Originally Posted by
orbitmic
I agree with you that boarding on AF seems to be slower than (not just U2 but) many other airlines.
Also, U2 now uses both front and rear doors for deboarding (and sometimes for boarding) at many airports (say NCE, CDG 2D and ORY), which helps a lot when it comes to accelerate turnarounds. On its side AF never does that at its main stations (and/or has never tried to challenge the airport authorities and/or has never though about that because "that's not possible").