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How about two different planes departing to exactly the same destination at exactly the same time from two different terminals? That's how I missed my plane fro

How about two different planes departing to exactly the same destination at exactly the same time from two different terminals? That's how I missed my plane from Belgrade to Vienna. I have no other explanation but that they do it on purpose.

ceejayoz 2mo ago
> I have no other explanation but that they do it on purpose. It's much simpler; the incoming plane takes pretty much any available gate, because they are all almost always full. Getting the two flights to Vienna in the same spot might mean an hour of extra waiting on the tarmac for a gate to open up.
- aqme28 2mo ago
  Also, two neighboring gates saying "Now boarding for Vienna" will confuse people too. You're a bit screwed either way.
  - progbits 2mo ago
    Are you? The gate won't let you in, you go to gate right next to it while it's still boarding.
gruez 2mo ago
The airport departure board doesn't have flight numbers? All the ones I've seen do. And if you can't notice the difference between two different flight numbers, how are you going to notice the difference between one flight departing at 1:35 and another that departs at 1:45?
- igornotarobot 2mo ago
  Of course, they have flight numbers, though the destination and the departure time was a good heuristic until it was not. I am much better at remembering the departure time than an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers.
  - jnovacho 2mo ago
    The flight number is on the ticket/boarding pass.
  - pewpew_ 2mo ago
    Flight arrival and departure times can change suddenly without ample notice. That was never a good way to locate your flight.
    - igornotarobot 2mo ago
      The original departure time stays the same, and the delay is written separately. The same applies to trains. Well, this is how it usually works in Europe, not sure about other places.
  - dave78 2mo ago
    My home airport is a major hub; it is very common for some destinations to have a dozen or more flights across the various airlines. Quite often the American and United flights are scheduled similarly and leave within 30 minutes of each other. I don't think this is that uncommon, so I've only ever paid attention to airline and flight number. I would recommend everyone else do the same.
- agurk 2mo ago
  During the ongoing redevelopment of Belgrade airport I did find myself with a short connection there and unable to find a departure board. I checked the airport website, but it only had the flight names and not gates! Beginning to get worried and with no-one to talk to in the construction site of an airport I discovered that I needed to rotate my phone and then the extra columns appeared on their website. Yes I had tried scrolling and zooming, but in portrait it wouldn't actually render outside of the visible width.

ceejayoz 2mo ago

> I have no other explanation but that they do it on purpose. It's much simpler; the incoming plane takes pretty much any available gate, because they are all almost always full. Getting the two flights to Vienna in the same spot might mean an hour of extra waiting on the tarmac for a gate to open up.

aqme28 2mo ago
Also, two neighboring gates saying "Now boarding for Vienna" will confuse people too. You're a bit screwed either way.
- progbits 2mo ago
  Are you? The gate won't let you in, you go to gate right next to it while it's still boarding.

gruez 2mo ago

The airport departure board doesn't have flight numbers? All the ones I've seen do. And if you can't notice the difference between two different flight numbers, how are you going to notice the difference between one flight departing at 1:35 and another that departs at 1:45?

igornotarobot 2mo ago
Of course, they have flight numbers, though the destination and the departure time was a good heuristic until it was not. I am much better at remembering the departure time than an arbitrary sequence of letters and numbers.
- jnovacho 2mo ago
  The flight number is on the ticket/boarding pass.
- pewpew_ 2mo ago
  Flight arrival and departure times can change suddenly without ample notice. That was never a good way to locate your flight.
  - igornotarobot 2mo ago
    The original departure time stays the same, and the delay is written separately. The same applies to trains. Well, this is how it usually works in Europe, not sure about other places.
- dave78 2mo ago
  My home airport is a major hub; it is very common for some destinations to have a dozen or more flights across the various airlines. Quite often the American and United flights are scheduled similarly and leave within 30 minutes of each other. I don't think this is that uncommon, so I've only ever paid attention to airline and flight number. I would recommend everyone else do the same.
agurk 2mo ago
During the ongoing redevelopment of Belgrade airport I did find myself with a short connection there and unable to find a departure board. I checked the airport website, but it only had the flight names and not gates! Beginning to get worried and with no-one to talk to in the construction site of an airport I discovered that I needed to rotate my phone and then the extra columns appeared on their website. Yes I had tried scrolling and zooming, but in portrait it wouldn't actually render outside of the visible width.