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The change is meant to speed up the boarding process.

The change was previously announced in 2024 as the airline signaled a shift away from its former low-cost model, though no date had been set until this week.

Starting on May 1, all domestic mainline flights will get an additional five minutes of boarding time, the airline said.

Fiji Airways has announced that its premium cabin passengers will now have the option to receive their meals before they board. In what is called the Dine of the Ground program, meals will be served to passengers taking morning and evening flights in and out of Nadi, Fiji to allow passengers to rest while traveling. […]

Airlines have long struggled to come up with an efficient way to board an aircraft and the boarding process can be the source of many passenger complaints as crowds of passengers clog the boarding lanes. While the process has the end goal of getting people on the plane, each airline has their own style. United […]

On Thursday, British Airways officially debuted automated biometric technology at London Heathrow Airport, which will be evident in the new self-service boarding gates. Currently, the service is only available at the first three boarding gates for UK domestic flights in Heathrow’s Terminal 5, according to the airline. The new technology began testing in June 2016, […]

Delta Air Lines is changing things up at their hub airport in Atlanta. The major air carrier has started testing an updated boarding process at five gates in the B concourse of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. If all goes well, the process could expand to other airports across the country. Delta has adopted the use […]