American Airlines Is Changing Its Boarding Process. Here’s What You Need To Know

American Airlines is making changes to its boarding process by adding five minutes to overall boarding time for all its flights, starting May 1. The goal is to make flying more efficient by alleviating congestion on the jet bridge caused by pauses between boarding groups. Once the change comes into effect, boarding on flights operated by Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft will begin 35 minutes before departure instead of 30 minutes and 40 minutes before departure on flights operated by Boeing…