Originally Posted by
dkc192
I think that’s right, but not a major loss IMO. Widebodies routinely use 72A and 76A, which are both single-jetway gates.
I agree it’s no issue. UA’s longest boarding time prior to the CO join was 40 min as most every gate UA used for WBs had two jet bridges. Enter CO and that was no longer the case (especially EWR) hence the 50 min boarding time we see now.