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SyracuseAvGeek wrote:SYR, United 747-400 flew one in and used stairs. The jetbridges can go high enough, but the terminal can't handle a plane with that wingspan
evank516 wrote:Pretty sure EA flew L1011s to DAB at one point so I guess we can add that to the list too. No jetways before 1992.
n729pa wrote:We used stairs for the Lufthansa 744s at TXL last year when they were using them on the FRA runs.
Years ago, 1986 I remember stairs at ORD boarding at BA 747. Seem to recall the international flights lined up with stairs including a SN DC10
727LOVER wrote:evank516 wrote:Pretty sure EA flew L1011s to DAB at one point so I guess we can add that to the list too. No jetways before 1992.
Oh....YES, YES, YES.....I forgot about that one !
727LOVER wrote:SyracuseAvGeek wrote:SYR, United 747-400 flew one in and used stairs. The jetbridges can go high enough, but the terminal can't handle a plane with that wingspan
Gate 5, if you block off gate 4?
On the UA side, gate 23?
727LOVER wrote:n729pa wrote:We used stairs for the Lufthansa 744s at TXL last year when they were using them on the FRA runs.
Years ago, 1986 I remember stairs at ORD boarding at BA 747. Seem to recall the international flights lined up with stairs including a SN DC10
1986?...That late? WOW !
TC957 wrote:Many of the Caribbean airports don't have jetties.
bpat777 wrote:TC957 wrote:Many of the Caribbean airports don't have jetties.
Actually many of the larger airports now have jetties including: MBJ, KIN, PAP, SDQ, BGI, POS and NAS. I know STT still uses stairs.