Thursday, March 12, 2015
Operator Zagreb Airport International Company has commissioned the Barcelona-based ADELTE boarding company to manufacture eight air bridges for the airport’s new terminal. The new generation electromechanical Apron Drive models have two steel-sided sections and will be able to service class C aircraft and, on one position (gate eight), will also dock class D and E commercial planes. All are equipped with the most advanced docking technology and include 400Hz Ground Power Units. ADELTE has an impressive range of customers. Some include Brussels, Sydney, Baghdad, Belgrade (Terminal 2), Rome, Abu Dhabi, Busan, Tel Aviv and many others.
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| Air bridge layout at Zagreb Airport |
OT: Zagreb airport passenger boarding bridges bit too close to each other and isn't there a danger of aircraft hitting hitting supporting column thingy underneath each PBB that sticks out like a sore thumb ?
ReplyDeletehttp://i.imgur.com/m4jZ0yj.jpg
I think these are unnecessary, or need to be redesigned so there's little risk of aircraft hitting these with their wings.
I can understand why developer went for these, mainly due to the costs associated with the whole project, also maintaining these can be expensive so they went for the cheaper option, not the cheapest but cheaper for it is not common, in fact no other airport has these anywhere in the world.
Also do these ramps need to stick out so much, can't the be shorter, at least from this image I think they're at least 25m long and sticking out dangerously, I think they can make them 10m shorter easily I can understand they're there for mainly for elderly and disabled but I think it'll be a lot smarter if they're bit shorter, they don't need to be 25m they can be 17.5m if less is not an option.
just an idea