Originally Posted by
chornedsnorkack
1) There are 148 upper class passengers - 60 in J and 88 in Y. Compare with 24 J on 747. When there is no upper deck jetbridge (and no plane other than 380 has it, even 747 cannot have it), those 148 must embark and disembark by stairs and lifts. You may require the rear Y passengers to embark and disembark through the smaller curved staircase in the rear and the aisles of main deck Y, but still there are 60 Y passengers
Thanks. I guess that makes sense, but I thought there was a technical requirement that all airports designed to routinely handle the A380 had to have the two-storey jet bridges?
Just how long WOULD boarding take if they use an airport with one jetway? Would this mean that upstairs coach passengers would have to walk through First Class, all the way to the back of the plane, up the stairs, then forward again?