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boarding group

A boarding group is a category of passengers who are called to get onto a plane or other vehicle at the same stage in the boarding order.

In plain English

People are often brought on in batches instead of all at once. A boarding group is one of those batches, made up of passengers called at the same point in the sequence. The vehicle can be a plane or another kind of transport.

In context

Here, "boarding group" labels the passenger's category in the order for being called to board.

Situation
Checking in, passing airport steps, boarding, connections, and flight status
What it communicates
labels the passenger's boarding order category

Meaning limits

By itself, the term shows only a place in the boarding sequence, not the exact time that category will be called.

Examples

“Families boarded first, and our boarding group was called after them.”

Core meaning

“Check your boarding group before you join the line at the gate.”

In context

  • boarding time Contrast

    A boarding group shows a passenger category in the boarding order, while a boarding time shows when boarding is scheduled or when a passenger should board.