Passenger Boarding Bridges Market

Passenger Boarding Bridges Market Insights

The passenger boarding bridges market is seen to display emphatic accretion of 12% during the forecast period (2020-2026). Passenger boarding bridges can be named as sky bridge, jet bridge, jetway bridge, or air bridge. It is defined as a contained, raised passageway that stretches from an airport terminal entrance to an aircraft. The purpose of passenger boarding bridges is to help passengers pass through the glass tunnel once the boarding pass is handed over to the plane attendant. The bridges help passengers to get in the aircraft in an easier and guarded way. The impact of the market has been drastic since COVID-19 led to the dip of the transportation domain due to global lockdown and negative passenger commutation. Unfortunately, the losses caused could take nearly a couple of years to recover for the aviation and marine industry. Yet, steady recovery in the tourism industry, increase in brownfield airport projects, and rise in the expenditure for airside infrastructure are the propellors expediting the augmentation of the global market.

Passenger Boarding Bridges Market: By Type of Elevation System

Hydraulic and electro-mechanical are the types of elevation systems in the market. The electro-mechanical elevation systems segment is interpreted to control in the forecast period. Demand for large aircraft, government initiatives towards aviation, and modernization of conventional airports are the drivers shaping the growth of the market.

Passenger Boarding Bridges Market: By Type

Based on the type, commuter bridges, apron drive, nose-loader bridges, T- bridge, and over-the-wing bridge are the market bifurcations of the global market. Apron drives are examined to be the fastest-growing segment in this market. Upcoming airport projects, demand in passenger traffic, and rapid technological shift are the thrusters impacting the increment of the market.

Passenger Boarding Bridges Market: By Type of Tunnel

The market segmentation based on the tunnel is air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned tunnels. Air-conditioned tunnels to own the largest share in the CAGR for the forecast period. The rise in commutation, rise in aviation projects, an increase in passenger traffic are the navigators of the global passenger boarding market.

Passenger Boarding Bridges Market: By Region

Based on the geographical analysis North America has persisted to be a leading region yet, the Asia Pacific is examined to make elevated momentum in the global market. An increase in end-users, demand for larger aircraft, and demand for greenfield airports are the locomotives driving the enlargement of the market.

Passenger Boarding Bridges Market Share and Competitor Analysis

Adelte Group, Accessair Systems Inc., Ameribridge, Inc., FMT Sweden AB, Hubner Gmbh & Co. Kg, John Bean Technologies Corp., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd, Shinmaywa Industries Ltd, Thyssenkrupp Ag, UBS Airport Systems, Aeromobiles Pte Ltd, Aviramp Ltd, Deerns Groep BV, Oversys LLC, and other industries are the dominant players in the global passenger boarding bridges market.

Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of companies profiled in the report.

In March 2020, Anton Air Support introduced 3 passenger boarding bridges at the Landvetter Airport in Göteborg, Sweden.

In September 2019, CIMC acquired a contract for the provision of jet boarding bridges in the Netherlands.