DFW - On which side of plane is the bridge

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Jul 29, 2016, 1:43 pm

#16

kq747

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@adampenrith: I really like your post above as I completely agree with what you've written. But I think you posted it in the wrong thread...?

Jul 30, 2016, 10:25 pm

#17

dayone

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kq747

For international arrivals at IAD, passengers disembark directly into the "moon buggy" and are then taken to the arrivals building.

Years ago, before the terminals were expanded, they also were used for some domestic flights (e.g., DFW-IAD).

Jul 30, 2016, 10:32 pm

#18

dayone

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sant

I wasn't sure if DFW did anything special to accommodate two A380s which are parked near each other.

DFW only has one daily (QF) A380 operation. Even when EK operated an A380, it used the same two same A380-capable gates (D15/16), since its aircraft arrived and departed earlier in the day.

I'm not sure that DFW has two sets of A380-capable gates. It would make sense that it does.

Jul 31, 2016, 5:12 am

#19

HelloKittysMum

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Saltire74

I remember once flying into a US airport, cannot remember which one, and these large transporters attached themselves to the plane then shuttled everybody off to the arrivals docking station. Something rumbles in my mind they may have used both sides of the aircraft to disembark (but I may be, and probably am, talking nonsense).

Safe & Happy Travels

S

We've done that somewhere. I'm thinking San Francisco but my husband thought Boston.