Standing room only on Chinese flights

China’s low cost airline Spring Airlines is considering  increasing their passenger capacity on each flight while offering lower airfares by selling “standing” seats.  This move will increase the flight’s capacity by 40%, while cutting flight costs by 20%. The seat’s will be like barstools and include seatbelts. Check it out:

RyanAir, Ireland’s low cost airline, that has 1 euro flights all over Europe is also considering and the entertainment in flight, plus you have to look at ads for the airline on the back or your seats. It’s kind of cool that they are giving fliers the option to go more low cost, but it might make it even more crowded on the already tight planes. making passengers stand. They apparently got the idea from Spring. This comes from an airline that had been considering charging a pound to use the bathroom. And while I love that RyanAir exists to help get me from Paris to Stockholm for under $50, they really are nickeling and diming  you the whole time by charging for the bus rides to their far away airports, the food. I’m guessing maybe Southwest Airlines, who I affectionately refer to as the Skybus, may be next on the list.

September 28, 2009. Air Travel, Airports, Uncategorized.