Soon, first-class passengers won't be the only travelers who will get to board United Airlines flights ahead of everyone else.
The airline has come up with a plan that aims to speed up the boarding process by allowing economy passengers with window seats to board first.
According to an internal memo obtained by the Associated Press, United's new boarding process is called "WILMA," for window, middle and aisle.
Following window seats, passengers with middle seats will be boarded before those with aisle seats are permitted to board, according to the memo. Travelers who have multiple seats on the same reservation, such as families, will be allowed to board at the same time together, according to the report.
United officials, who have tested the new plan in five locations, say the revamped process saves up to two minutes of boarding time.
"It spreads people out along the aisle of the airplane so that more people can put their luggage away at the same time. That's the main thing that speeds up the boarding process," Jason Steffen, an associate professor of physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told the AP.
The new boarding process is set to go into effect on domestic flights and some international flights starting October 26, the memo reveals.
The process will reportedly not change for travelers in first class and business class, or for those in pre-boarding groups such as passengers with disabilities, unaccompanied minors, active-duty military and families traveling with children who are 2 or younger.