OT: Adelaide Airport

[maccas_no1]

I visited Adelaide recently and had time to take in and observe the new terminal building, I also took into account the airport I work at(Melbourne) in my opinions below.

For Adelaide it is a good size and has enough gates etc, but they are very poorly laided out and the areobridges are far too long, the gates are set as such Gate 13 and then 13A and so on and also with the areobridges being very long it makes it hard work for people working on the apron and also pax using the rear stairs of the aircraft or even if one of the areobridges goes u/s, it is a long long walk.

If you have a look where the areobridges extend out under that areobridge is red lines which are 'hatching lines' this mean nothing can operate, be stored or people cant operate in those areas, so it is a huge huge waste of space and also with having the gates set out as 13 and then 13A airlines cant store the equipment that is required to service the aircraft at each gate but rather they have to store it three or four gates away from where they are working.

I managed to fly 'jumpseat' back from Adelaide and had a bit of a chat with the flight crew about Adelaide airport and they said 'whoever desgined had no idea what they were doing'.

In my point of view what needed to be done was the whole terminal needed to either be built longer to accomadate these 'A' Gates or they needed to not worry about them as honestly I cant ever even see them being used, I think they were put their to accomadate the A380-800, but Adelaide will never see that aircraft in regular service anyway. This would have taken away the issue with having the areobridges being so long, the gates should have also been built to handle the aircraft they will handle and not the ones they wont.

Anyway those are my thoughts, ohh and the terminal needs to have more 'family' freindly shops such as a Subway or Hungry Jacks or somethign along those lines, the old terminal had a great shop where you didnt have to pay through the nose for a couple of drinks, which I had to at the new terminal I bought a bottle of water and a bottle of coke for $9

 

[just maybe]

I've used it a bit recently and I like it. Very nicely laid out.

People who want to bitch about Adelaide will always find something dumb and anal to bitch about.

 

[maccas_no1]

I've used it a bit recently and I like it. Very nicely laid out.

People who want to bitch about Adelaide will always find something dumb and anal to bitch about.

There is a difference being good to look at and then good to use, it isnt a 'user' freindly airport. It isnt even a employee freindly airport.

 

[just maybe]

There is a difference being good to look at and then good to use, it isnt a 'user' freindly airport. It isnt even a employee freindly airport.

Did you miss the part where I said I've used it recently.

Now, that makes me a user of the airport.

It's lay-out is very important to it's use - it is very easy to get around, it is very obvious where to go, no confusion at all, unlike some airports around the world that I've dealt with.

They did a great job.

As I said, some tools just want to bitch about Adelaide and pick any old silly thing to whinge about.

 

[maccas_no1]

Did you miss the part where I said I've used it recently.

Now, that makes me a user of the airport.

It's lay-out is very important to it's use - it is very easy to get around, it is very obvious where to go, no confusion at all, unlike some airports around the world that I've dealt with.

They did a great job.

As I said, some tools just want to bitch about Adelaide and pick any old silly thing to whinge about.

Ease of getting around doesntt make it a great airport, its how it works for the airlines their employees etc.

Seen the trouble when two aircraft have to pushback at the same time???? Or when an Aircraft is coming in and another needs to push back and the delays it causes???

 

[just maybe]

Easy of getting around donest make it a great airport, its how it works for the airlines their employees etc.

I'm an airport user. The only thing I give a crap about is whether it is easy to use and my flights run on time.

It is.

They do.

Great airport.

Seen the trouble when two aircraft have to pushback at the same time???? Or when an Aircraft is coming in and another needs to push back and the delays it causes???

Do I give a crap? I've never heard of this problem.

If you don't like it, stay in the Bleak Metropolis. We don't need perennial anti-Adelaide whingers finding any petty pathetic excuse to bag our fine city.

 

[Alex99]

There is a difference being good to look at and then good to use, it isnt a 'user' freindly airport. It isnt even a employee freindly airport.

I would have to agree with you on that; it isn’t very user friendly, especially for people who don’t use the airport often. If you go left towards the Virgin Blue section of the airport and wanted to terminate via a Qantas flight, it turns into a bloody long walk.

But for the population size of Adelaide it a good airport but basically everything in life has some sort of deficiency that will cause frustration.

 

[snakebite01]

Didn't it get voted the best airport in Australia recently? (Which effectively means it's the best in the southern hemisphere)

 

[just maybe]

I would have to agree with you on that; it isn’t very user friendly, especially for people who don’t use the airport often. If you go left towards the Virgin Blue section of the airport and wanted to terminate via a Qantas flight, it turns into a bloody long walk.

Use the travelators.

 

[ianperrieyoustar]

baha seriously how can u two get so worked up over each other! Its a disgrace we're not even real!

