United says the system helps ease congestion of the plane’s aisles and ultimately speeds up the time it takes for all fliers to take their seats. The carrier previously used its WILMA boarding ...

Through this new process, United will execute a boarding system that involves six groups plus travelers who qualify for “preboarding” — such as customers with disabilities, active military ...

American Airlines has been piloting a system that will audibly flag when someone tries to board before their designated boarding group has been called.© Gorodenkoff - stock.adobe.com ...

United Airlines introduced a new system for boarding passengers on October 26. It claims the new procedure will save two minutes of flight time. But Jason Steffen, an astrophysicist at the ...

A major U.S. airline is figuring out how to keep creepy crawlers from getting in the way of the boarding process. Fortunately for the traveling public, "gate lice" are not actual lice. But these ...

American Airlines confirmed to USA TODAY that it is, in fact, testing a new boarding enforcement system. “We are in the early phase of testing new technology used during the boarding process.

Less time pressure, but a more segmented cabin Southwest’s current open-seating boarding process is simple: Passengers line up behind stanchions based on their boarding group (labeled by letters ...

UNLV prof’s airplane boarding system better than WILMA UNLV Assistant Professor Jason Steffen of the Department of Physics and Astronomy is seen in 2018 in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) ...