Fast way to board an airplane!!

Dr. Jason Steffen, an astrophysicist at Fermi National Laboratory in Illinois,thinks he has now found the most efficient way to get passengers on board which supports the study that an airline can save up to $30 per flight for every minute cut from boarding.

He suggests that loading passengers by alternating rows, starting from the back of the plane, is quickest. When loading people in a row, travelers in window seats file in first, then middle seats, followed by aisle seats.

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Producer of TV show "This v That" (above video) Jon Hotchkiss recruited 72 luggage-carrying volunteers to test out five ways of boarding a Boeing 757 mock-up.

It took the volunteers three minutes and 36 seconds to board according to the Steffen method, the show said.

Steffen's way emerged as the fastest when pitted against four other boarding methods because it eradicated the gridlock created when passengers try to use the same physical space at the same time.

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India records highest domestic passenger traffic-IATA.

India recorded the highest domestic passenger growth this July at over 20 per cent, followed by Brazil at about 18 per cent, though the growth was slower for international air traffic.

"Brazil and India recorded the highest growth rates of 17.8 per cent and 20.6 per cent respectively. Both were stronger than June's performance," the International Air Transport Association announced in its traffic results which showed that the global passenger travel was up 5.9 per cent over the same period last year.

However, in most other countries, domestic air travel demand remained "much more sluggish than that for international travel", the latest IATA figures showed.

In the international market, Asia-Pacific carriers had a capacity increase of 5.8 per cent which exceeded the demand growth of 4.9 per cent.

Asia-pacific passenger load factors fell slightly to 80.2 per cent.

But in the freight market, Asia-Pacific carriers continued to "show the weakest freight performance" with a 3.6 per cent decline compared to July last. Middle East and Latin American carriers showed the strongest performance with gains of 8.4 and 8.2 per cent respectively, the figures showed.

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Emirates recruit aircrew for A380 Fleet

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Emirates the UAE leading airliner is on recruiting spree of aircrew for its A380 & other fleets!.

The large international airliner is advertising 4,000 cabin-crew jobs via online music provider Spotify as it strives to attract international staff for the world's biggest fleet of Airbus superjumbos.

By March, Emirates needs to boost flight-attendant numbers by a third to 16,000 as it adds five double-deck, 517-seat A380s, for a total 20.

Ads on Facebook may follow as the Dubai company seeks English-speaking, tech-savvy recruits ages 21 to 30.

Emirates aims to leverage its status as long-haul market leader to become employer of choice among would-be cabin crew, akin to Apple in computing and Nike in sporting goods, advertising manager Sardar Khan said.

"We've growing rapidly, and that presents a massive hiring challenge," Khan said. "Apple and Nike are aspirational brands and we like to think of ourselves as in that league. Your friends are going to think, 'Wow, you're working for them?' " he added.

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