the original wrought-iron tubular Britannia Bridge standing in front of the modern bridge A tubular bridge is a bridge built as a rigid box section within which the traffic is carried. ...
A skyway is a path that is traversed without touching the ground. ...
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The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon content between 0. ...
Falseworks are temporary structures used in the building of bridges and other arched structures in order to hold the item in place until its building is sufficiently far advanced to support itself. ...
A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ...
An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. ...
Gate at Nagoya Airport Entrance to gates at Hanover/Langenhagen International Airport Entrance to Gates at Asheville Regional Airport A Gate in aviation is a section at an airport terminal for transferring passengers and airline crews to an aircraft. ...
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Prior to the introduction of Jetways, passengers would normally board an aircraft by walking along the ground-level tarmac and climbing a set of movable stairs; this method of boarding is still employed at many airports around the world. The first Jetway in the United States was installed at San Francisco International Airport in July 1959. Woman walking downstairs Walk redirects here. ...
A close-up view of some freshly-laid tarmac. ...
Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ...
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Jetways provide all weather dry access to aircraft and enhance the security of terminal operations. Jetways are permanently attached at one end by a pivot to the terminal building and have the ability to swing left or right, to be raised or lowered and extended or retracted, and for the aircraft end seal to pivot, in order to accommodate aircraft of different sizes and contours. These motions are controlled by an operator's station at the aircraft end of the Jetway.
Airport gates with Jetways generally have a series of lines painted on the tarmac to assist in parking different types of aircraft in an appropriate position for the Jetway operator to dock with the fuselage. A close-up view of some freshly-laid tarmac. ...
The fuselage can be short, and seemingly unaerodynamic, as in this Christen Eagle 2 The fuselage (from the French fuselé spindle-shaped) is an aircrafts main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. ...
Some airports with international gates, such as Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, have two jetways for larger aircraft with multiple entrances. This in theory allows for faster boarding and deboarding of larger aircraft, though it's quite common to use one jetway for only passengers in first class and business class, while the other jetway only for the use of passengers in economy class. With the arrival of the full double-deck airliners such as the Airbus A380, it's expected that each deck will have one or more jetways. Schiphol (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM) (municipality Haarlemmermeer) is the Netherlands main airport. ...
Airbus S.A.S. is a leading aircraft manufacturer based in Toulouse, France. ...
The Airbus A380 manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. is a double-decker, four engined airliner capable of flying 800 passengers in a high density format or 555 passengers in a typical three-class configuration. ...
Origin of name The name "Jetway" is the registered trademark for a specific company's brand of aircraft boarding bridge. In many places, the word "jetway" has fallen into common usage to mean any bridge used to board an aircraft, regardless of manufacturer. (See genericized trademark). A brand is a collection of images and ideas representing an economic producer; more specifically, it refers to the concrete symbols such as a name, logo, slogan, and design scheme. ...
A genericized trademark (Commonwealth English genericised trade mark), sometimes known as a generic trade mark, generic descriptor or proprietary eponym, is a trademark or brand name which is often used as the colloquial description for a particular type of product or service as a result of widespread popular or cultural...
See also A moveable bridge is a bridge that moves to allow passage for (usually) boats or barges. ...
A covered bridge is a bridge, often single-lane, with enclosed sides and a roof. ...
External links - Vancouver International Airport Jetways satellite image
- Jetway® manufacturer's website
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