Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports?
ClownStatue@piefed.social 16 hours ago
Until recently, La Guardia in NY, and Philly airports had pretty regular busses to commuter next (Embrairs, Canadians, Bombardier, etc). Philly still busses between terminals. I think DCA does as well. Not sure about others. I used to go through LGA, PHL, & DCA pretty often. The CLT (have to include “the”) also has a lot of outdoor boarding from terminal E (the commuter terminal).
So, in the US, you see busses more in larger airports that are more land-constrained for terminal space. Beyond this, you’re getting into small regional airports when you see more outdoor boarding. As to why, it’s probably just in response to expectations of US air passengers.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 16 hours ago
Buses between terminals is a lot more common and I’ve even seen buses acting as airplanes in the USA.
I can see some US airports using bussing, but it feels like the practice is far more commonplace in the EU than the US. It is also odd given than EU airports appear to be newer on average to US airports.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Them Duke boys are at it again
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I love that reference :)
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
I’ve heard of buses acting as trains (rail replacement service) but imagine being told your airplane is cancelled and you’ll get a replacement bus service
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 hours ago
It is used a lot in Philadelphia to connect to small regional airports. American Airlines gets credit for serving the smaller airports without needing to dedicate planes and pilots to the route.