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Originally Posted by NOWINYOW
"Gates 1 & 2" are just hard stands without jetway. I'm wondering if there are preparations to install jetways for 1 & 2?
Currently jetway for gate 3 has been removed. Maybe there's some prep work required before the next phase of expansion?
I noticed all of that a few weeks ago, but only recently was the jetbridge for #3 moved.
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Yeah I noticed that too a couple of weeks ago while at the airport. By the looks of it, jetbridges are being installed at gates 1 & 2. I wonder if the bridge formerly on 3 that at the time I was there, was sitting by 1, will be re-located to 1? It could also be that the bridge from 3 is getting replaced at the same time as 1 & 2 get new bridges. The Airport Authority are gradually replacing the DEW bridges which were installed on 3, 5, 6 and 11 to 18. Given the stagnant pax numbers (and fewer transborder flights nowadays), I doubt the airport will need to add more gates any time soon.
About half of them have already been replaced with I'm guessing ThyssenKrupp (although they look slightly different, so maybe they're Jetway Systems bridges) like is installed in the newer wing of the terminal (i.e. the bridges in the 20s). From memory a couple of weeks ago, 13, 14, 16 & 17 have already been replaced. What's interesting is the gate number signs for the old DEW bridges have been re-installed on the new bridges. Ottawa's DEW Engineering no longer manufacture loading bridges.