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NOT YOUR
PARENTS'
BOARDING
BRIDGE
Photo courtesy of Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport
PASSENGER
HANDLING
Gone are the days of uncomfortable metal tubes as airports upgrade the
boarding bridge experience for air carriers and passengers alike with
new technology and great views.
By Walker Jaroch
W
hen taking a trip, it's easy for headaches to creep in and sully a passenger's experience before they've even
left the ground. Airports aware of
that potential have taken measures to improve
the passenger experience leading right up to the
moment they board - literally - with passenger
boarding bridges (PBBs).
Brett Smith, CEO of Propeller Airports, which
operates the recently opened Paine Field Passenger
Terminal, learned firsthand the impact a PBB can
have on a flyer.
"I got stuck in a boarding process for 15 minutes in a hot jet bridge looking at an ad for a bank
and I said: 'You know what? We're not doing this,'
Smith recalls.
The experience made Smith rethink the kind
of PBBs he wanted for Paine Field and the flyers
passing through it, leading him to adopt what is
becoming a growing trend for airports in the U.S.
- glass jet bridges.
"I wanted the glass jet bridges because I want the
first impression of the region and Paine Field in
Everett, Wash., to be of the beautiful scenery. So,
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on a clear day, you can see the Olympic Mountain
range, and you can always see the cool stuff going
on at Boeing. That was why I did it," continues
Smith. "At one point, we were going to put a traditional jet bridge in because it saved a lot of money,
but when I had that experience, I said, 'forget it.'
It was not the aesthetic or passenger experience
that I was looking for."
Installing Paine Field's bridges was Aero BridgeWorks who along with its partner company, Aero
Systems Engineering, form the Aero Group - a
team, specializing in the planning, design and construction of terminal-based, fixed ground support
gate systems.
"We'll do all the engineering, all the layouts, all
the detailing, and then on the construction side
Aero BridgeWorks will furnish, install and commission the bridge and all associated equipment.
There's lots of options and different equipment
that go along with the bridge. The Aero Group
helps clients design, procure, select it and then we
will do all the field work, all the installation, and
commissioning," describes Russ Bramlett, president of Aero Systems Engineering Inc.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ground Support Worldwide
Business Buzz
Industry Expert Column – Ground Handling
GSE Through the Lens of FBOs
Securing Baggage Tractors with Bluetooth
inter airport Europe 2019 Preview
Eastern European Growth Benefits GHSPs
Not Your Parents' Boarding Bridge
Information is Power
JBT's Developments for Deicing
Product Hangar
Editor's Note
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