A380 rate of passenger boarding

[Kim F]

When an A380 is boarding, how many doors will they available for normal passenger entry (and more importantly exiting)?

[BradR]

Typically 2, one upstairs, one downstairs though some airports (SIN and the new DXB terminal) have 2 doors downstairs and one upstairs.

2 doors isn't too bad when you consider how many airports service 744s with a single airbridge.

Brad

[Nigel C]

Sydney uses 3 aerobridges for the A380, and we now have 4 bays capable of 3 door loading - Bays 9, 10, 57 and 61.

[Ash W]

Originally Posted by BradR

Typically 2, one upstairs, one downstairs though some airports (SIN and the new DXB terminal) have 2 doors downstairs and one upstairs.

2 doors isn't too bad when you consider how many airports service 744s with a single airbridge.

Brad

Even more so when you consider that the number of seats on the Qantas A380 is only about 70-90 more than a 744.

[David Proctor]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

Sydney uses 3 aerobridges for the A380, and we now have 4 bays capable of 3 door loading - Bays 9, 10, 57 and 61.

I wonder how long we will have to wait before we get to see all four used simultaneously.

Dave

[Erik H. Bakke]

Sure was special to see two A380s on the ground today, but what an everyday sight this is going to be in the coming years.

[Nigel C]

Coming days I think!