{"id":59638,"date":"2024-06-04T16:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T06:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=59638"},"modified":"2024-06-04T16:05:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T06:05:28","slug":"qantas-group-boarding-overhaul-an-australian-first-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=59638","title":{"rendered":"Qantas group boarding overhaul an Australian-first move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Qantas says a shake-up to how passengers board planes will cut standing-around time at the gate and on the tarmac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new system splits passengers into six groups, divided by class, frequent flyer status and seat location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airline reckons trials of the system across the country sped up queues at the gate and hastened seating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Passengers<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Passengers will get a group number of one to six. Picture: Qantas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qantas Domestic chief executive Markus Svensson said the change should make more planes leave on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re continuing to look for ways to respond to pain points and improve the travel experience for our customers,\u201d Mr Svensson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know how important on time departure is to our customers, so this process is also about doing everything possible to ensure we depart on time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Qantas lost its mantle of most punctual Aussie carrier in April. Picture: NewsWire \/ Ben Clark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virgin overtook Qantas as the most punctual carrier in Australia in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Monday at Brisbane Airport, passengers on the flying kangaroo will get a boarding group number of one to six on their ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once your group number is called, you can board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The way you board on a major Australian airline is being shaken up, with the overhaul tipped to cut queue time and get you in your seat and in the air faster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":59639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,2090,515],"tags":[987],"class_list":["post-59638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-brisbane-airport","category-qantas","tag-brisbane"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t