At the gate, another luxury: I'd be able to board early, before even the families traveling with small children and passengers needing special assistance.
"We believe this will increase the capacity of the escalators as more people will be able to board, preventing queuing at the bottom of the escalator".
Overheard at the London Airport: "Passengers will be able to board Pan American's Flight 123 in ten minutes, and we hope for departure of the entire aircraft at twelve noon".
Cardholders (and traveling companions on the same reservation) who don't already have elite status will be able to board early, albeit after everyone with status has already gotten on the plane.
The two entrepreneurs scrambled to set up Refugee Air after watching a video by Hans Rosling, explaining the legal reasons why refugees should be able to board planes to the EU.
Airport planners say that by the summer or fall of 2001, passengers will be able to board trains in New York, Newark, or even Boston, step off onto the monorail extension, and continue right to the airline terminal.