 

[Alex99]

Did you miss the part where I said I've used it recently.

Now, that makes me a user of the airport.

It's lay-out is very important to it's use - it is very easy to get around, it is very obvious where to go, no confusion at all, unlike some airports around the world that I've dealt with.

They did a great job.

As I said, some tools just want to bitch about Adelaide and pick any old silly thing to whinge about.

On the contrary JM, there is not a lot of signage differentiating the Virgin Blue ends to the Qantas ends of the airport

 

[maccas_no1]

I'm an airport user. The only thing I give a crap about is whether it is easy to use and my flights run on time.

It is.

They do.

Great airport.



Do I give a crap? I've never heard of this problem.

If you don't like it, stay in the Bleak Metropolis. We don't need perennial anti-Adelaide whingers finding any petty pathetic excuse to bag our fine city.

It's delays in pushbacks etc that arent going to allow your flight to depart on time or it puts pressure on staff to board the flight earlier which puts further pressure on ground staff, by the time your have gone down the ramp just to the areobridge and then walked through the areobridge to the aircraft dorr you would have walked some 200m.

 

[Alex99]

Use the travelators.

Ok -

 

[just maybe]

It's nowhere near 200m, mate.

And if you don't like it, shut the hell up and don't ever come here again.

I'm sick of hearing your childish whinging about every facet of Adelaide. If you hate it so much, go support a bloody Melbourne team and you won't ever have to deal with it again.

 

[maccas_no1]

On the contrary JM, there is not a lot of signage differentiating the Virgin Blue ends to the Qantas ends of the airport

Very good point, all the gates including international operate together, nothing is really defined and all looks the same.

 

[maccas_no1]

It's nowhere near 200m, mate.

And if you don't like it, shut the hell up and don't ever come here again.

I'm sick of hearing your childish whinging about every facet of Adelaide. If you hate it so much, go support a bloody Melbourne team and you won't ever have to deal with it again.

Easy 200m mate, those areobridges are 120m long, Ive seen the charts.

 

[just maybe]

Very good point, all the gates including international operate together, nothing is really defined and all looks the same.

Do you have trouble reading the gate number on the screen and matching it with the gate number on the wall?

FFS, how dumb a person do we have to cater for these days?

 

[just maybe]

Easy 200m mate, those areobridges are 120m long, Ive seen the charts.

Um, yeh, ok.

And that ramp is definitely 80m.

Your distance perception is pretty skewed.

 

[maccas_no1]

Do you have trouble reading the gate number on the screen and matching it with the gate number on the wall?

FFS, how dumb a person do we have to cater for these days?

No not at all but others do, especailly for airlines such as REX or O'Connor Airlines, I know REX is down at the end where Virgin Blue is but thats only because I seen their aircraft parked there.

 

[maccas_no1]

Um, yeh, ok.

And that ramp is definitely 80m.

Your distance perception is pretty skewed.

You walk down two ramps and each would be either 30 to 40 metre's long it would be very close to 200m though from where you boarding pass is scanned to where you enter the front door of the aircraft, if you are going to the rear door, well add a few flights of stairs and and extra 40ms for the length of the aircraft.

 

[Alex99]

Easy 200m mate, those areobridges are 120m long, Ive seen the charts.

I wouldn’t say it’s a 200 meters walk Marty, I would say 10 – 15 meters down the ramp and 10 - 15 meters back up to the aerobridge and then 120 meters (cannot argue with facts) is a fair call; so more like 150 meters as apposed to 200.

 

[Cap]

maccas No.1 I really think it all comes down to the fact that you can't come to grips with Rick Kelly being the V8 supercars Champion

bitch and moan all your like it was a racing indicident. Go Holden

 

[maccas_no1]

maccas No.1 I really think it all comes down to the fact that you can't come to grips with Rick Kelly being the V8 supercars Champion

bitch and moan all your like it was a racing indicident. Go Holden

WTF??? mate that has nothing to do with that, dont even get me started on that lil ********er

 

[maccas_no1]

I wouldn’t say it’s a 200 meters walk Marty, I would say 10 – 15 meters down the ramp and 10 - 15 meters back up to the aerobridge and then 120 meters (cannot argue with facts) is a fair call; so more like 150 meters as apposed to 200.

In anycase compared to other airports it is a bloody long walk, those size areobridges are more used for large aircraft that use them all the time, not for 737's and A320's.

 

[Portia]

It is a really badly designed airport.

What is with the extra ramp you have to go up as soon as you enter the airport proper from the plane? Didn't the architects know how tall a plane is?

When you get off some flights, how do you know which way luggage check is? Signage is poor.

Seems like you do a lap of the place before you've collected your bags and stepped outside.