puente de embarque

English translation: loading bridge

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Spanish term or phrase:puente de embarque
English translation:loading bridge
Entered by: Pamela Peralta

16:57 Aug 3, 2003
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: puente de embarque
airport facilities
CaroD
Argentina
Local time: 16:20
loading bridge
Explanation:

NATURE OF WORK
This is skilled work with supervisory responsibility in the maintenance, repair and adjustment of airport loading bridges and related equipment.
Employees in this class are responsible for supervising subordinate technicians engaged in the maintenance and repair of electrical, electronic, mechanical and hydraulic systems which control loading bridge functions.
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Pamela Peralta
Peru
Local time: 14:20
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1boarding bridge
Ruben Berrozpe (X)
4 +1boarding bridge
Maria Rosich Andreu
5jetway
Marian Greenfield
4loading bridge
Pamela Peralta


  

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loading bridge


Explanation:

NATURE OF WORK
This is skilled work with supervisory responsibility in the maintenance, repair and adjustment of airport loading bridges and related equipment.
Employees in this class are responsible for supervising subordinate technicians engaged in the maintenance and repair of electrical, electronic, mechanical and hydraulic systems which control loading bridge functions.



    Reference: http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/emprel/pay_plan/job_005267.ht...
Pamela Peralta
Peru
Local time: 14:20
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 251
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
boarding bridge


Explanation:
Es lo que en España también se conoce como el "finger", la plataforma de acceso al avión.
Espero que tenga sentido en tu contexto.

Rb

909 hits google + ref (fotos)


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22boarding+bridge%22&ie=UTF-...
    Reference: http://www.accessairsystems.com/skywalker.html
Ruben Berrozpe (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 158

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gordana Podvezanec
13 mins
  -> ¡Muchas gracias Gordana!
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
boarding bridge


Explanation:
si es para pasajeros se llama boarding

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Note added at 12 mins (2003-08-03 17:09:24 GMT)
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una referencia 8hay muchas más en google) para que veas como se usa:

http://www.airports.co.sacramento.ca.us/

Maria Rosich Andreu
Spain
Local time: 21:20
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 63

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Víctor Nine
2 hrs
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
jetway


Explanation:
America West Boarding System designed by ASU Student
... Airlines don’t like the lines at the jetway either, for ... Most airlines board an airplane’s
coach section by rows ... rows in the back of the plane boarding first ...
www.eas.asu.edu/CEAS/news/ceas_in_the_news_3.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Jan. 21, 1999: Building more business
Jetway in works at airport By Wendy Culverwell Herald staff ... For Tri-City travelers,
boarding airplanes has always been a ... its way up and down the airplane stairs ...
www.portofpasco.org/news/01_0222.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Double Jetways
... When your plane pulls up to the terminal, the jetway is the ... We should also use the
airplane's back door ... gate next to a gate where passengers are boarding is not ...
www.halfbakery.com/idea/Double_20Jetways - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

Barnes & Noble.com - The Noisy Airplane Ride
... you might see, hear, and feel on an airplane. ... From thumping down the extended Jetway
("STOMP, STOMP ... for this special treat during the boarding process"), this ...
btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/ isbninquiry.asp?endeca=1&btob=Y&ean=9781582460918 - 46k - Cached - Similar pages

ASU News & Information from the Office of Media Relations and ...
... the ticket counter, at the security checkpoint, at the jetway. ... Most airlines board
an airplane’s coach section by rows ... in the back of the plane boarding first ...
www.asu.edu/asunews/faculty_students/ villalobos_boardingsystem_050603.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages

Advice for Safe Air Travel with Your Guitar
... boarding an airplane: The person at the front counter who accepts your checked baggage,
and the flight attendant (gate attendant) at the door to the jetway ( ...
www.win.net/~mainstring/carryon.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

Airplane Etiquette for Frequent Flyers
... Airplane etiquette violations can have serious consequences ... Boarding Don't carry-on
excessive luggage or oversize ... entryway -- it backs up traffic in the jetway. ...
www.etravelergear.com/airetforfreq.html - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF]Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... events • Aircraft pushed into jetway – 3 events ... parked aircraft – 1 event Boarding:
• Flight attendant ... wedged between vehicle and airplane – 1 injury ...
www.flugmedizin.org/1999_statsum.pdf - Similar pages

[PDF]Order 98-9-23 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... Moreover, Lufthansa's treatment of Mr. B at the jetway, and his ultimate ... from a wheelchair
to a boarding chair and from a boarding chair to an airplane seat ...
dms.dot.gov/general/orders/19983qtr/sep98/98923.pdf - Similar pages

Day 1
... Security: No problem. Gate, boarding pass, jetway ramp, airplane aisle,
seat. Final head count: thirteen. We were all there. It was all good. ...
www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/az02site/ events/htmls/day1.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages


Marian Greenfield
Local time: 15:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 14617
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