Originally Posted by
PAXboy
Rwy in Sight
When the gate staff scanned your pass, they said: "To the left, please" or "To the right and down the steps, please" (OK, the 'please' was not said every time!
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The left was the bridge and the right was down two flights of stairs and out across the tarmac in the usual LCC fashion. I know that Virgin Australia used this but cannot recall if QA also did. I did not use JetStar or TigerAir Australia.
British Airways use this method at both EDI and GLA on selected LHR flights and gates. Mostly just on the Airbus fleets. If you're sat in the back half you go down the stairs and along the tarmac, those in the front board straight on the jetty.