jet bridge

See also: jetbridge

English

A jet bridge at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi

Alternative forms

• jetbridge

Noun

jet bridge (plural jet bridges)

1. (aviation) An elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane, usually enclosed and used for disembarking and embarking passengers and crew.

Synonyms

• jetway, airbridge, air bridge (US); finger, aerobridge (UK); passenger loading bridge, PLB, passenger boarding bridge, PBB (aviation industry jargon)

Hypernyms

• (elevated corridor): skybridge, skyway
• (path for disembarking and embarking passengers): gangway, portal

Translations

elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane, usually enclosed and used for disembarking and embarking passengers and crew

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: passarel·la (ca) f
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• Czech: nástupní most
• Danish: passagerbro
• Dutch: slurf (nl) f, vliegtuigslurf (nl) f, aviobrug (nl) f, passagiersbrug (nl) f
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• French: passerelle aéroportuaire f, passerelle d’embarquement f
• German: Fluggastbrücke f, Passagierbrücke f, Gangway (de) m or f
• Hungarian: utashíd, beszállóhíd
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• Swedish: ombordstigningsbrygga c, embarkeringsbrygga c, finger (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can