Building intelligent air bridges

CIMC-TianDa's products that help fliers board aircraft target US, the next frontier

Shenzhen CIMC-TianDa Airport SupportLtd, or CIMC-TianDa, China's largest provider of air bridges, has a presence at most airports in the form of prefabricated, carpeted, brightly lit retractable, movable tunnels on wheels that connect the terminal lounges and aircraft entrance/ exit doors for passengers to embark and disembark.

The company had gone global in recent years, and already commands about 50 percent of the global market share. This year, it will march into four to five overseas destinations, with the United States, what it believes is "one of the most difficult markets in the world" , as its primary target.