In recent years, a trend has emerged at Vienna Airport: instead of more passenger boarding bridges, additional bus gates are being created time and again. Although the former B gates in the "old building" were closed down, additional areas were created to replace them. This is continuing with the construction of the southern extension of Terminal 3. It was not so long ago that the B gates, where only bus boarding took place, were shut down. There is now a police passport control zone in this area. Even before that, these boarding gates were rarely used. As a replacement, two additional zones were created in the C gate area where only bus boarding is possible. The first has been in operation for some time and the second was completed immediately before the Corona pandemic and has therefore been available since the terminal complex 1+2 was reopened. In addition, during the pandemic, another zone for bus boarding was created in the basement of the F gates in Terminal 3. During the crisis, there was even "double bus boarding" in Vienna. It has been known for several years that Vienna-Schwechat Airport wants to correct some of the poor planning that was made in the past with the help of the southern extension of Terminal 3, which is now under construction. A closer look at the renderings also shows that there will be fewer passenger boarding bridges in the future. The "cheap" bus boarding Many passengers find it "cheap" if boarding takes place by bus or even on foot across the apron. In irrelevant discussions, there is even talk that only low-cost airlines do not use passenger boarding bridges. That is not true at all, but