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Old Aug 1, 2022 | 7:31 am
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Originally Posted by abligh
BA0718 (LHR to ZRH) on Sat 30 Jul got the dreaded A10 bus gate. This was a little surprising given the inbound got in from GLA around 12pm, and I'd been sitting in the CCR looking at multiple open A gates for the entire period. Not sure any of the reasons given above would apply in this case! I guess it's possible they can only do UK arrivals at a certain number of A gates (really?) and once they bussed the passengers off could not be bothered to move the aircraft for takeoff, as presumably that would require a captain.
Yes, only A1-A3, and A5-A6 can be used a jetbridge arrivals for domestic flights.

Also if the inbound aircraft is not due to be operated for an outbound for a while (as it sounds like for your case?) it may make more sense to put it on a remote stand rather than tying up one of the few domestic arrival gates for several hours.
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