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Random question.

I'm trying to think of the set-up of Schiphol. Gate D5 or D6 (can't remember now) for Teesside is most certainly downstairs. That whole are is for smaller British airports.
 
Apart from the above it makes getting away from the airport by bus/ train/taxi/car easier when they all arrive at the same time
 
Nero said:
Random question.

I'm trying to think of the set-up of Schiphol. Gate D5 or D6 (can't remember now) for Teesside is most certainly downstairs. That whole are is for smaller British airports.
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True, I’m in Newcastle now and the thought came to me, Leeds,Edinburgh, Lanzarote, Liverpool , loads of this sized airports are the same. Wondered if any of the clever lads on here had a plausible explanation.
 
I suspect it's something to do with the fact that departing passengers are a captive audience, so airports like to make a nicer departures area than an arrivals one (with more opportunities to moneterize the time passengers spend there). As the ground floor tends to have a lot of "behind the scences" areas and less windows to view outside, it makes sense to place the departures lounges upstairs.
 
Ingleby_Flash said:
True, I’m in Newcastle now and the thought came to me, Leeds,Edinburgh, Lanzarote, Liverpool , loads of this sized airports are the same. Wondered if any of the clever lads on here had a plausible explanation.
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Not sure a random question then! :)
 
joeydiaz said:
Newcastle tend to use the airbridge for boarding and the steps for arrivals in my experience of that airport.
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When I was flying from Newcastle for work it was always downstairs for the Frankfurt flight. Walk down stairs, past the Aspire Lounge and all those gates are on ground level.
 
Nero said:
When I was flying from Newcastle for work it was always downstairs for the Frankfurt flight. Walk down stairs, past the Aspire Lounge and all those gates are on ground level.
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Who knows then, this adds to the mystery!
 
Nero said:
When I was flying from Newcastle for work it was always downstairs for the Frankfurt flight. Walk down stairs, past the Aspire Lounge and all those gates are on ground level.
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Yeah but you go upstairs initially to the gerneral departure area shops, restaurants etc
 
Nero said:
When I was flying from Newcastle for work it was always downstairs for the Frankfurt flight. Walk down stairs, past the Aspire Lounge and all those gates are on ground level.
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Yes but you go upstairs for the departure lounges, which was what I was meaning.
 
Ingleby_Flash said:
Why are the departures usually upstairs and arrivals downstairs?
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From my experience of working on aircraft in the forces (nothing to do with passengers mind) I would guess it's because arrival time isn't ever fixed, and it depends on where the jet ends up in the landing queue, especially if it has to do a "go around" or whatever. This then has the knock on effect of the time it takes to sort out a seeing in crew, high steps or an air bridge at arrival can be a bit of a chew and very flexible on timings, so when coming at arrivals they just stop the jet wherever and just deal with it however they see fit at the time, sort of on a fist come first served basis. Keeping all of this ground floor is miles easier.

Arrival gate doesn't really matter to passengers or airline, but the departure gate really does matter to the passengers and airline as they want people there an hour in advance, so that's always more fixed, where as arrivals can just be flexible to fill in the gaps. When it comes to departing they've had more time to get the aircraft where they want it etc. Plus, for departure you need a lot more gear, like a ground power set, air starter, fuel tanker, tractor to push the jet back etc, where as when it comes to arrival they can just stick it wherever and pick people up with a bus or direct them on foot to wherever.
 
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