Sunday, July 02, 2017

Colombian airline wants to make passengers stand...

This airline is considering a novel way of making flying even cheaper — by removing seats and making passengers stand up during their flight.

It’s not the first time an airline has floated the idea, but low-budget carrier VivaColombia says it was very interested in the radical idea, which could help drive down the cost of airfares and make them more accessible to more people.

“There are people out there right now researching whether you can fly standing up,” VivaColombia’s founder and chief executive William Shaw told the Miami Herald.

“We’re very interested in anything that makes travel less expensive.”

Airbus first started discussing the possibility of standing room flights back in 2003 when it came up with the concept of a vertical seat that would allow passengers to stand while being braced. Full story...

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