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Yes, they are related.
- η επιβίβαση = boarding
- η επιβάτισσα = female passenger
They both come from the same basic idea of getting on / being on board.
A useful pattern here is:
- -ση often makes an abstract noun or action noun
- so επιβίβαση is the action/process of boarding
- -ισσα / -τισσα can make a feminine noun referring to a person
- so επιβάτισσα is a woman passenger
So one word is the event, and the other is the person.
Greek often uses the present tense for scheduled or near-future events, just as English can do in sentences like Boarding starts in ten minutes.
So:
- αρχίζει literally means starts / is starting
- in this context, it means starts in ten minutes
This is very natural Greek. You do not need a future marker like θα here, because the schedule itself already makes the future meaning clear.