{"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<p>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<p>A new system splits passengers into six groups, divided by class, frequent flyer status and seat location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline reckons trials of the system across the country sped up queues at the gate and hastened seating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-47.jpeg\" alt=\"Passengers will get a group number of one to six. Picture: Qantas\" class=\"wp-image-59640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-47.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-47-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-47-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-47-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Passengers will get a group number of one to six. Picture: Qantas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qantas Domestic chief executive Markus Svensson said the change should make more planes leave on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\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<p>\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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-46.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-46.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-46-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-46-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Qantas lost its mantle of most punctual Aussie carrier in April. Picture: NewsWire \/ Ben Clark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virgin overtook Qantas as the most punctual carrier in Australia in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<p>Once your group number is called, you can board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59641,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59638\/revisions\/59641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}