Originally Posted by
le Pingouin
Where do you put the arriving aircraft if you're all still parked at the gate?
You tow aircraft that are ready for push back from the gate to a remote stand where later push back will not be required, leave one guy on the headset until ATC give a start clearance 10-15 mins before departure.
They did this effectively at Pudong , Beijing, Chen Lap Kok and even Kai Tak over 20 years ago.