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Title    Oh Good: Airbus Wants to Pack 11 Passengers Into One Row
Date    Saturday April 18 2015, @04:05PM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the Airbus-Wants-Your-Flight-to-Suck-Even-More dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/04/17/2058210

Phoenix666 writes:

Airbus has been working on making the economics of the A380 even better for airlines who buy it: pack 11 seats into a row:

Airbus has found a way to make flying economy even worse. That’s quite a feat, given how crummy the experience is these days. The trick, it turns out, is eliminating one the few remaining saving graces of air travel: better than even odds you won’t be squeezed into a middle seat. Generally, you’ve got a two in three chance of landing an aisle or a window.

But now, airlines flying the Airbus A380, the largest commercial jet on the planet, can reduce those odds. The European plane maker announced this week that it will offer a 3-5-3 cabin configuration, creating rows with 11 seats.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the future of civilized air travel lies with airships.

Links

  1. "Phoenix666" - mailto:spowell@climafy.com
  2. "A380" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380
  3. "pack 11 seats into a row" - http://www.wired.com/2015/04/oh-good-airbus-wants-pack-11-passengers-one-row/
  4. "lies with airships" - http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-06/plan-airships-might-finally-take

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