<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JS:
MikeShores, a dual jetway to a big plane in which the two doors are forward of the wing saves almost no time in boarding. Most passengers are still going to be going aft of the second entrance.
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Airports like HKG have long used dual jetways on widebodies, and they save a lot of time deplaning as people sitting on the left side would get out in the aft door, while people on the right would walk through the C cabins and exit via the front doors.
And with large planes with a significant C cabin, it'd help in boarding time too.
[And I remember during the time of DC8s and 707s; and before jetways, it's common practice to use one stairs in the front, and one stairs at the rear of the plane. Y passengers would board in the rear.]
[This message has been edited by rkkwan (edited Dec 04, 2003).]