London Gatwick (LGW) boarding methods trial

[Melburnian1]

This is an interesting, fact-filled article re a boarding methods trial at LGW:

Window seats first: Airport (finally) finds a better way to board planes

Given how much airlines love to trumpet their punctuality you'd expect them to try just about anything to speed up the boarding process.

www.traveller.com.au

Even if boarding occurred more quickly, any improvement might be neutralised or negated by slot restrictions at busier times, or weather, but it is surprising that airlines always on the lookout for cost savings haven't at least trialled differing boarding methods, especially given the declining domestic airline punctuality in Australia.

Let's hope in time there's a follow up article to see if anything changes as a result of this one gate trial.

 

[Antoallison]

I read the article on the BBC website, pity that it is only one gate at Gatwick and Easyjet - but it’s a start.

They called it Boarding Bingo.

 

[EyeRoller]

I cant imagine it would make any difference. Unless you weed out the morons and entitled coughholes you're not going to get compliance anyway. Some people will continue to try to board whenever they like.

 

[Melburnian1]

I cant imagine it would make any difference. Unless you weed out the morons and entitled coughholes you're not going to get compliance anyway. Some people will continue to try to board whenever they like.

With the lack of substantive changes re this over many years, your cynicism may well be justified. I'll try to revisit in a while - perhaps a year - to see if anything has changed.

 

[jb01]

The ultimate guide of how to stuff monkeys into a tube.

 

[Captain Halliday]

I read the article on the BBC website, pity that it is only one gate at Gatwick and Easyjet - but it’s a start.

They called it Boarding Bingo.

What a remarkable coincidence. That’s what I call QF priority boarding!

 

[milehighclub]

Air New Zealand tried this method years ago (maybe 2012)

I saw this comment about it:
“We used to have to board like that with Air New Zealand when I worked on the ground, it never worked. We did try to enforce it, but spent so much time telling people it wasn’t their turn that we just had to let it go in the end. In theory it makes perfect sense, in action it was a mess”