Where using such stairs might fail is that the airline is still dependent on someone getting the mobile stairs to the aircraft as soon as it arrives. This might not happen in double quick time as it depends on who owns and operates the stairs. (Just as in airbridges). The Ryanair model is that they pay to have integral airstairs fitted as an option in most of their 737s, so the crew and ground handling agents always know the stairs will be there. This total autonomy is what saves the time. I don’t think many airlines have integral stairs fitted to Airbus aircraft. I believe there is an option for this (probably driven by the corporate jet variants) but I’ve never seen one on an Airbus. I’ve seen and used Ryanair’s integral stairs many times though.
Simon From: Tom Ronell via Mifnet <[email protected]> Sent: 08 September 2025 20:21 To: Karl L. Swartz via Mifnet <[email protected]> Cc: Tom Ronell <[email protected]> Subject: [Mifnet 🛰 74026] Re: Frontier move No push back. Pax waiting on a bus at the hard stand for aircraft, rather than vice versa, for starters. _____ From: Karl L. Swartz via Mifnet <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: Mifnet <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > CC: Karl L. Swartz <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: 2025-09-08T19:15:59Z Subject: [Mifnet 🛰 74025] Re: Frontier move How is that contraption any more efficient for fast turns than a jet bridge? -- Karl On Sep 8, 2025, at 11:03 AM, Doug Church via Mifnet <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: My wife and I had the ... ahem ... pleasure of flying with Frontier last February (BWI-DEN-PHX) and were thrilled (not) to be able to board the aircraft outside and breathe in the cool Rocky Mountain air, with a touch of Jet A, in sub-zero wind chills during a snowstorm. Attached is what the stairs looked like. I didn't do my homework before the flight and was in for quite the surprise when there was no jet bridge at Denver. -Doug Church On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM Jack Keady via Mifnet <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: keady - do all their aircraft have integral stairs? Frontier Airlines tells passengers: Forget jet bridges - board outside in the snow Frontier Airlines raised eyebrows three years ago when they said they didn’t want to use jet bridges anymore at their home base in Denver. Now they say they want to move “as close to 100% ground loading as possible” across all of their airports over the next few years, calling jet bridges “the kiss of death” for fast turns. Denver opened a new A-East facility with 14 aircraft positions purpose-built with Frontier that fully opened a year ago. They were already operating out of Austin’s South Terminal, which doesn’t have jetbridges. <https://ytezitcab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001hfEW2iK9mGZn9c6OM459DGlC7rc7ITgbYyr3EXKu-iH7HDStoak_WVHeR-qYgQKhxO0-zkKT_noQR28ndnO16PBhnKwe-73oNVp0h_KWYgf6KHLtdsCDI_yxcFbeGRuzerf23v8_tQ6d7iCYfE-zrx9srosZkUuJUjBYvuZWupN_p_beGAZjahSoASqUuQum-24b3dmxRKYZTPJGW3TeOCx4Z0MHZSNf6egtkbv4hRuf8WR1e9KyzNVq3YuIEQhVT3VbFQZka_Y=&c=G6AYv4yA7c6wGwq2Tv45PFTTZOUDSRe64VACguY5Fp_TDwVynf_wKw==&ch=rVAD4oe658UigSwkjZG_nVW14nwzmjRsAnOibGPRWvSxFgsVjrP4ZQ==> Gary Leff/View From the Wing
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