Editing Jet bridge (section)

==History==
[[File:2018 Aeropuerto El Dorado de Bogotá - Avión de Avianca conectado a pasarela de acceso.jpg|thumb|A jet bridge at [[Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado|El Dorado International Airport]] in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] in August 2018]]
[[File:A380 of Lufthansa at FRA EDDF 2011-06-26.jpg|thumb|Three jet bridges feeding a [[Lufthansa]] [[Airbus A380]] at [[Frankfurt Airport]] in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]] in June 2011]]
[[File:Airport jetway gate.ogv|thumb|Video of jet bridge being moved to an [[American Airlines]] plane at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] in [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]], Canada]] 

Before the introduction of jet bridges, passengers normally boarded an aircraft by walking along the ground-level [[airport ramp|ramp]] and climbing a set of movable stairs, or [[airstair]]s on aircraft so equipped. Mobile staircases or "ramp stairs" are employed at many airports around the world, particularly smaller airports and terminals supporting [[low cost carriers]].

[[United Airlines]] tested an early prototype "Air Dock" in 1954.<ref name="baskas">{{cite news|last1=Baskas|first1=Harriet|title=A short history of the much-maligned jet bridge|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2016/02/24/jet-bridge-jetway/80806044/|access-date=1 March 2016|work=USA Today|date=25 February 2016}}</ref> The first operational "Aero-Gangplank", as it was dubbed by inventor [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed Air Terminal]], was installed by United at Chicago's [[O'Hare International Airport|O'Hare Airport]] in 1958.<ref>{{cite news |title=Briefings... (pg. 58)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ5OB0Vh8VUC&q=aero-gangplank&pg=PA94 |access-date=13 August 2018 |work=Flying Magazine |agency=Google |issue=6 |publisher=Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. |date=June 1, 1958|volume = 62}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Airport's Mobile Covered Bridge |work=Life Magazine |issue=16 |publisher=Time-Life Publishing |date=April 21, 1958|volume=44 }}</ref>