Airlines constantly tinker with the boarding process, and this time American says it has found a way to cut an average of two minutes from the 40 minutes to 45 minutes that a narrowbody aircraft spends at the gate.
American said last week that by offering early boarding to passengers who are traveling light, with only a carry-on bag that fits under the seat in from of them, it can chop two minutes off the time it takes to board a narrowbody aircraft.