Standing-room-only ’seating’ on Japanese flights
Will you stand for less room on flights?
Airbus floats idea of SRO ’seating’ to Asian carriers
….…Passengers in the standing section would be propped against a padded backboard, held in place with a harness….
…With a typical configuration, the A380 will accommodate about 500 passengers. But standing-room-only seats would make it easier for the same plane to fit in 853 passengers, the maximum it would be permitted to carry… All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, are lukewarm about the Airbus plan. “Airbus had talked with us about an 800-seat configuration for domestic flights,” said Rob Henderson, a spokesman for All Nippon Airways…….more….
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